Specifying the Icon Image Used for a Data Type

Use the ICON field to specify the icon used in File Manager. If you do not specify an icon image, File Manager displays only a label.

The value of the ICON field can be:

• A base file name.

  The base file name is the name of the file containing the icon image, minus the file-name suffixes for size (m and t) and image type (bm and pm). For example, if files are named GameIcon.m.pm and GameIcon.t.pm, use GameIcon.

  If you use the base file name, the icon files must be placed in a directory on the icon search path:

  • Personal icons: HomeDirectory/.dt/icons

  • System-wide icons: /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/language

• An absolute path to the icon file, including the full file name.

  You should use the absolute path only if the icon file is not located on the icon search path. For example, if icon file GameIcon.m.pm is placed in the directory /doc/projects, which is not on the icon search path, the value of the ICON field would be /doc/projects/GameIcon.m.pm.

  Table 13-1 lists icon sizes you should create and the corresponding file names.