Yesterday, after it was confirmed what the header format for icons in BASIC programs will be for how they appear on DCS8, I decided (more like was encouraged) to come up with a program that would make it easier to create the 16x16 icons that BASIC programs will be able to support and show in DCS.



Welcome to Doors CS 8 Icon Creator! Nothing overly fancy, it allows you to change the colors real time, delete pixels with Alpha so it offers transparency, gives you a real time look at the full 16x16 image, over the 48x48 area that you are working with and the built in ability to convert it straight over to hex so you can recall it directly into your program from Str0.

This is what the icon looks like for this program when viewed with DCS:



And you can download it here: http://www.cemetech.net/programs/index.php?mode=file&path=/84pcse/basic/programs/DCS8IC.zip

Thanks! I hope people programming the CSE will be able to utilize the program to make epic icons

Well, I hope you find the program helpful in creating some icons, DJ

Why wouldn't it be? It's still mostly free to program for unlike the Nspire that we have to fight our way into. Granted, it's a little slower and such, but that just adds to the challenge of making cool things for it, which makes it more appealing to some

Plus, the fact it is backwards compatible with the 84+ for the most part in terms of math and function makes it more attractive to students, since books still have the 84+ as the used calculator for examples.

Yeah plus since the 84+ is very popular in school and the color one has a similar name, that helps it. The fact it can have games like Tetris and maybe Mario in the future helps too. Just see ticalc download stats and how almost no Nspire programs are listed in the top 25. I hope the HP Prime takes off too, but since it came out too late into the school year, it will probably take one more year before it does.