Time for me to run away, but if things stay quirky, I'll see if I can borrow a win8 system and poke around this eve when I get back.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Strange. Wish I had win8 to try. If I set things using the property > inspector, it does adjust that file, but if I only do it with my script > (and set the IconResource) it stays the same. Most of the stuff you list > in the file is for inside except the logo. > foldertype just adjust settings for efficient indexing. > > All I have in my desktop.ini (again windows 7) is this: > > [.ShellClassInfo] > IconResource=genericapp.ico > > with the ico file inside the folder, so no path needed after all. (if its > elsewhere, of course path it!) > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: > >> Another interesting point: after I create the Desktop.ini file from >> within Livecode it's text is this: >> [ViewState] >> Mode= >> Vid= >> FolderType=Pictures >> Logo=C:\Users\RayAc\Desktop\M\PubblyIcon.ico >> >> and the file's size is 91 bytes. >> >> After I manually set the desktop folder picture from the Properties tab, >> to make sure it sticks, neither the text nor the attributes change at all, >> but the size somehow grows to 93 bytes. Something else is happening to the >> Desktop.ini file when changing the folder's picture manually but I don't >> know what it is. >> >> 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
