Question

I recently started writing LINQPad data context drivers for accessing various types of systems. Unfortunately every driver I write, uses the same “cog wheel” icon. This makes it harder to discern their type than if they’d have a type-specific icon.

Is there a way to provide a custom icon for a driver?

Answer 1

Joe wasn’t kidding in his comment. The release notes for LINQPad Beta version 4.42.10 contain this:

You can now specify a custom icon when writing Data Context drivers. Just include two files in your .lpx package: Connection.png and FailedConnection.png (the latter is applied if a data context is unable to load).

What the release notes don’t mention (but is obvious once you check the existing icons) is that the icons needs to be 16×16 pixels.