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Since: Jul 06, 2007
Posts: 2
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:05 pm
Post subject: Application icon disappearing mystery?
Archived from groups: comp>sys>mac>programmer>codewarrior, others (more info?)
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I have a little mystery, maybe it will ring a bell for someone.
I'm using an admittedly old (v8.2) version of Codewarrior. I've created
an application, named, say, MyProgram. It's a carbonized application, a
plain application (not a bundle, etc.), though it does have a plist
resource. It has a separate resource fork, a type and a creator, etc.
Sometimes when I'm in Codewarrior and build the application, the
application it creates is created with a generic DOCUMENT icon...not
only does it NOT have the icon it's supposed to have, but it doesn't
even appear as an application, but rather as a document.
If I select the icon, and duplicate it (command-D) from the Finder, the
duplicated icon is correct...it's a properly double-clickable
application with the intended icon. Why is this?
(And, by the way, in a similar mystery, if I stuff (using StuffIt
DropStuff) this application with the proper icon, and then un-stuff it,
the un-stuffed file may yet again revert back to a generic document
icon...but it too, if duplicated, becomes correct again.)
Anyone have a clue what I've (apparently) forgotten to do? It's like
there's a flag that I should have set that says "this file is an
application" and I forgot to set it? When duplicated the file icon
corrects itself, but I'd still like to figure out this mystery.
THANKS! |
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Since: Jan 05, 2004
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:07 pm
Post subject: Re: Application icon disappearing mystery? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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In article ,
Mike wrote:
> I have a little mystery, maybe it will ring a bell for someone.
>
> I'm using an admittedly old (v8.2) version of Codewarrior. I've created
> an application, named, say, MyProgram. It's a carbonized application, a
> plain application (not a bundle, etc.), though it does have a plist
> resource. It has a separate resource fork, a type and a creator, etc.
> Sometimes when I'm in Codewarrior and build the application, the
> application it creates is created with a generic DOCUMENT icon...not
> only does it NOT have the icon it's supposed to have, but it doesn't
> even appear as an application, but rather as a document.
It's probably the Finder being stupid. Which OS version? |
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Since: Jul 06, 2007
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:57 pm
Post subject: Re: Application icon disappearing mystery? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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I'm up-to-date (on the OSX at least, if not Codewarrior!) running
10.4.10. I'm pretty sure the fault is mine (or maybe Codewarrior?) and
NOT Apple's Finder. I only real have this problem with apps that I
create not others' apps, so I'm pretty darn sure the oversight is on my
end, just haven't been able to figure out where! I'm thinking it might
be that I haven't properly told the Finder that my app is an
app...maybe something wrong with a Finder or Creator or plist resource,
or something like that??? ANyway, thanks for the thought...
In article , Sean McBride
wrote:
> In article ,
> Mike wrote:
>
> > I have a little mystery, maybe it will ring a bell for someone.
> >
> > I'm using an admittedly old (v8.2) version of Codewarrior. I've created
> > an application, named, say, MyProgram. It's a carbonized application, a
> > plain application (not a bundle, etc.), though it does have a plist
> > resource. It has a separate resource fork, a type and a creator, etc.
> > Sometimes when I'm in Codewarrior and build the application, the
> > application it creates is created with a generic DOCUMENT icon...not
> > only does it NOT have the icon it's supposed to have, but it doesn't
> > even appear as an application, but rather as a document.
>
> It's probably the Finder being stupid. Which OS version? >> Stay informed about: Application icon disappearing mystery? |
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Since: Jul 08, 2007
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:58 pm
Post subject: Re: Application icon disappearing mystery? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: comp>sys>mac>programmer>codewarrior (more info?)
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Mike wrote:
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It's a carbonized application, a
>plain application (not a bundle, etc.), though it does have a plist
>resource. It has a separate resource fork, a type and a creator, etc.
>Sometimes when I'm in Codewarrior and build the application, the
>application it creates is created with a generic DOCUMENT icon...not
>only does it NOT have the icon it's supposed to have, but it doesn't
>even appear as an application, but rather as a document.
What happens if you log out and back in? I have sometimes had to do this
several times and even had to delete all other copies of a newly build
application to get the icon to appear correctly. As one other poster alluded
to, the Finder's LaunchServices database does not seem to be as rigorous
about this as the old Creator code mechanism used in OS 9. >> Stay informed about: Application icon disappearing mystery? |
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