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From: warden@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Warden)
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Subject: System 7.0 and color Icons question
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Date: 29 May 91 21:43:35 GMT
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I've been trying to incorporate some of my nice color
icl8 icons from sun desk (icon gallery) into the 
programs themselves for finder 7.0.   Both ways I've
tried have failed:

    1.  Within ResEdit, I've selected the picture of the
        icon, switched to the finder and pasted it into
        the icon box in the Get Info Box for each file.
        The icon then looks like it lost some color/details
        (in the finder), but within ResEdit, the new icl8 
        icon looks like it should.

    2.  Trying to get around the new box in the Get Info Box,
        I've copied the icon out of icon gallery (using
        ResEdit), then pasted it into a new icl8 resource
        in the file I'm trying to change.  I then make
        sure that the new icl8 resource ID matches the ID for
        the matching ICN# icon.  Then rebuilding the Desktop,
        the icon for the application becomes the default diamond
        and hand with pen icon.  ResEdit shows that the icons
        I have added are still there.  What's up with this?



  Any sugestions would be greatly appreciated.  

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