APOGEE ICON SUITE
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 by LIBBY | Discussion: Icons
Hi there iam interested on buying this suite, but i would like to know if i will able to use with IP 3.0 or do i have to buy the new version.
thank you.
thank you.
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PoSmedley
Reply #22 Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:04 AM
Reply #22 Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:04 AM
Okay. I went into properties and made it so it opened with notepad.
1. I have my main package saved as .iconpackage.
2. I made my 3 subpackages, saved them individually.
3. Opened Package Builder, loaded the main package and added the 3 subpackages.
4. Opened the ".packages file" this created in the folder of my main package.
5. Changed the file extension on all three subpackages from ".iconpackage" to "subpackage" with notepad.
6. Went into each of the 3 subpackage folders and changed their extensions from ".iconpackage" to ".subpackage."
7. Looked in IconPackager for the main pack, checked to see that all 3 subpacks were in the drop down menu. They are.
8.Zipped pack as .IP file.
9. Installed it and all I had were the parent icons and nothing but the parent in the drop down.
Now, I tried moving all subpackage files into the parent file...tried this with just the files...and tried it with the three folders for the files..IconPackager can't see them, so I didn't try to zip them into an IP.
I know I have been going on about this, but it's frustrating. What the heck am I missing, or what is being left out on how to do this????
1. I have my main package saved as .iconpackage.
2. I made my 3 subpackages, saved them individually.
3. Opened Package Builder, loaded the main package and added the 3 subpackages.
4. Opened the ".packages file" this created in the folder of my main package.
5. Changed the file extension on all three subpackages from ".iconpackage" to "subpackage" with notepad.
6. Went into each of the 3 subpackage folders and changed their extensions from ".iconpackage" to ".subpackage."
7. Looked in IconPackager for the main pack, checked to see that all 3 subpacks were in the drop down menu. They are.
8.Zipped pack as .IP file.
9. Installed it and all I had were the parent icons and nothing but the parent in the drop down.
Now, I tried moving all subpackage files into the parent file...tried this with just the files...and tried it with the three folders for the files..IconPackager can't see them, so I didn't try to zip them into an IP.
I know I have been going on about this, but it's frustrating. What the heck am I missing, or what is being left out on how to do this????
mormegil
Reply #23 Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:17 AM
Reply #23 Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:17 AM
Humm.....
OK lets check a few things.
The .packages file should be in the Parent Iconpack. The sub packs should have nothing exta except there .iconpackage file should be .subpackage.
You cant zip all of them up togeather as one ip. becuse Iconpackager dose not recreate the folders when it un zips them. if you just zip them. then unzip them the folders will stay.
I think this is a bug in Iconpackager, it needs to allow you to zip them all togeather. But at the moment you cant. You need to make a IP packager for each package, includeing each sub. The reason I did not run into this problem is becuse the Appogee installer just places all the folders in the /Themes folder as they are. In the meen time you can just make individual IP files, and install them. then it should work.
PoSmedley
Reply #24 Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:46 AM
Reply #24 Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:46 AM
The .packages file should be in the Parent Iconpack.
It is.
The sub packs should have nothing exta except there .iconpackage file should be .subpackage.
Yes, I changed each to ".subpackage".
You need to make a IP packager for each package, includeing each sub.
I had a feeling it would come to this.
If I have changed all the file extensions in the subpackages from ".iconpackage" to ".subpackage" (which I have)...they no longer show up in IconPackager as IconPacks, but only as subpacks in the dropdown of the parent. They no longer can even be opened in Packagebuilder, because of the file extension change. You can only see them in the dropdown.
So, following all this, I would have to change them BACK to iconpackages to save them in zip as IP files...then they are no longer ".subpackages". And since I can't zip them all together as "one" IP, I basically would have to upload "4 seperate IP files"
and whoever downloaded them would have to change the ".iconpackage" extensions back to "subpackage" in order to use them as such.
The reason I did not run into this problem is becuse the Appogee installer just places all the folders in the /Themes folder as they are.
As I saved each pack...Parent and 3 subpackages...each was automatically saved into the Icon Packeger/Themes folder in their own folder with the ".iconpackage" file extension.
Appogee installer
It sounds like this 'installer' is the key. Is this just an 'installer"? Becuase if it is, wouldn't you still have to able to save all the packages into one zip? OR does the Apogee Installer do that for you? And if so...why isn't built into IconPackager so it can do this?
I don't understand the point of being able to make subpackages if you can't export them easily in one file to share on WC.
So, let me ask...to upload them to WC..would this be the best and does WC upload for IconPackager allow it...
1. Save the parent as an IP with the '.packages file' that lists the subpackages
2. Put it into a regular zip folder with the three subpackages folders, whose file extensions have been changed from '.iconpackage' to '.subpackage'
3. Upload the the zip folder with instructions in the folder or in the comments that the three subpackage folders are to go in the /Themes folder.
?
It is.
The sub packs should have nothing exta except there .iconpackage file should be .subpackage.
Yes, I changed each to ".subpackage".
