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- This is a complete description of how to add an icon to a program that doesn't
- have one. Some of this info is taken from a discussion which took place
- between Brian Ebarb and Dave Phillips on the Micro-Tech-Net BBS, based at
- Texas Tech University. I edited the stuff and added some explanations of my
- own to create this file. ASMCOR
-
- 1. Open ResEdit.
- 2. Open application into which you want to put the icon resources
- (let's call it the target)
- 3. Open any other application with its own icon (call it the source).
- 4. Copy BNDL, FREF, and ICN# from source into target.
- 5. Open target BNDL and change the owner's name to any unique 4 characters not
- used by another application, for example XXXX.
- 6. Close BNDL and select "New" from the "File" menu.
- 7. A mini-finder appears with resource names. The default resource appears as
- GNRL. Replace GNRL with your owner name (in this case, XXXX) and then
- click "OK." This will create a new resource which becomes the version
- resource.
- 9. Double click XXXX to open it. Now select "Get Info" from the
- file menu. A dialog box appears with the ID number in an edit field.
- Change the ID number to 0.
- 9. Close ResEdit and open FEdit.
- 10. Open the disk (volume) with FEdit.
- 11. Choose "Volume Directory" from the display menu.
- 12. Find your application and select it by clicking that line with the mouse.
- 13. Click the "Set Attr" button. Now click the box labeled "Bundle" and change
- the owner name to XXXX.
- 14. Quit FEdit.
-
- The final procedure is to rebuild the desktop file. The desktop file is an
- invisible file which stores the icons currently used displayed on the desktop.
- Until you can convince the finder to rebuild the desktop file, the desktop will
- continue to display the same icons.
- The simplest way to rebuild the desktop file is by double-clicking the
- finder while holding down the option and command keys. Hold the keys down
- until the disk icon appears. If the icon appears closed, that means that the
- desktop has actually been rebuilt.This will destroy all your folders, however.
- The best way is to use the application PURGE.ICONS which is here in the
- database.
-