On 5/8/06 7:41 AM, Peter S Lau didst favor us with:
> On 5/8/2006 1:49 AM, "Stephen Kay" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I have an .icns file, created with Icon Composer, with all the icons filled
>> in.
>>
>> In CW 9.6, In my AppPropertyList.plc, (plist), I have:
>>
>> key "CFBundleIconFile" value string "MyApp.icns".
>>
>> So I have pointed the package at the correct file.
>>
>> When I launch (Run) my app, the icon appears (correctly) in the dock.
>> However, after building the app, when viewing the package in the finder
>> inside the folder, it has the generic app icon.
>>
>> If I view the package contents, it appears that all the correct pieces are
>> in the correct places, with the correct names.
>>
>> If I duplicate the package in the Finder, the new copy shows up with the
>> correct icon. (!)
>>
>> Yet the original stays with the generic icon. Any ideas on what I'm missing?
A Finder that doesn't have bugs in it.
>> Thanks,
>> - Stephen
>
> I think the Finder is not being smart... And I believe it only happens to
> fresh build application for the first time on a machine.
>
> I think I have seen this in Mac OS as well...
>
> Here what I usually do in Finder: Do a Get Info... Click on the icon, do a
> cmd-c, cmd-v, and cmd-x.
>
> What the sequence does is to copy the generic icon to the clipboard... Then
> paste it as a custom icon to the application bundle, then remove it. This
> should force the Finder to peek inside the bundle, etc.
Ouch. This is a hack. I wouldn't do that as it creates a custom icon file in
the package that isn't deleted when you remove the custom icon.
I've seen this before and some other options are:
- Just duplicate it again. I've never had it happen twice in a row. This is
what I used to do.
- Restart the Finder. I haven't tried this one, but it might work.
- Use something that will send the Finder a kAESync event on the copy to
tell the Finder to update. I use the Update Application Database command in
File Buddy 9's contextual menu and it always fixes the icon instantly.
Larry
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