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From: jrk@s1.sys.uea.ac.uk (Richard Kennaway CMP RA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Changing Icons using ResEdit
Summary: beware MultiFinder
Message-ID: <160@s1.sys.uea.ac.uk>
Date: 17 Oct 88 10:44:14 GMT
References: <1675@goanna.oz> <4685@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
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[A followup to a question and various answers to problems in changing
BNDL/ICN#/FREFs properly]

Another pitfall to beware, which I havent seen described anywhere, is that
under MultiFinder, if the file whose icon you are trying to change is visible
in a finder window or on the desktop, changing the type and/or creator
of the file can have no effect - the Finder (or something) sets it back
to what it was.  Always close the Finder window containing the file, or
move it into a closed folder, before hacking the types.

Anyone know why this should happen?  The workaround works, but dammit, Mac
software shouldnt have to be worked around :-)
-- 
Richard Kennaway
School of Information Systems, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K.
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