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From: bob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Disk initialization Icons
Message-ID: <10330101@accuvax.nwu.edu>
Date: 9 Dec 88 13:36:29 GMT
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Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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> Paul Christensen writes:

>Where does the Disk Initialization Package get the icons it displays in 
>the disk formatting dialog boxes?  On a MacSE or MacII, if you format a
>floppy disk, an icon appears to show you which drive it's in.

>Since my MacII is floor-standing (using the Kensington hardware), I'd 
>like to patch the icons to properly match the drive's orientation. Since 
>I can't find them in the ROM or System file, I assume they must be in the 
>.Sony driver, since the hard disk icons are found in their respective 
>drivers.

>Can anybody help me on this one?  Thanks in advance.

The icons _are_ in the device drivers, but probably just stored as bits in
memory. It you are truly gung-ho about this, you can trace through a call
to the driver (control call, csCode=22) to see where it stores the icon.
(The call is documented on IM V-470). Once you find the icon, you would have
to build an appropriate icon in ResEdit, write down the hex, and patch up
the driver.

Personally, I think turning the monitor would be easier :-)

>Paul Christensen

Bob Hablutzel	BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU