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Re: Special folder types



At 13:54 -0700 23/11/2007, Rosyna wrote:
>Whenever you need an icon, look for wheres the systems stores it. /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
>
>Downloads: 'dwnf'
>Burnable Folder: 'bfld'
>Users (Well, Workgroup folder icon, which was documented in the Metrowerks headers): 'wfld'

Hah. Thanks for reminding me of that info.plist. I had looked at it but neglected to drill down deep enough, and then it was deleted from my mental cache!


>Also, that CoreTypes thing is not to be parsed or edited. I only mention it as a lookup table for "documentation". Do not expect the structure of the CoreType bundles to not change.

Yes, that changed a lot in the last years. Of course the official API to it is GetIconRefFromTypeInfo().

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