Task files will be displayed in the main window if a valid icon is associated with them.

The ParserMonster Framework includes a dozen icons: Their names suggest the function or status of a task:

• build
• default
• extract
• find
• help
• html
• launch
• new
• script
• test
• todo
• watch

Applications built on the ParserMonster Framework will likely have additional icons installed.

If you wish, you can add your own task icons. Copies of existing tasks can have different icons to help you remember any specific flag settings (although the task name should play a bigger role in reminding you of the function!)

To associate a task icon with a task file, the task file must contain an <icon> directive.

Currently, the syntax of a task icon file name is ti-abcde.ext:

• ti- is the ParserMonster file type identifier
• abcde is a descriptive name for the icon (legal file name characters, no spaces)
• .ext is a usable image extension, either .bmp, .ico, .jpg or .png