Getting a files icon...

[Ken Ray]

JR,

A file's icon is in the resource fork of the file (Mac OS 9), a separate
.icns resource file (Mac OS X) or in the compiled application resources
(Windows), and so it's not really a part of what the file system stores
about a file. The OS provides the icon based on its file association (stored
in the desktop database in Mac and in the Registry in Windows). Either way,
it will require moving resources around to get at the icon.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "RCS" <rcs at rcsprogramming.com>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 8:01 PM
Subject: Getting a files icon...


>   Is there any way to get a files icon from MetaCard? There is nothing in
> the 'detailed files', and I do not see anything obvious in the docs...
>
> Thank you,
> JR
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