Visual Studio 2008 comes with an Image Library which contains thousands of icons, animations and images which you can use in your applications. You can find the Image Library at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\VS2008ImageLibrary\1033
Just unzip VS2008ImageLibrary.zip file located at this location and you have most of the graphics used by Microsoft in many applications including Visual Studio itself.
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wow… i never thought of this… Thanks!
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Hey,
are u sure that these icons are for free? Is there any note or something in the license?
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Pascal
Yeah, I second pascal – how do I know they’re free? Should I read the VS licence or the Windows licence or what?
Thanks!
Pascal Said:
are u sure that these icons are for free? Is there any note or something in the license?
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In each of the folders of the VS2008 image-library, is a little html document explaining the images, and this note on usage restrictions:
Use Restrictions
These common elements are to be used in the development and illustration of new custom imagery. As part of a visual language, these images (or any part of the images) must be used in a manner consistent with the name of the file, which is self-descriptive of the annotation that the imagery represents.
Microsoft has a vested interest in having developers use these icons – it means most people can quickly pick up the workings of the application because the look and feel is immediately familiar. They want you to use them, – the only restriction is that they should be used in a consistent fashion.
How to convert these image to correct size e.g. 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, 64×64 so on with correct color-depth combination 16-color, 256 color, 16-bit color, 24-bit color?