Hey, quick question.. in the desktop.ini are you using IconFile=.. or IconResource=... When I use IconFile it behaves the way you describe, when I use IconResource, it keeps the icon.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: > Weird isn't it? I may have mentioned this,too, but after I manually > change the Folder Picture via the properties window at the desktop > everything works great from within Livecode if I create folders of the same > name at the same path. I'm naming my folders a single capital letter as I > test and I'm all the way up to 'M' since I've /used up/ all the previous > letters as names. > > I think there's something going on in the registry. > > > On 4/17/2015 9:17 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > >> I'm not positive, but I THINK when you put files into the folder, it makes >> adjustments so that a) it still kinda shows your icon, while b) its trying >> to show previews of whats in the folder. I'm not sure this is what you're >> seeing, but it sounds right. I think there was a way around this >> behavior, >> (assuming my guess is right), but I'll have to try to remember what I saw. >> (probably another setting in the desktop.ini) >> >> Unfortunately, its not behaving the same for me. Maybe its a random >> feature! >> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: >> >> I see. So there are three different states of this check box: empty, >>> checked and "squared". That's a new thing for me. I always thought >>> there >>> were just two states of both check boxes and radio buttons, but I think I >>> can handle that. Thanks for laying it out. >>> >>> On another note, I've discovered that while the desktop icon I assign to >>> a >>> folder is there when I first create the folder and set it all up, it >>> shrinks the instant I write or copy a file into the folder, either >>> through >>> Livecode or manually on the desktop. Do you know why this might be >>> happening? >>> >>> I only see the icon I assign when viewing by medium and large icons. >>> Could this have something to do with it? >>> >>> >>> On 4/17/2015 8:52 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: >>> >>> If you notice, when you set the read only aspect of the folder using the >>>> shell, then look at the properties of the folder, the box isn't checked. >>>> Its greyed out. This is because you set the folder itself. When you use >>>> the checkbox in the proprieties inspector for the folder, you're >>>> actually >>>> setting the rules for the contents of the folder, not the folder itself. >>>> >>>> I suspect, if you create a folder, then check that box, then check its >>>> attributes from the shell (attrib foldername) that the folder itself >>>> won't >>>> show R as one of its attribs. The checkbox isn't doing the same thing as >>>> the shell call. >>>> >>>> Freaks me out a bit actually! >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
