Legacy Document
Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
Icons and Other Interactions With the Finder
Once you've designed your application, you need to create icons to represent the application and the documents it creates. The Finder displays these icons to the
user. If your application appears as an item in the Apple or Application menu, the
Menu Manager displays your application's icon next to its name, and the Menu
Manager displays your application's icon as the title of the Application menu when
your application is the active application.The chapter "Finder Interface" in this book describes how to define and create the icons for your application and its documents. The chapter also describes how your application interacts with the Finder.
When a user opens your application or opens or prints one of its documents, the Finder uses the Process Manager to schedule your application for execution and then sets up the information your application needs to determine which, if any, files to open or print. In System 7, your application can choose to receive this information through Apple events. By supporting these and other Apple events, your application can efficiently respond to requests from the user as well as requests from other applications. See
Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication for information about supporting
Apple events.