Scott, I looked at your wed site and wondered if you are thinking about apps that use that new way of thinking about math operations using that new grid system. Don't remember what it's called, but my grandson uses it. Some app for that could be very useful for home schoolers, too.
Btw, there is now a special forum on the livecode site for folks who want to discuss education apps and pedagogy. Best, Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Apr 15, 2015, at 11:20 PM, Scott Morrow <sc...@elementarysoftware.com> > wrote: > > Hello Ray, > I believe I had success setting custom folder icons from LiveCode using the > Xcode tool SetFile. I can’t remember who pointed me at it… probably Ken Ray. > In order for this to work I needed to store the SetFile tool in a customProp > of my app and temporarily write it to the user’s drive. (There may be a > legal issue here. In this particular case, I covered my ears while singing > “La, la, la”) It has been several years since I last used this but seem to > recall that it worked. > -- > Scott Morrow > > Elementary Software > (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) > web http://elementarysoftware.com/ > email sc...@elementarysoftware.com > office 1-800-615-0867 > > > —| ------------------------------------------------------------- > —| set the custom icon bit in the Finder info flags > —| this will tell the Finder to use the custom "icon\r" file to display a > custom folder icon > —| install the Developer Tools and look inside the /Developer/Tools/ > directory for a CLI program called SetFile. > —| This sets file bits. Specifically, you want to take note of the -a option > to set attributes. > —| Run the program without arguments and it will show you a table of things > to set. > —| We're looking for the C attribute in upper case because we want to set it > on. > —| To turn it off, you use lower case. > —| then run this: tPathToSetFile -a C tFolderPath > —| in order to run the Command Line Tool "SetFile" from the shell() we will > need to install it temporarily > —| suck it up and store it in the customProp —> the uSetFileDevTool of stack > "MyCoolStack" > --> -- /Developer/usr/bin/SetFile -a C /Applications/My\ App\ Name > —| ------------------------------------------------------------- > on FolderIconFlag tFolderPath > -- determine if the SetFile command line tool has already been installed to > a temp folder > put specialfolderpath(temporary) &"/SetFile" into tSetFilePath -- build the > path of a temp location to install into > if not (the uSetFileIsInstalled of stack “MyCoolStack") then > -- install SetFile app > put (decompress(the uSetFileDevTool of stack "MyCoolStack")) into URL > ("binfile:" & tSetFilePath) > put the result into tResult > if tResult is not empty then > get log("ERROR:" &CR& "Attempt to write out the Command Line Tool > SetFile resulted in: "&& tResult) > exit FolderIconFlag -- we failed > end if > put "755" into tPermission > Chmod tSetFilePath, tPermission > -- announce that the SetFile is installed > set the uSetFileIsInstalled of stack "MyCoolStack" to "true" > end if > > -- escape some special characters > put fixPath(tSetFilePath) into tSetFilePath > put fixPath(tFolderPath) into tFolderPath > > -- set the custom folder icon flag > get shell(tSetFilePath && "-a C"&& tFolderPath) > end FolderIconFlag > > > function fixPath pPath > put "\" & space & quote & "'`<>!;()[]?#$^&*=" into tSpecialChars > repeat for each char tChar in tSpecialChars > replace tChar with ("\" & tChar) in pPath > end repeat > return pPath > end fixPath > > >> On Apr 15, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: >> >> Does anybody know of a way, from within Livecode, to create a folder and >> give it it's own custom display on the desktop? I'd imagine this would be >> done with an .ico file. I'd like to do this for both Mac and Windows. >> >> I've looked through the RunRev store and haven't found any extensions which >> do this. Maybe through a command-line somebody has written? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
