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Subject: Re: Logos for engines

Author: Gregory Owett

Date: 07:10:28 10/04/03

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On October 04, 2003 at 09:17:33, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>On October 04, 2003 at 08:53:47, Gregory Owett wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Is there a method to change logos for CB native engines?
>>Thanks in advance.
>>Gregory
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Goto http://www.softnews.ro/public/cat/5/4/5-4-5.shtml
>and download the program "Recourse Hacker V3.4.0"
>(For moderators: I don't know if this program is an illegal discussion for
>this forum so i should not give the link to download it. Sorry if it was
>wrong.)
>
>And then, as someone else has written before in this forum:
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Here a short instruction of the program "Resource Hacker" - example:
>changing Fritz7 logo:
>
>1) Make a backup of the original file "Fritz 7.eng" (in folder
>"...ChessBase\Engines") before.
>
>2) Select a new logo for Fritz 7 in *.bmp format (e.g. called "Fritz 7.bmp) - a
>good website for engine logos e.g. is by Wilhelm Hudetz
>http://members.chello.at/grafixbywilhelm/index.html
>
>3) Start the program "Resource Hacker" and go to "File" and "Open..."; select
>file type "All files *.*" and select "Fritz 7.eng".
>
>4) Open the folder "Bitmap" on the left side above by doubleclicking, then
>folder "102"; click on "1031" with mouse left - in the right window the known
>Fritz7 logo appears (in format 50x100)
>
>5) go to menue "Action" and select "Replace Bitmap..."; in the right window
>press the button "Open file with new bitmap..." and select the new Fritz7 logo
>you wish (see point 2), the new logo appears below.
>    Select in "Select bitmap to replace" window "102" and press the button
>"Replace"; the new Fritz 7 logo appears below.
>
>6) Because Fritz 7 uses a bigger logo (format 65x130):
>    Repeat the steps 4) and 5) with the Bitmap folder "103" in the left side.
>
>7) Close the programm "Resource Hacker", press button YES to the question
>"...save changes" and give the name "Fritz 7.eng" (= replace old Fritz 7.eng) -
>select again the file type "All files *.*.
>
>8) Put this new file "Fritz 7.eng" in your folder "...ChessBase\Engines" and
>start your program ChessBase program - the new Fritz 7 logo appears.
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

A little complicated... :-) but thanks nevertheless George !





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