Custom Desktop Folders

[Mike Bonner]

Hey, quick question.. in the desktop.ini are you using IconFile=.. or
IconResource=...   When I use IconFile it behaves the way you describe,
when I use IconResource, it keeps the icon.

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Ray <ray at linkit.com> wrote:

> Weird isn't it?  I may have mentioned this,too, but after I manually
> change the Folder Picture via the properties window at the desktop
> everything works great from within Livecode if I create folders of the same
> name at the same path.  I'm naming my folders a single capital letter as I
> test and I'm all the way up to 'M' since I've /used up/ all the previous
> letters as names.
>
> I think there's something going on in the registry.
>
>
> On 4/17/2015 9:17 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>
>> I'm not positive, but I THINK when you put files into the folder, it makes
>> adjustments so that a) it still kinda shows your icon, while b) its trying
>> to show previews of whats in the folder.  I'm not sure this is what you're
>> seeing, but it sounds right.  I think there was a way around this
>> behavior,
>> (assuming my guess is right), but I'll have to try to remember what I saw.
>> (probably another setting in the desktop.ini)
>>
>> Unfortunately, its not behaving the same for me.  Maybe its a random
>> feature!
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Ray <ray at linkit.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I see.  So there are three different states of this check box: empty,
>>> checked and "squared".  That's a new thing for me.  I always thought
>>> there
>>> were just two states of both check boxes and radio buttons, but I think I
>>> can handle that.  Thanks for laying it out.
>>>
>>> On another note, I've discovered that while the desktop icon I assign to
>>> a
>>> folder is there when I first create the folder and set it all up, it
>>> shrinks the instant I write or copy a file into the folder, either
>>> through
>>> Livecode or manually on the desktop.  Do you know why this might be
>>> happening?
>>>
>>> I only see the icon I assign when viewing by medium and large icons.
>>> Could this have something to do with it?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/17/2015 8:52 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>>>
>>>  If you notice, when you set the read only aspect of the folder using the
>>>> shell, then look at the properties of the folder, the box isn't checked.
>>>> Its greyed out. This is because you set the folder itself.  When you use
>>>> the checkbox in the proprieties inspector for the folder, you're
>>>> actually
>>>> setting the rules for the contents of the folder, not the folder itself.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect, if you create a folder, then check that box, then check its
>>>> attributes from the shell (attrib foldername) that the folder itself
>>>> won't
>>>> show R as one of its attribs. The checkbox isn't doing the same thing as
>>>> the shell call.
>>>>
>>>> Freaks me out a bit actually!
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