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- Obtaining an Icon Image
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- By David N. Junod
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- One of the many improvements made to Workbench for release 2.0 lies in
- its ability to supply an application with arguments from Workbench.
- Prior to release 2.0, the only Workbench supported way an application
- could receive Workbench arguments was through the Workbench startup
- message. Now, Workbench arguments can come from many sources
- including AppWindows, AppIcons, and the ASL file requester. These
- enhancements have made processing Workbench arguments more beneficial
- than ever.
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- When an application is started via Workbench, the application receives
- a startup message (struct WBStartup) from Workbench. This message
- contains a pointer to an array of WBArg structures. The array of
- WBArgs corresponds to all Workbench icons that were selected at the
- time the application was launched. Each WBArg structure contains a
- file lock on the file or directory associated with each icon, as well
- as the name associated with the icon. A WBArg supplies the link to
- the icon, or the DiskObject, itself, from which necessary information,
- such as application or project ToolTypes, can be extracted.
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- Under release 2.0, Workbench supplies WBArgs using several different
- structures. The structure used depends on the source of the WBArgs.
- When it launches an application, Workbench sends the application
- WBArgs through the WBStartup structure. AppWindows and AppIcons use
- the AppMessage structure to send WBArgs. The ASL file requester
- provides the arguments in the FileRequester structure.
-
- Also with release 2.0, it is possible that icons passed to an
- application do not have an .info file associated with them. Workbench
- can now display all files and directories iconically, not just those
- with .info files. For icons without .info files, Workbench supplies a
- default icon based on the protection bits and object type (file, dir,
- etc.) so the user can manipulate files and directories from Workbench.
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- The following routine uses GetDiskObjectNew() which should be used
- only when an application requires an image for every Workbench
- argument, whether actual or default. To only read actual icons and
- tooltypes, modify the routine to use GetDiskObject() instead. For
- more information, see the release 2.0 Autodocs.
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