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From: BRYAN@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: A couple of questions on IB use
Message-ID: <6768@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 27 Jul 89 15:19:09 GMT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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I've got a couple of problems with the Interface Builder. Please bear in mind
at the outset that I'm a fairly end-userish type of person (at least on the
NeXT). I find the online docs on the IB *very* insufficient and one of our
local Chem. profs has hoarded up the technical docs. So I apologize in
advance if these are ignorant questions with simple answers.

First question (simple):
I'd like to be able to create my own icons for applications. I've made
the .tiff file for the icon, but when I specify the filename in the
project window of IB, it still uses that same ol' ugly default icon.
Is this one of the features that doesn't work yet? Is there a way around
it?

Second question (more complicated):
I've got a Unix program that converts .GIF files to PostScript files.
Using it from the shell is easy ("gif2ps infile.gif > outfile.ps") and
works pretty well. But I'd like, if possible, to slap a NeXT interface
on it. Should be simple, right? Wrong! I'm using Yap as a 'model' of
what I'd like it to come out like (I'd like it to run just like Yap, only
convert the file before opening it). I thought it would just be a matter
of linking an extra command or two into the code. No such luck. Now
I'm hopelessly lost in a maze of IB spaghetti. And I thought ResEdit 
was a pain!

Anyway, if some kind soul out there with a little spare time could type
in some guidelines, procedures or suggestions, I would be eternally
grateful. It seems like it should be so simple if I could just figure 
out what I'm doing wrong.

					Thanks in advance,
					Bryan

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