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From: bob@eecs.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Changing icons using resedit (again!)
Message-ID: <10050049@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 18 Nov 88 15:00:05 GMT
References: <1776@goanna.oz>
Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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.Now I want to associate an icon with a text documnent which the
.application program creates. And I also want to be able to open that
.text document by just double-clicking on it. I've gone thru the usual
.procedure of creating icon, creating a FREF record for it, setting the
.type to 'TEXT', adding the id to the resource BNDL. But when I create
.a new document from my application program, it still uses the normal
.document icon. I did a 'Get Info' on that document in ResEdit and
.found that the creator field is empty. But when I changed that field 
.into the name of my autograph, it works fine. I suspect the problem is
.that it can't find the name of my autograph. How do I get it to find
.the name?? Have I missed something?? Thanx in advance.

Are you changing the creator and type for the file with GetFileInfo and
SetFileInfo? The creator and type of a file are not properly set when a 
file is created - you have to set them by hand.

Bob Hablutzel	BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU