Stadalone Icons

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Wed Mar 14 10:53:12 EDT 2007


On Mar 14, 2007, at 8:34 AM, Devin Asay wrote:

>
> On Mar 13, 2007, at 11:06 PM, Karen Jones wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I am a newcomer to Revolution and the list. I am making small  
>> drill standalones for my computer lab. I have looked and searched  
>> for instructions on how to make the standalone app display a  
>> custom made icon, but can't seem to find it. I have created the  
>> icon files in PhotoShop using IconBuilder.
>>
>> Is there a website anyone would recomend that addresses this or  
>> could someone please help me with this.
>
> Karen,
>
> Be sure to visit Chipp Walter's tutorial on standalone building at  
> http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/RunRev/Tutorials.htm . It  
> contains a good section on creating application icons.
>
> Several people her, including me use a PhotoShop plugin called  
> IconBuilder, which gives excellent results. You should also be  
> aware that on OS X there is a little quirk with Rev standalone app  
> icons, in which the icon doesn't appear immediately, even when the  
> icon has been properly placed into the app bundle Resources folder.  
> What I always do is launch the new standalone--you'll notice that  
> the proper icon does appear in the dock, even though it's not yet  
> visible in the Finder. Then quit the standalone, click its icon in  
> the Finder and open the Get Info window. Then click on the icon in  
> the info window and press the delete key. The new icon will appear.

Forgot to mention that this quirk only happens on the machine you  
build the standalone on. If you copy it to another Mac the icon shows  
up immediately.

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University




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