You need to make a IP packager for each package, includeing each sub.
I had a feeling it would come to this.
If I have changed all the file extensions in the subpackages from ".iconpackage" to ".subpackage" (which I have)...they no longer show up in IconPackager as IconPacks, but only as subpacks in the dropdown of the parent. They no longer can even be opened in Packagebuilder, because of the file extension change. You can only see them in the dropdown.
So, following all this, I would have to change them BACK to iconpackages to save them in zip as IP files...then they are no longer ".subpackages". And since I can't zip them all together as "one" IP, I basically would have to upload "4 seperate IP files"
and whoever downloaded them would have to change the ".iconpackage" extensions back to "subpackage" in order to use them as such.
The reason I did not run into this problem is becuse the Appogee installer just places all the folders in the /Themes folder as they are.
As I saved each pack...Parent and 3 subpackages...each was automatically saved into the Icon Packeger/Themes folder in their own folder with the ".iconpackage" file extension.
Appogee installer
It sounds like this 'installer' is the key. Is this just an 'installer"? Becuase if it is, wouldn't you still have to able to save all the packages into one zip? OR does the Apogee Installer do that for you? And if so...why isn't built into IconPackager so it can do this?
I don't understand the point of being able to make subpackages if you can't export them easily in one file to share on WC.
So, let me ask...to upload them to WC..would this be the best and does WC upload for IconPackager allow it...
1. Save the parent as an IP with the '.packages file' that lists the subpackages
2. Put it into a regular zip folder with the three subpackages folders, whose file extensions have been changed from '.iconpackage' to '.subpackage'
3. Upload the the zip folder with instructions in the folder or in the comments that the three subpackage folders are to go in the /Themes folder.
?
NetBadger
Reply #26 Monday, January 16, 2006 3:48 AM
Reply #26 Monday, January 16, 2006 3:48 AM
Hi,
I just bought the Apogee Icon set. I'm also a fan of IconX. The two don't want to play nicely together. IconX errors out every time. I assume this has something to do with the icons being vista compliant. Are there any plans to make IconX compatible with the Apogee Icon set or make the icon set compatible with IconX?
Thanks
I just bought the Apogee Icon set. I'm also a fan of IconX. The two don't want to play nicely together. IconX errors out every time. I assume this has something to do with the icons being vista compliant. Are there any plans to make IconX compatible with the Apogee Icon set or make the icon set compatible with IconX?
Thanks
mormegil
Reply #27 Monday, January 16, 2006 6:48 AM
Reply #27 Monday, January 16, 2006 6:48 AM
I am sure that it is being fixed. I will ask, to make sure.
c242
Reply #29 Monday, January 16, 2006 2:08 PM
Asked the same weeks ago. :-/
Reply #29 Monday, January 16, 2006 2:08 PM
| Are there any plans to make IconX compatible with the Apogee Icon set or make the icon set compatible with IconX? |
LIBBY
Reply #30 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:03 AM
Reply #30 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:03 AM
i wonder if on the updated version, we are going to deal with subpackages, it sounds kind of complicated.
PoSmedley
Reply #32 Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:55 PM
Reply #32 Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:55 PM
I'm uploading a pack I made now with a subpack included. So far, it seems to work just fine. The catch is, without the subpackage feature unable to 'package' them into one IP, you have to put the subpack in a seperate folder...but like I said, it works! And even doing it this way (until the update) isn't all that complicated. 
lynnyf
Reply #33 Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:02 PM
Reply #33 Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:02 PM
How do I get the Apogee update? I also bought the IP the day it was released!!! Was it already updated?
mormegil
Reply #34 Friday, February 3, 2006 10:38 AM
Reply #34 Friday, February 3, 2006 10:38 AM
Sorry, a bit more time. Should be finishing it up this weekend.
Sugaree
Reply #37 Saturday, February 4, 2006 1:10 AM
......
Can't wait to see what I spent my money on..
Reply #37 Saturday, February 4, 2006 1:10 AM
| Sorry, a bit more time. Should be finishing it up this weekend. |
......
Can't wait to see what I spent my money on..
Corky_O
Reply #38 Saturday, February 4, 2006 1:13 AM
Reply #38 Saturday, February 4, 2006 1:13 AM
Sittin' here in limbo.........
Thanks, Paul......
c242
Reply #39 Saturday, February 4, 2006 1:37 PM
Reply #39 Saturday, February 4, 2006 1:37 PM
Is IconX updated to work with 256x256 px icons already ??? If not, happy crashing... 
Gusteau
Reply #40 Monday, February 6, 2006 12:05 AM
Reply #40 Monday, February 6, 2006 12:05 AM
This may be a dumb question, BUT (there's always that but isn't there 
) how will we know when the update is done? Will there be a post? Have to DL it on Stardock Central? Just curious. 
) how will we know when the update is done? Will there be a post? Have to DL it on Stardock Central? Just curious. Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
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Reply #21 Sunday, January 15, 2006 8:13 AM
For that particular file, the "Open with" option does nt appear.