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# NSWorkspace.IconCreationOptions

Constants that describe options for creating icons.

```
struct IconCreationOptions
```

## Overview

Use these constants with the [`setIcon(_:forFile:options:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWorkspace/setIcon(_:forFile:options:)) method. You can combine these using the C bitwise OR operator.

## Topics

### Creation Options

[`excludeQuickDrawElementsIconCreationOption`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWorkspace/IconCreationOptions/excludeQuickDrawElementsIconCreationOption)

An option to suppress generation of the QuickDraw format icon representations that are used in macOS 10.0 through macOS 10.4.

[`exclude10_4ElementsIconCreationOption`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWorkspace/IconCreationOptions/exclude10_4ElementsIconCreationOption)

An option to suppress generation of the new higher resolution icon representations that are supported in macOS 10.4.

### Initializers

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWorkspace/IconCreationOptions/init(rawValue:))

Initializes an icon creation option using the specified raw value.


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