neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steve Neruda) (10/27/88)
How do you get the facade init recently posted to comp.sys.mac.binaries to work? I understand from the docs how it works but can't figure out how. Do you have to modify the VCB table manually (and if so where is it)? steve neruda
lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) (10/28/88)
In article <25870@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steve Neruda) writes: > >How do you get the facade init recently posted to comp.sys.mac.binaries > to work? I understand from the docs how it works but can't figure out how. You add ICN# resources to the INIT, whose names match the names of the volumes you want to affect. When you reboot (might not be necessary?) then those volumes will acquire the icon you specify. -- Larry Rosenstein, Object Specialist Apple Computer, Inc. 20525 Mariani Ave, MS 46-B Cupertino, CA 95014 AppleLink:Rosenstein1 domain:lsr@Apple.COM UUCP:{sun,voder,nsc,decwrl}!apple!lsr
boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) (10/28/88)
Took me a few minutes, but eventually I opened the init with ResEdit, and looked at the ICN# resources. You can add whatever ICN#'s you want. There are a few really nice included ICN#'s, like Calvin and Hobbes. All you need to do is choose an icon, and change it's name to the name(s) of your harddisks. Then reboot with the init in your system folder. Alternatively you could re-name your harddisk(s) to a name already given to one of the icon(s). (I renamed my harddisks Calvin and Hobbes...) I could see no way other than resedit to determine what names were given to the icons installed in the init... Hope this helps, John Boswell Dept. of Chemistry Dartmouth College boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) (10/29/88)
In article <25870@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steve Neruda) writes: > >How do you get the facade init recently posted to comp.sys.mac.binaries > to work? I understand from the docs how it works but can't figure out how. > Do you have to modify the VCB table manually (and if so where is it)? > > steve neruda To get the Facade init to work, first place it in your System Folder (you'd be surprised how UNobvious that is to some people!). Using ResEdit, open the Facade file and create a new icon along with the others already present in the file, or choose one of the ones the author conveniently provided for us (I use Hobbes, the tiger). Select the icon, then choose Get Info from the File menu. In the Name field of the info window for this icon, type the name of the diskette, hard disk, AppleShare volume, or whatever, that you want to bear the icon you've selected. Make sure you get the name exactly right. Close the Facade file and quit from ResEdit. Reboot your computer. Assuming Facade has no trouble loading, you should now have your disk on-screen with its new icon! You can have a different icon for each disk, as long as you give the icon resource the name of that disk. What *I* want to know is, why won't Facade work on the 512K Macintosh that's on the same network as my Mac II? Could it be that Tops is loading before Facade? If that's the problem, is there a way to change the order there? I have no idea why Tops gets loaded first, unless rdevs always come first. What I'm hoping to do is get Facade running on this 512K Mac so that when the hard drive on the II comes up on the 512 under Tops, it has the same icon I've given it, rather than the Tops published-volume icon. -- Mark H. Anbinder ** MHA@TCGould.tn.cornell.edu NG33 MVR Hall, Media Services Dept. ** THCY@CRNLVAX5.BITNET Cornell University H: (607) 257-7587 ******** Ithaca, NY 14853 W: (607) 255-1566 ******* Ego ipse custodies custudio
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (10/30/88)
What you do to make Facade work is go in with ResEdit and find its ICON (I think) resources. There were a whole bunch in the one I got, yours maybe different. To make it use one of them for your disk, select it (there will a thin black box around it) and then choose "Get Info" from the file menu. This will bring up a box with a whole bunch of stuff in it, all you want is the name (top box), type in the name of your disk and close, save changes and then reboot. You can also add icons with ResEdit (or modify existing ones) and then name them to your HD also. That should get you started. Enjoy. Mark Cookson
steve@ivucsb.UUCP (Steve Lemke) (10/30/88)
In article <10624@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) writes: } } All you need to do is choose an icon, and change it's name to }the name(s) of your harddisks. Then reboot with the init in your system }folder. Alternatively you could re-name your harddisk(s) to a name already }given to one of the icon(s). (I renamed my harddisks Calvin and Hobbes...) } You might want to be careful renaming your hard drive, especially if you are running something like On-Cue. I believe that renaming the hard drive makes On-Cue ask you where to find everything again, since the old path doesn't exist anymore... I suppose it is just a minor inconvenience, but... } Hope this helps, } Me too! } John Boswell ----- Steve Lemke ------------------- "MS-DOS (OS/2, etc.) - just say no!" ----- Internet: steve@ivucsb.UUCP; lemke@apple.COM AppleLink: LEMKE ----- uucp: pyramid!comdesign!ivucsb!steve CompuServe: 73627,570 ----- alt.uucp: {decwrl!}sun!apple!lemke GEnie: S.Lemke ----- Quote: "What'd I go to college for?" "You had fun, didn't you?"
