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From: ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward)
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Subject: Re: RMover and ResEdit answers and question
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Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 15:12:20 EST
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> And now, a question: pending real documentation for ResEdit, can anyone post a
> cookbook method for editing an application's existing icon?  So far, no changes
> I have made with ResEdit in already-visible icons have had any effect.  I 
> think the problem is that once the Finder has seen an application with an 
> icon, it thinks that's always the application's icon...

When the Finder opens an application that has the bundle resources (types BNDL,
FREF, ICN# and *name* (that's the one with the type the same
as the creator)) in the resource fork, and the bundle bit set,
it moves the bundle resources from the application file into the desktop file.
This is
where it goes to find the icon to display on the screen.  Changing
the ICN# resource in the application file will not have any effect
on what you see unless you delete the Desktop file (hold down
option and command as the disk is being booted) or delete all
the required resources from the Desktop file.  The first method
will eliminate all your folders, and the second method will destroy
many disks until you figure out just what must and must not be
removed.

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Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD
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