Icons

[Klaus Major]

Hi John,

please calm down at first! :-)

> Could someone please help me... as this problem is driving me  
> (insert a
> seven letter expletive) nuts!... If I was living in the USA, I would
> probably shoot my Mac... since I live in rural England, I am seriously
> thinking of taking my cricket bat to it !!
>
> I work on a Mac...
>
> I have made a standalone application for both the Mac and PC from  
> the same
> revolution stack... I have managed, using Iconographer to attach an  
> icon to
> the Mac standalone... How to attach it to the PC standalone completely
> eludes me... but never mind that right now...
>
> Using Toast and the ISO 9660 settings I have burnt a CD... The CD  
> contains
> the .app standalone as well as the .exe standalone... However, when  
> I open
> the CD, the icon that was attached is replaced by the generic Mac
> application icon...

Sounds like you opened that newly created CD on your Mac?
In that case, EVERYTHING is alright :-)

The Mac cannot display windows icons!!! and that's why you get the  
generic app icon.

Did you test this on a PC?

> Can someone who has experience of attaching icons to rev  
> standalones please
> step in and save my sanity ?!*@
>
> I don't have a (insert a seven letter expletive) clue what to do...  
> I'm
> stumped... the kids are avoiding this part of the house... My  
> girlfriend has
> just told me that my dinner is warm - it's in the dog! and I'm  
> thinking of
> putting my Mac up for sale on eBay and going to pick olives in  
> Greece for
> the summer...
>
> John Dixon

Regards

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