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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: How to add startup icon to one that doesn't?
Message-ID: <43171@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 20 Jul 90 01:28:15 GMT
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In article <1990Jul20.001136.6842@midway.uchicago.edu> dwal@midway.uchicago.edu (David Walton) writes:
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>If an INIT doesn't show an icon at startup, it's not really possible
>to hack it up so it does.  This sort of thing isn't managed by the
>system, but by a procedure which Apple distributes (to anybody who
>asks for it) for anybody who wants to include in in his her INIT.  For

That's not always true.  The system executes all INIT resources it finds in
a file, so one can simply add a new INIT resource that displays the icon.  

>call.  As it is, the icon that is displayed is generally based upon
>runtime conditions (i.e., whether a certain installation procedure

Right.  With the above trick the same icon is always displayed regardless of
whether the INIT succeeds or fails.

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