Import icons into the library
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Import icons into the library

The fastest way to build an icon library is to import your icons directly in it. Several features permits to do this.

Import icons in a library

1. Create a new icon library or open an existing one.

2. Once the library is opened in a window, choose Icon Library/Import Icons or press Ins.

3. A standard dialog box opens, select the files you wish to import. You can select several files. The following file types are supported:

4. When done, click Open. The icons are imported in the icon library. If a file contains several icons, all the icons included in the file are imported. When finished, all the new icons are added and selected in the library.

Although ICL is a Windows® file format, Axialils IconWorkshop has the ability to distinguish the original type of each icon embedded in the library. If the icon file type was initially ICO, no sign is added near the icon. If the file was ICNS, RSC or BIN, a small Macintosh® sign is added (). This ability to distinguish icons is useful for future extraction and edition of icons (image and file formats are different).

Import icons from the Axialis File Browser window

1. Create a new icon library or open an existing one.

2. Open a new File Browser window. Choose File/New/File File Browser... When the window is opened, select the folder which contains the icon files using the tree in the left pane. The same file types as above are supported.

3. Arrange the windows to get them visible side-by-side in the application

4. Using a mouse drag & drop, copy the icon files from the Axialis File Browser window to the icon library window.

5. The icons are imported in the icon library. If a file contains several icons, all the icons included in the file are imported. When finished, all the new icons are added and selected in the library.

Import a selection of icons from another icon library

1. Create a new icon library or open an existing one (1st icon library).

2. Open another icon library containing the icons you want to import (2nd icon library).

3. Arrange the windows to get them visible side-by-side in the application

4. Select the icons you want to import in the 2nd icon library (you can use Shift key to select several icons).

5. Using a mouse drag & drop and pressing the Ctrl key, copy the icon files from the 2nd library into the 1st icon library window.

Press and keep pressed the Ctrl key during the drag & drop operation to copy the icons. Otherwise, they'll be moved into the 1st library (deleted from the 2nd library)

6. The icons are imported in the icon library.