Adding Custom Icon to VC8 Express

Create a file called TorqueGameEngineAdvanced.rc in your vc8 directory and place the following as its contents:

// Microsoft Visual C++ generated resource script.
//
#include "../engine/game/resource.h"

#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
//
#include "windows.h"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// English (U.S.) resources

#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
#ifdef _WIN32
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
#pragma code_page(1252)
#endif //_WIN32

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// TEXTINCLUDE
//

1 TEXTINCLUDE 
BEGIN
    "resource.h[[60c200e666f63]]"
END

2 TEXTINCLUDE 
BEGIN
    "#include ""windows.h""\r\n"
    "[[60c200e666f63]]"
END

3 TEXTINCLUDE 
BEGIN
    "\r\n"
    "[[60c200e666f63]]"
END

#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Icon
//

// Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon
// remains consistent on all systems.
IDI_ICON1               ICON                    "myIcon.ico"
#endif    // English (U.S.) resources
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////



#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
//


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#endif    // not APSTUDIO_INVOKED

NOTE: "windows.h" is used because MFC is evil.

Change "myIcon.ico" to match your current icon file... It's best to place the icon file within the vc8 directory to keep things clean. :)

Now open the SDK in VC Express. Navigate to the TGEA build, and right click on "Source Files". Select Add->Existing Item and select your .rc file you created above.

Save, recompile and enjoy.