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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Editing a drawer icon?
Message-ID: <521@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 19 Aug 89 21:28:09 GMT
References: <1235@cbnewsd.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Organization: McDonnell Douglas Field Service Co, San Jose CA
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Keywords: icon, drawer, edit, changing, phases

In article <1235@cbnewsd.ATT.COM> rios@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (Michael "Huh?" Rios) writes:
>How is a two-stage icon made and handled by the Amiga system?
>Tool: the Icon Editor provided with the system.
>I've RTFM, but I'm still at a loss.  Can anyone help?

IconEd can't handle double-image icons at all.  The proper FM for this
information is Rom Kernel Manual: Libraries and Devices, in the Workbench
chapter.  It tells the programmer what structures Workbench is using.

On Fred Fish Disk #182, there is a program called IconMerger.  It takes two
Dpaint brush files and combines them into a double-image icon.  On FF #101,
the IconAssembler program takes two simple icons and creates a double-image
icon, or splits a double into two singles.  (You can then use IconEd to
modify these, then re-assemble it.)  There is also SetAlternate on FF#12,
IconImage on #120, SIT (Set Icon Type) on 137.
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