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The action bar icons as image resources in a database

UPDATE: this is a reference card showing all the icons.

Icon Library - a Notes database

Remember the 180 action bar icons in 25 categories?

I now imported them in a Notes database as image resources:

The categories are still there in the image resource file name:

This means that it’s even simpler to find a matching icon if you walk through the resources with the properties dialog open (where you see the preview).

You can download the Icon Library database here.

How to use?

• by doing a copy-paste of the icons you need to your database image resources

OR

• by selecting them directly from the icon library when you need an icon.

The latter method has the advantage of keeping all icon files in a centrally managed location, but it there are 2 gotchas:

• The obvious one: be sure that the database resides on (a) server(s) reachable by all users. Even local replicas could be needed for remote workers.
• It’s not working on the web (except if you refer to the image locations with pass-thru html).

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7 Responses to “The action bar icons as image resources in a database”

1. BizzyBee’s BizzyThoughts » Blog Archive » 180 action bar icons in 25 categories says:
   November 22nd, 2007 at 3:53 pm

   […] The action bar icons as image resources in a database […]

2. Sudhir says:
   November 23rd, 2007 at 6:03 am

   Thanks ! Just what you need, the classification into different categories

3. Martin Vereecken says:
   November 23rd, 2007 at 7:59 am

   I’m glad you like it!

4. BizzyBee’s BizzyThoughts » Blog Archive » Action bar reference card says:
   November 28th, 2007 at 11:05 pm

   […] The action bar icons as image resources in a database […]

5. Patrick Kwinten says:
   December 20th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

   Hej Martin,

   this is really great,

   I was starting to collect my icons in a db myself but I cannot compete with your amount. The images also look nice on a darker background.

   Thanks for doing the job!

6. Martin Vereecken says:
   December 20th, 2007 at 1:12 pm

   You’re welcome! Although I believe Famfamfam-man is the real hero

7. Sean Cull says:
   May 29th, 2008 at 12:18 am

   Hi Martin,

   I have added an agent to your database which displays the image resources as icons in a view - it really helps to see what is what

   see >> http://www.seancull.co.uk/Public/seancull.nsf/dx/displaying-image-resources.htm?opendocument

   Thanks, Sean

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