On 1/18/06 8:50 AM, Jeremy Sagan didst favor us with:
> I want to draw an image with a mask so that it does not destroy the
> background. I could use copybits with a mask but that is a pain. I am
> not going to switch to drawing into a context at this point. What is
> the alternative to cicns?
I use IconRefs created from 'icns' resources. You get more colors and an
8-bit mask, so they look a lot better in Mac OS X, and you can create and
edit them with Resorcerer and modern icon editing software, so you avoid all
the problems you're having with 'cicn' resources. You can use IconRefs
anywhere you could use a 'cicn' icon (controls, menus), some places you
can't use 'cicn' such as proxy icons in windows, draw them with QuickDraw
(PlotIconRef) or into a context (PlotIconRefInContext), scale them, and use
them with transforms like selected and disabled. You only have to supply
data for the sizes you need, so there isn't really any reason to use 'cicn's
anymore.
Larry
> Jeremy
>
> On Jan 17, 2006, at 6:47 PM, Laurence Harris wrote:
>
>> Out of curiosity, why are still using 'cicn' icons?
>>
>> Larry
>>
>
>
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