Re: [SOLVED] PlotIconRefInContext doesn't work

FROM : Mike
DATE : Sat May 17 23:37:43 2008

Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>
> On May 17, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Mike wrote:
>

>> I solved the problem using the IconFamily library:
>>
>> http://iconfamily.sourceforge.net/

>
> IMO, that's killing a mosquito with a shotgun :).
>

>> It just astounds me there is no support for icons in Cocoa.

>
> You can use -[NSImage initWithIconRef:] if you only support 10.5 and
> later.  On 10.4 and earlier you can use -[NSWorkspace
> iconForFileType:NSFileTypeForHFSTypeCode(kSomeIconCode)] if you only
> need a 32x32 icon, but it's only a few lines of code to draw an IconRef
> to an NSImage of the appropriate size.


Oh NOW you tell me! :-)