kevin@hal6000.UUCP (10/31/88)
If for any reason you don't want Facade to load on a particular bootup, you can hold down the mouse button and the "failed Facade" icon will appear instead, and your hard disk icons will be whatever the driver wants them to be. I discovered this by accident while holding down the mouse while booting so that TMON wouldn't load (so that Deluxe Music Construction Set would run-- I *hate* copy-protected software, and DMCS just reboots [without even unmounting volumes] if you run it with TMON loaded. Grrr!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: I don't have an employer so opinions expressed are mine. Kevin Dack ...!killer!ninja!hal6000!kevin -- or -- ...!decvax!microsoft!trsvax!hal6000!kevin
SEB@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Scott E Barron) (11/01/88)
>How do you get the facade init recently posted to comp.sys.mac.binaries >to work? You can create/edit icons to be assigned to your volumes with the ICON Designer by John A. Nairn. This is a shareware program designed to create, edit, and delete icons with both ICON and ICN# resources. I have found this much easier to use than ResEdit for such purposes. ICON Designer can also be used to create HyperCard icons. In order to assign an icon to a particular volume, the icon must have the same name as that volume. For example, if the volume is Mac HD, then the icon name must be Mac HD. John A. Nairn 7108 South Pine Cone St. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 (801) 942-7768 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Scott E. Barron IXTHUS Advanced Technology Princeton University *Any opinions expressed are my own*
paulm@nikhefk.UUCP (Paul Molenaar) (11/02/88)
In article <6426@pucc.Princeton.EDU> SEB@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes:
#>How do you get the facade init recently posted to comp.sys.mac.binaries
#>to work?
#
#You can create/edit icons to be assigned to your volumes with the ICON
#Designer by John A. Nairn. This is a shareware program designed to
#create, edit, and delete icons with both ICON and ICN# resources. I have
#John A. Nairn
My compliments to the programmer of Facade Init. Such a small program,
so many nice possibilities. I really enjoy this init. All my frequently
used disks have their icon... And I even have an appropriate icon
for the MS-DOS machine that's hooked to my Mac thru Tops ;)
Anyhow: I understand this program is shareware... But in the docs
there's no reference to this whatsoever (at least I couldn't find it).
What's the status? Would the author settle for a bunch of diskettes
sent from Holland? A sixpack of Dutch beer?
Paul Molenaar
"Just checking the walls"
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- Basil Fawlty -uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu (uucp) (11/02/88)
It looks like Facade is a hit by the amount of replies it has generated to a question on how to set it up. Anyone noticed yet that it inserts its name and creator in every Get Info box? Anyone got ideas on getting rid of it? From: g556871349ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (0040;0000079874;0;745;352;) Path: deneb.ucdavis.edu!g556871349ea Colin Ong LAWR, UC Davis Disclaimer: I'm trying to be as reliable as possible.
rdsesq@Jessica.stanford.edu (Rob Snevely) (11/05/88)
Could some kind soul send me a copy of facade. Our news was down for a while and it didn't get posted to comp.binaries.mac here. Many thanx, rob ****Bill and Opus in '88****
WDBURNS@MTUS5.BITNET (William Burns) (12/03/89)
Okay everybody - I've got an easy one: I just uploaded some great INIT's and
CDEV's from SUMEX, but one of them didn't come with any DOCS!!! It's called
Facade and from what I can tell, it looks like it can redefine icon's used for
HD's and Disks. Unfortunately for me I cannot figure out for the life of me
how to get the thing to work! I'm running System 6.0.3 on a Mac SE/30 w/ 40M
HD. Any suggestions?? The others run great! (i.e. Black Box, Freshstart, and
WindChooser - add a NeXT touch to things...)
While I'm on it, I'm looking at purchasing a Mac for myself (my roommate
would like to use his SE/30, too!) I'm thinking about either a IIci or IIcx.
In either case I'm gonna go with the RasterOps ColorBoard 264. Any prob's with
either one or considerations I should make either way???
Send me any info you can - Thanx!
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<<<<<<<----------------------------women ----------------------------------->>>jsimon@voodoo.ucsb.edu (12/05/89)
-Message-Text-Follows- In article <89337.011219WDBURNS@MTUS5.BITNET>, WDBURNS@MTUS5.BITNET (William Burns) writes... >Okay everybody - I've got an easy one: I just uploaded some great INIT's and >CDEV's from SUMEX, but one of them didn't come with any DOCS!!! It's called > >Facade and from what I can tell, it looks like it can redefine icon's used for >HD's and Disks. Unfortunately for me I cannot figure out for the life of me >how to get the thing to work! You need ResEdit. There are ICN# resources in Facade, and all have names. If you ever name a disk with the same name as one of these ICN#s, it will take on that icon (next time it is redrawn). You can add and subtract your own. It's a little buggy. I've never had a crash because of it (that I'm aware of), but it can add gibberish to the "Get Info" window of a file on a floppy whose icon has been changed.