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From: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Folder Icons
Summary: I don't think you can do it.
Message-ID: <3154@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jun 88 21:29:41 GMT
References: <959@mtund.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <959@mtund.ATT.COM> newton@mtund.ATT.COM (Newton Lee) writes:
>How does one create new folder icons?
>For instance, System Folder has a different folder icon compared to
>other typical folders.

  You will find the Folder Icon in the Resource Fork of the Finder.  I believe
currently that their is no way to tell the finder to use different Icons for
different folders.  The System Folder Icon is a special case that the finder
happens to check for, it treats the rest of the icons normally, now if you want
all of you folders to be different you can always edit the "plain" folder using
ResEdit and the finder will use the new icon to display all of the folders.

  In summary the finder uses only two types of folder icons, one for the system,
and one for every other folder.  You can edit both of these folder types, but
you can't "add" new folder types to the finder.  But you have brought up a very
interesting idea.  I think it would be great to allow the user to add "custom"
folder icons and apply those icons to specific subdirectories.  
   Hey Apple's new finder people!!!!  What about it, sounds good to me.  Very
user extensible, isn't that what we want!!!  What about the rest of netland, do
you want to be able to add custom folder icons with the finder, I think I'd like
it, you know different icons for Data, Development, applications, it would be
neat!!

-- 
David M. O'Rourke

Disclaimer: I don't represent the school.  All opinions are mine!