jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu (Jerome Yvon Plun) (05/16/91)
I am having serious difficulties having Finder 7.0 displaying color icons instead of the original B/W version for applications. I looked into the applications provided with 7.0 and discovered nothing new: ICN#, icl4 and icl8 have the same number and are shown in the BNDL as the three large icon possible view. So, I copied a few icl8 previously used with SunDesk and pasted them into the appropriate applications, taking care of matching the resource ID with the existing ICN#. Then, Quit ResEdit, check display: nothing changed, still B/W Ok, close window, reopen it: still B/W Fine: restart the mac, look at display: no change Last: restart the mac, rebuild the desktop: B/W display still there. I also tried to paste a picture into the Get Info box and, indeed, the color icons were created as well as a B/W version of it. But there again, only the B/W version was displayed. So, What is required to have the Desktop/Finder/System admit that there is a color icon to display instead of the B/W version? Thanks for your help. Jerome Jerome Plun [] Is it a crime to want something else? jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu [] Is it a crime to believe in something different? Washington University [] St Louis, MO [] "Smalltown England", New Model Army, Vengeance
rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink) (05/16/91)
From article <1991May16.021805.21220@cec1.wustl.edu>, by jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu (Jerome Yvon Plun): > I am having serious difficulties having Finder 7.0 displaying color icons > instead of the original B/W version for applications. > > I looked into the applications provided with 7.0 and discovered nothing new: > ICN#, icl4 and icl8 have the same number and are shown in the BNDL as the > three large icon possible view. > So, I copied a few icl8 previously used with SunDesk and pasted them into > the appropriate applications, taking care of matching the resource ID with the > existing ICN#. > > Then, Quit ResEdit, check display: nothing changed, still B/W > Ok, close window, reopen it: still B/W > Fine: restart the mac, look at display: no change > Last: restart the mac, rebuild the desktop: B/W display still there. > > I also tried to paste a picture into the Get Info box and, indeed, the color > icons were created as well as a B/W version of it. But there again, only the > B/W version was displayed. > I started playing with color icons rightaway with b4. I discovered that most color icons have fill colors that the 7.0 desktop can't seem to see. As well many icons were grey, because the colors were not recognized. I did some tinkering with the picts in a color paint program, pasted them into the getinfo box, and they worked fine. I don't know why they didn't work, but they did not. I took all of the sundesk icons I had, scanned my desktop file, and the files on a few other machines, and created a big scrapbook with resedit for them. (200 icons). Of those, over half seemed to be color damaged. Applications saw the colors, but the desktop could not display them when attached to resources. What's needed is a little cicn fixer application. Are you listening shareware writers. Cash in on OS-7, while you can.... rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu