chris@mighty.UUCP (Christian A. Weber) (03/20/91)
The following program has been uploaded to ab20.larc.nasa.gov
to the directory /incoming/amiga/WB2.0, filename: DefaultIcon.LZH
Here's a short summary of it's features:
DefaultIcon V2.3 (28-Feb-91)
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An object-oriented tool for assigning icon images to file classes
by
Christian A. Weber, AMIcom Research, Zurich / Switzerland
About DefaultIcon
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One of the new features of Workbench 2.0 is the "Show All Files" mode,
which shows all files as icons, even if they don't have associated
".info"-files. Workbench has two default types of icons, one for the
executable files and another image for all other files.
But there are of course more different file types than just "executables"
and "data files"; there are pictures, sound files, animations, source
codes and many more, and you want to have different icons for them.
DefaultIcon lets you choose a default icon for every file class it knows,
and you can add new file classes.
DefaultIcon works only with Kickstart 2.0 and above.
How does it work?
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Place one or more icons on "DefaultIcon"'s appicon.
If the icons are "fake icons", they are converted to real icons. This means
that you can snapshot them, and that they appear also on Workbench 1.3.
The icon's images will be set to the default image of their class (disk,
drawer, tool, or user-defined classes).
- You can use this feature to convert the 1.3-look drawer icons to
the new 2.0 look.
- If you want to delete a "Trashcan" from Workbench, drag it on
DefaultIcon. It will then be converted into a drawer, which you
can delete like any other drawer.
- You can set a global default tool for one file class.
E.g. for text files you can use "More", for IFF pictures you can
use "ShowIFF".
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Author's e-mail address: cbmehq!cbmswi!mighty!chris@cbmvax.commodore.com
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