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From: bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: IFF archive proposal - update
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Date: 24 Jan 88 09:18:54 GMT
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In article <8801240527.AA15462@jade.berkeley.edu> FATQW@USU.BITNET writes:
>
>                      ...An IFF File Archive Format...
>
>...AICN - Amiga Icon.  This chunk is specifically for the Amiga.  It stores
>icon information for the file.  It has exactly the same format as the .info
>files....

Please no!  It is the same format as a "Disk Object", as retrieved by
the "GetDiskObject()" libray call.  The de-arcer must put this back with the
"PutDiskObject()" library call.

".info" files are merely a side effect of the current Workbench implementation.
The only defined interface for making icons is "PutDiskObject()".

This is all in the "icon.library".   See the "Workbench" chapter in the RKM.


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