On 30/09/2011, at 09:43, cocoa-dev-requ...@lists.apple.com wrote: > From: Matt Gough <devlists...@gmail.com> > Date: 30 de setembro de 2011 05:21:06 BRT > > Firstly there is no official way to do this, all the solutions you see in the > wild are hacks of one sort or another. > > Having said that, I had to implement what you are asking for (overlays on > icons) and did it via SIMBL. Unfortunately I can't share code or say too much > about what what is needed, but it would certainly help if you understood > method swizzling and found a way to dump all the Obj_c classes that the > Finder uses internally. > > On 29 Sep 2011, at 20:39, Damon Allison wrote: >> I am researching options for integrating with Finder. In particular, I would >> like my application to provide file and directory icon overlays similar to >> how Dropbox.app overlays green and blue images on top of file and folder >> images.
I've never used Dropbox, but - on the offhand chance that you want overlays only on certain icons, not generic ones - you can add overlays by adding a 'badg' resource to the file's resource fork (or to the hidden .icon\r file inside the folder). Check out: http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/Icon_Service_nd_Utilities/IconServUtili.pdf and http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/95797-finder-icon-badging.html HTH, -- Rainer Brockerhoff <rai...@brockerhoff.net> Belo Horizonte, Brazil "In the affairs of others even fools are wise In their own business even sages err." Weblog: http://www.brockerhoff.net/blog _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
