[comp.sys.mac.hypercard] Creating custom ICONs for use with HyperCard

sirkm@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Greg Anderson) (08/31/88)

I have been trying unsuccessfully to add my own ICONs to my HyperCard stacks
for use with icon buttons.

I have several nice utilities & DAs that edit/grab icons, but they all
save them as ICN# resources, while HyperCard apparently only recognizes
ICONs.

Is it possible to use ICN#s with HyperCard?  (I would tend to doubt it...)

Are there any utility programs that will take one icon out of an ICN#
resource and give it its own ICON resource?  I have utilities that will
create ICONs from scratch, but I would really rather import them directly,
if at all possible.
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dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen) (09/06/88)

In article <4656@saturn.ucsc.edu> sirkm@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Greg Anderson) writes:
>I have been trying unsuccessfully to add my own ICONs to my HyperCard stacks
>for use with icon buttons.
>
>I have several nice utilities & DAs that edit/grab icons, but they all
>save them as ICN# resources, while HyperCard apparently only recognizes
>ICONs.
>
>Is it possible to use ICN#s with HyperCard?  (I would tend to doubt it...)

Try using the DA called IconMaker or using ResEdit.  They both produce
ICONs.  And you are right, HyperCard can NOT use ICN#s.

Dan Allen
Apple Computer