Further testing... As it was easy enough, I modified the shell script in "bin" and took out the extra "../" from the line discussed below, and removed the -J-Xdock:icon tag from the default_options property in myapp.conf. The dock icon behaves as expected. So, I guess the question is whether the shell script line is wrong, or whether the NetBeans code that builds the Mac Installer is storing the icon in the wrong place. A Mac OS expert will have to answer that.
Getting the dock icon set properly also has an interesting effect on the Aqua LAF (NetBeans default for Mac OS). In the DialogDisplayer/NotifyDescriptor dialog boxes, the branding icon is shown, where in the other LAFs, the question, info, etc. icons are shown. Previous to getting the dock icon set properly, the generic java icon was shown in those dialog boxes for the Aqua LAF. Another question would be why the Aqua LAF uses the branding icon in the DialogDisplayer/NotfifyDescriptor dialog boxes instead of the question, info etc. icons that are used in the other LAFs. Is this something prescribed by Mac OS? Thank You! Joe Huber Standard Refrigeration LLC 2005 Reverchon Dr Arlington, TX 76017 Cell: 682-777-8374 jhu...@stanref.com -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Huber <jhu...@stanref.com> Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 11:41 AM To: users@netbeans.apache.org Subject: RE: Icons displayed for Netbeans Platform application on MacOS From: Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> > Reminds me that those dock icon and name arguments are set in the launcher > already > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/blob/master/harness/apisupport.harness/release/launchers/app.sh#L120 > Shows where it, by default, is looking for the icon. Be good if the dock > name could be set separately to ${APPNAME} there though. The referenced shell script line is below: '"-J-Xdock:icon=$progdir/../../$APPNAME.icns"' In looking at the launcher shell script, it seems that $progdir is supposed to be the bin folder, where the launcher shell script is. If that is the case, it does not seem that the above command from the shell script will work with the way the NetBeans Mac installer is making the program distribution. $APPNAME.icns is only one level above $progdir. If you want to go two levels above $progdir, you would need to use icon.icns instead of $APPNAME.icns. icons.icns is just a symbolic link to $APPNAME.icns. That is probably why the dock icon changes to a generic java icon when the program starts if the -J-Xdock:icon option is not used provide the explicit location of the icon, because the launcher can't find the dock icon specified internally. I have included a screen shot of the file layout produced by the NetBeans Mac installer. Ignore the PNG files...I copied those in there manually...everything else is as the NetBeans Mac installer created it. Thank You! Joe Huber Standard Refrigeration LLC 2005 Reverchon Dr Arlington, TX 76017 Cell: 682-777-8374 jhu...@stanref.com
