info-mac@uw-beaver (01/17/85)
From: Elgin Lee <ehl@Navajo> I thought that INFO-MAC people might be interested in the following message which appeared in net.micro.mac. It outlines how to edit icons using ResEdit (the resource editor). Elgin ------- Forwarded Message Relay-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site Navajo.ARPA Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 10/10/84; site orion.UUCP Path: Navajo!Glacier!decwrl!decvax!bellcore!allegra!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!ariel!hou5f!orion!larry From: larry@orion.UUCP (L.MURPHY) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: RMover and ResEdit answers and question Message-ID: <419@orion.UUCP> Date: 13 Jan 85 01:40:49 GMT Date-Received: 14 Jan 85 02:29:46 GMT References: <216@calmasd.UUCP> <186@usl.UUCP> <1281@orca.UUCP> Organization: ATTIS Holmdel,NJ Lines: 47 () I recently received ResEdit which, when used with Set File, provides me with all the Icon manipulation that I need (at least right now). I don't have Fedit; I have RMover but I don't think I need it anymore. The following "cookbook" method really originates from trying out the suggestions made by David Levine & Rich Rodgers from Tektronix, Ned Horvath from AT&T-IS, and especially Spencer Thomas from Univ. of Utah. 1. Making a "Hidden" Icon Appear * Use "ResEdit" to open the application (e.g., Othello). Open its BNDL resource to find out its OwnerName (in this case, DAVY). You can open the ICN# resource to look at the icon(s). Quit ResEdit. * Use "Set File" on the application. Set its Bundle bit and set Creator = OwnerName. When you quit "Set File", the icon should appear. 2. Copying/Editing Icon to Application having just the default Icon * Use "ResEdit" to open an application with an icon (e.g., BinHex) and an application with just the document icon (e.g., Set File). Copy BNDL, ICN#, and FREF resources from the first to the second application. * Open the BNDL resource of the second application and set OwnerName to a unique four letter name (e.g., SETF). Close BNDL. * Create a new Type Name for the second application with Type Name = the selected OwnerName. Open this new resource and use "Get Info" to set its ID=0. * (Optional) Edit the icon by opening ICN#. Quit ResEdit. * Use "Set File" on the application. Set its Bundle bit and set Creator = the selected OwnerName. Quit "Set File". The new icon should appear. 3. Editing an Icon already recognized by the DeskTop * Use "ResEdit" to open the application's ICN#. Note the resource id# using Get Info. Cut the ICN# resource out of the application. * Open the Desktop's ICN# resource. Edit the application's icon there and then copy it back to the application. * Open the application's ICN# resource to change the resource id# back to its original number. Quit "ResEdit" and the edited icon should appear. Hope this helps... Larry Murphy AT&T Information Systems Laboratories Holmdel, NJ ..!hou5e!orion!larry ------- End of Forwarded Message