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Edit bundle bits to add custom document icons to ClarisWorks.
Guillaume Gete submitted this great tip to make ClarisWorks 5.0 generate different icons for word processing, drawing, speadsheets, and other document types.
 After you create one of the five main types of ClarisWork's documents, you will notice they all have the same generic icon.
This edit will show you how to assign an already existing ClarisWorks icon to each document style.
 Let's take a look at the possible icons to assign to the different documents.
Open a copy of ClarisWorks in ResEdit and find the icl8 resources. Open them with a double-click.
For the purpose of this example, let's say we want to use icon 130 for a database. (The multiple sheets remind me of records in a data file.)
Icon 131 can be used for a drawing document, icon 134 will be used for painting files, and let's use icon 135 for a spreadsheet. We can leave 129 assigned to word processing.
Now you need to know the file types for the different documents. I got this information by opening each file type in ResEdit and using the Get Info command.
CWDB = database = icon 130
CWGR = drawing = icon 131
CWPT = painting = icon 134
CWSS = spreadsheet = icon 135
CWWP = word processing = 129 (unchanged)
 You can now close the icon window, and find the BNDL resources.
Open them with a double-click.
 There is only one ID, number 128.
Open it with a double-click.
Here is where you assign icons to the different file types.
Select the icon group for file type CWGR (drawing).
From the BNDL menu in the menu bar, select Choose icon...
From the new window, select icon 134 and hit the OK button (it's ok that it's B&W).
If you cannot select Choose Icon, make sure only the the icon group is selected, and not the file type too!
 Repeat the icon selection process for the remaining document types. When you're finished, save your work and quit ResEdit.
In order to see the new icons, you will probably have to rebuild the computer's desktop file by holding Command-Option during a restart.
After the desktop rebuilds, you should be gazing upon your new icons! |
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