(not) Moved icons

[Klaus Major]

Hi Wilhelm,

> On Wed, 08 Mar 2006, Klaus Major wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> did you notice that the "Resource mover" does NOT move ALL  
>> MetaCard icons
>> to the target stack?
>> I had to copy the "Icons" stack manually to one of my stacks after  
>> i found that
>> e.g. the "white arrow" icons were not displayed in the standalone!
>> That does not affect the "Icons set in script" option.
>> I will try to locate the problem, a short look at the script  
>> reveals that not the complete stack
>> "Icons" is copied/cloned to the target stack, instead there is a  
>> repeat loop and I will try to find
>> out what exactly is happening inside of it.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Klaus Major
>> http://www.major-k.de
>
> Hi Klaus,
>
> What you already did - copying the whole of stack "icons" as a  
> substack to your standalone -seems to be the exact  and only  
> answer, unless we change the relevant scripts of the Resource  
> Mover.  I had a look at that "loop", and I have the impression that  
> it copies icons associated with buttons anywhere in a stack that  
> are *not* mentioned in scripts. Additionally the basic icons for  
> answer and ask dialogs seem to be copied.
>
> I had come across this problem some time ago (two years or so?) and  
> had reported this on this list.

Yes, I took a deeper look and found that only the icons really used  
in your stack(s) are copied.
I always had the expression that ALL icons were copied.

But once you know this, you can live with it :-)

> What are the opinions for an optional inclusion of the whole Icon  
> stack? It would add another 500 KB to a standalone.

I think (NOW ;-) it is OK the way it is...

> Best regards,
>
> Wilhelm Sanke
> <http://www.sankee.org/MetaMedia>

Best

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de