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From: hill@petsd.UUCP (John S. Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: How to add startup icon to one that doesn't?
Message-ID: <1841@petsd.UUCP>
Date: 3 Aug 90 15:37:27 GMT
References: <29956.26a4beb0@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <1990Jul20.001136.6842@midway.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: hill@petsd.UUCP (John S. Hill)
Organization: Perkin-Elmer DSG, Tinton Falls, N.J.
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In article <1990Jul20.001136.6842@midway.uchicago.edu> dwal@midway.UUCP writes:
>In article <29956.26a4beb0@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> mouse@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Dhanapong Saengrussamee-University of North Texas) writes:
>> [...stuff deleted...]
>>  What about those INITs and cdevs that do not show their startup icon?  Is
>>their a way to patch/add something to it so that it will show its icon (at
>>least) at startup?  (As mentioned in previous posted, I am very good at
>>peeking & poking with ResEdit and stuffs....)
>
>
>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 reason, if the routine wasn't included when the program was
>linked, you wouldn't be able to just twiddle some bits and make the
>call.  As it is, the icon that is displayed is generally based upon
>runtime conditions (i.e., whether a certain installation procedure
>succeeds), and hacking that in bit-wise would be a pain in the **s.
>

It is possible and in fact very easy to add icons to most inits/cdevs that
don't have start up icons.  First, find an init/cdev that does show
its icon, then with ResEdit open that file.  Look in the INIT resource,
where you may find a resource called ShowINIT.  Copy this resource and paste
it into the target init/cdev, changing it's resource id to match the resource
id of the ICN# that you want to display.   That's all there's to it.  You may
of course have to add an ICN# if it doesn't have one, but that's also no big
deal if you're the least bit artistically inclined.

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