Re: "Resource not found!" error

[Charles Yeomans <charles@declareSub.com>]

OpenAsPicture cannot open an .icns file.

Charles Yeomans

On Dec 31, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Lennox Jacob wrote:

> I tried this:
>
>  #if TargetMacOS then
>    Dim f as FolderItem
>    Dim p as Picture
>    f=  
> SpecialFolder 
> .Applications 
> .child 
> ("Safari 
> .app").child("Contents").child("Resources").Child("compass.icns")
>    If f <> Nil then
>      'f.launch  'This launches Preview and displays the compass as a  
> picture
>      p=f.OpenAsPicture
>      Canvas1.backdrop=p
>    End if
>
>  #endif
>
> but the compass was not displayed in Canvas1, nothing happened.
>
> Lennox
>
>
> --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Norman Palardy <npalardy@great-white-software.com 
> > wrote:
> > From: Norman Palardy <npalardy@great-white-software.com>
> > Subject: Re: "Resource not found!" error
> > To: "REALbasic NUG" <realbasic-nug@lists.realsoftware.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 8:51 AM
> > Many applications are going away from any kinds of resources
> > You might need to use a different mechanism to get the icon
> > MacOSLib has this implemented in its MacIcon classes which
> > can grab the icon for a given folderItem

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