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From: steele@unc.cs.unc.edu (Oliver Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: desktop icons
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Date: 20 Jan 88 23:41:11 GMT
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tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) writes:
>I think you can get your new icon to appear if you do a "Get Info"
>of the application FROM INSIDE OF ResEdit, and then uncheck the
>"Inited" flag.  I don't have my notes with me, but I believe that
>is the flag which tells the Finder that it has seen this application
>before.         

Almost, but the Finder takes some shortcuts that often defeat this.  If
your application has never had an icon on the desktop before, and you
want to add one (you've just added or fixed a FREF, BNDL, ICN#, or
signature resource, for instance, or set the bundle bit), then Mr.
Johnson's suggestion will work.  If, however, you've changed your
applications icon and you want the Finder to pay attention to the new
one, then you're out of luck unless you do something to the desktop file
(and a number of people have suggested different things to do to it).
The Finder sees the blank init bit, says "OK, I have to put this
applications ICN# into the Desktop file.  Let's see, what's its
signature?  'FOO '?  There's already a 'FOO ' 0 in the Desktop file, so I
guess I'm done."

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