Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!sdcsvax!net1!graifer
From: graifer@net1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Changing Icons.
Message-ID: <407@net1.UCSD.EDU>
Date: Wed, 18-Feb-87 13:57:57 EST
Article-I.D.: net1.407
Posted: Wed Feb 18 13:57:57 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Feb-87 21:20:26 EST
Organization: UCSD Academic Network Operations
Lines: 19
Keywords: TEXT Icons ResEdit


I have a test version of an application (no name can be cited) that will save
a text version of it's documents.  Unfortunately, it types them DATA not TEXT
so I have to use something like Developer's Tools to change the type before I
can get any other application to read these files.  If I do this, the 
application's DATA document icon is replaced by the generic TEXT icon.  I would
like to have an application specific TEXT icon. 

I used ResEdit to add my new icon to the ICN# resource of the application, and
to add an FREF by copying the one for DATA and changing the type to TEXT. I am
not sure its correct, but I used the zero based index of my icon in the ICN# as
the local icon #.

Anyways, this doesn't seem to work, I still get the generic Icon.  Can anybody
tell me how to do what I want to do, or what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance
Dan Graifer
graifer@net1.UCSD.EDU