Windows icon 766 bytes

[Klaus Major]

Hi Shari,

> GraphicConvertor failed as well.
>
> The problem is Metacard.
>
> It wants the icon to be exactly 766 bytes.
>
> I create a 32x32 pixel icon, using 16 colors, and it is NOT 766 bytes. 
>  It is 1024 bytes.  I've found ways to get it less than 766 bytes, but 
> cannot get exactly 766.  And Metacard will not accept anything else.
>
> I've used at least 10 different Mac programs, and 2 different Windows 
> programs, in editing the icon.  None of them create an exact 766 byte 
> icon.
>
> I'm lost, clueless, and frustrated as all get out.

i use the Photoshop Plug-in "Icon Builder Pro", which makes icons that
MC does NOT refuse (Exact 766 bytes).

If you use Photoshop, this is definitively worth a try.

I think there is even a demo version.

Check it out at : www.iconfactory.com

Hope that helps...

> Shari C

Regards


Klaus Major
k_major at os.surf2000.de