Re(2): SystemIcons.bundle
Re(2): SystemIcons.bundle
- Subject: Re(2): SystemIcons.bundle
- From: Simon Stapleton <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:52:35 +0200
From: Jens Bauer <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:30:34 +0200
Hi Andrew,
I'm not sure whether we're allowed to do that.
The best thing you can do, is to create an icon yourself, then you will
not get in trouble.
-Remember: It is most likely copyrighted images.
It's best to always ask someone at Apple about this before doing it.
Also, c*pyr*ght questions aside, should that icon change between system
releases, your app is going to look odd on one or other release. I'd go
for loading from the system bundle (thus getting maximum 'system look',
but at the risk of the icon disappearing), or designing your own as
suggested by Jens.
If you go for the 'designing your own' approach, check out Aquatint,
which is a rather nice little app. No, I'm not related to it, I just
happen to like it quite a lot.
I would personally try to get the icons from the system bundle, but have
'fallback' (self-designed) icons in your bundle and a dialog nib that
can be used to indicate to the user that a new version is required (or
similar) in the case that the icons aren't available on their specific
installation.
On Mon, 19 Aug, 2002, Andrew Merenbach <email@hidden> wrote:
I found a nice image in one of the the Core Services resources in 10.1,
and wanted to use it in my app, and instead of loading it from the
system bundle, I simply copied the image out of the resources and put
it
into my own program. Unless you are absolutely positive the icon you
want will be in future system versions, you might want to do the
same--copy the icons you want into your resources. That way will
ensure
maximum compatibility, though it will increase your program size
slightly. Additionally, this will allow you to use the image in
Interface Builder.
Have fun.
Simon
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