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From: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton)
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Subject: Re: ICN# <--> ICON
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Date: 24 Nov 89 21:05:39 GMT
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In article <13500005@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu> resgroup@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Could anyone tell me how to change an ICON into an ICN# and change it back?
>

Using ResEdit, open the resource with "Open General."  This gets you
access to the hex data of the ICON or ICN#.  Cut, Copy, and Paste the
hex data to move the image back and forth between the resource types.
The ICN# resource is actually twice as large as the ICON resource,
because it incorporates a mask.  This means that if you convert an
ICON into an ICN# this way, you will have to open up the ICN# using
the graphical ICN# editor, and define a mask for it, no big deal.

I believe custom applications and XCMDs exist for doing this, but if
you want to do just one or two, ResEdit should do the trick.

Earle R. Horton