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Idea for an app (pseudo-labels!)
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Aug 1, 2002, 01:40 AM
 
Is it possible to change the icon of a file/folder programmatically (is that a word?). I was thinking that it wouldn't be too hard to make a CMM that could paste on a different colored folder. Whenever I used labels, I mostly used it for coloring folders. Anyone have any insight into how hard this would be?
     
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Aug 1, 2002, 12:27 PM
 
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Borborygmi:
<strong>Is it possible to change the icon of a file/folder programmatically (is that a word?). I was thinking that it wouldn't be too hard to make a CMM that could paste on a different colored folder. Whenever I used labels, I mostly used it for coloring folders. Anyone have any insight into how hard this would be?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Off the top of my head, it doesn't sound especially hard. But it doesn't sound especially useful, either. From what I understand, the point of labels was to have categories of files. That way, you could sort or search for files based on the category they're in. The icon changing color was a visual way of representing this. If you're interested in just changing icons' colors, why not just use a graphics program and cut-and-paste?
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