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From: blknowle@uokmax.UUCP (Bradford L Knowles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Folder Icons
Message-ID: <1392@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jun 88 23:47:32 GMT
References: <959@mtund.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: blknowle@uokmax.UUCP (Bradford L Knowles)
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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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.

The best way I have found is to simply edit the ICN#'s of the existing
icons (assuming you are using a finder that supports the new and
different icons for different folders--I believe it was introduced
with Finder 6.0).

The above assumes you have a recent copy of ResEdit and are willing to
use it on an existing Finder.  ResEdit doesn't scare me (I actually did
what you asked about quite recently, multiple times), but it does scare
some people, primarily because it is SO EASY to PERMANENTLY (basically)
screw something up if you do THE SLIGHTEST THING WRONG.

Don't get me wrong, ResEdit is easy to use, intuitive, and is an essential
programmers' tool, but the stuff it messes with is the very meat of
programs, and if something goes wrong, the only way to recover is to have
a backup copy of whatever it WAS on hand.

-Brad Knowles

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