Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf!urlichs From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: SICNs in Apple Menu Message-ID: Date: 22 Jan 91 10:04:17 GMT References: <3785@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG Lines: 19 In comp.sys.mac.programmer, article <3785@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, bin@primate.wisc.edu writes: < < Tech Note 180-8 says "Applications should avoid doing anything untoward < with the Apple menu. For example, if your application puts an icon next < to the "About MyApplication..." item, MultiFinder may unceremoniously < write over it. It is important to consider the Apple Menu owned by the < system. You can have the standard about item, but other than this, you < should avoid using the Apple menu." < < Hmm. I wonder what that means for applications that put *two* items < at the top of the Apple menu (e.g., "About" and "Help")...? Works just fine. It's only the icons which generate trouble. -- Matthias Urlichs -- urlichs@smurf.sub.org -- urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de /(o\ Humboldtstrasse 7 - 7500 Karlsruhe 1 - FRG -- +49+721+621127(0700-2330) \o)/