Thanks Nate,
I was hoping there's an easier way but I'll work with what you've suggested.
Omar
"Nate Holt" wrote in message
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> Omar,
>
> I think that all of the AcadE 2005 toolbar button images are combined in
> c:\program files\autodesk\acade 2005\acade\ace2005.dll. So, if you want to
> modify an existing toolbar button, I think that you'll have to use the
> normal AutoCAD "TBCONFIG" > "TOOLBARS", right-click on the toolbar
button,
> and then "Edit Button Image". When edit is finished, SAVEAS back to the
> above folder. You end up with a ".bmp" file. Now open the c:\documents and
> settings\...\support\ace2005.mnu file with an ASCII text editor, find the
> button reference in this file and replace the button image reference
(there
> are two, comma separated) with the "save as" file name + ".bmp" extension.
> If you use the "Large" buttons and the normal buttons, you'll need to
create
> two edited versions with different names and edit into the ace2005.mnu
file.
> When finished, use the MENU command to reload ace2005.mnu. You should see
> the AcadE toolbar show up with your edited button(s).
>
> There may be an easier way to do the above. If so, someone please chime
in!
>
> "OmarP" wrote in message
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> > Hi Robert,
> >
> > Maybe I should clarify a bit more. It's not the icon menus, but the
> > eletrical toolbar buttons, 16x15 bitmaps, usually prefixed with
> "ACE_"etc..
> > It's individual bitmaps I'm trying to locate. Are they saved as
> > "ACE_xxx.bmp" or are they referenced/protected within another file? I
> can't
> > seem to locate these files.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Omar
> >
> >
> > "testsubject" wrote in message
> > news:5467090.1091805865972.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum1.autodesk.com...
> > > All the images in the icon menus are slides which are in a master
slide
> > menu. These slides are based on ACAD drawings of each symbol. If you
want
> to
> > create some buttons of your own, you need to make a slide of the drawing
> and
> > then reference it from within menu.dat.
> > >
> > > Robert Hanrahan
> > > Weigh Right Automatic Scale Co.
> > > ACE user since 1998
> >
> >
>
>