gt0831c@prism.gatech.EDU (William Moss) (11/15/90)
I would like to use ResEdit to put an applications icon next to each Applications ABOUT menu item. For the most part, I know how to do this. I am using ResEdit 2.0b2 or (when v 2 seems to crash a lot) 1.3d1. Bring up the menu resource in its default editor. Choose an ICON that has an id between 257 and 511. Save the application. Return to the Finder. All is fine. The icons look great in all applications that I do this. PROBLEM: In Multfinder the icons dont work. The finder icon looks like a generic hand icon. Other applications either take on the Finder/System icon (small mac) or they are complete garbage. Does anyone have a clue what is going wrong. IMHO this would mentally make the Multitasking switch between applications much easier. (The little icon in the bottom of the menu bar grows to a big icon at the top when it is the foreground app). . . . _ _ _ . . . William Moss
stanbach@Apple.COM (Francis Stanbach) (11/15/90)
I believe there is a document which says that multifinder promises to not support the use of icons in this menu. It says not to do what you want to do. Francis -- wmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwm Francis Stanbach Finder Engineer Apple Computer, Inc. wmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwm
thomas@duteca (Thomas Okken) (11/17/90)
From article <17100@hydra.gatech.EDU>, by gt0831c@prism.gatech.EDU (William Moss): > I would like to use ResEdit to put an applications icon next > to each Applications ABOUT menu item. > ... > PROBLEM: In Multfinder the icons dont work. > The finder icon looks like a generic hand icon. > Other applications either take on the Finder/System icon (small mac) > or they are complete garbage. In Tech Note #180, it says: ] Applications should avoid doing anything untoward with the Apple menu. For ] example, if your application puts an icon next to the "About MyApplication" ] item, MultiFinder may unceremoniously write over it. Thomas.