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Can't get Extension's icons to work properly

Jun 26, 2012 11:04 AM

Hi,

I don't know why but it seems I'm unable to make the extension show its own icon (the ones that EB lets you choose in the Bundle Manifest Editor - Normal Icon, Rollover Icon, Dark Normal, etc.).

I've checked the manifest and it seems OK. There's a point I wasn't aware of, in the documentation, saying:

You must save all of the alternative image files in the src/ folder of your project, so that they are copied to the correct location in the output directory.

I guess it means that I can nest them in a folder as well, but I've tried with the following setting too:

 

<Icons>
     <Icon Type="Normal">./src/Normal.png</Icon>
     <Icon Type="RollOver">./src/Rollover.png</Icon>
     <Icon Type="Disabled">./src/Normal.png</Icon>
     <Icon Type="DarkNormal">./src/Normal.png</Icon>
     <Icon Type="DarkRollOver">./src/Rollover.png</Icon>
</Icons>

 

with no luck, Photoshop displays always the default Lego-like icon.

 

What am I doing wrong? May be that I'm passing through an MXI as well? But as far as I know, in the MXI you set the icon for Extension Manager only.

I'm really puzzled :-/

Thanks in advance!

 

Davide

930 Views   3 Replies   Latest reply: DBarranca, Jun 26, 2012 2:06 PM
 
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  • lomorgan
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    1. lomorgan,
    Jun 26, 2012 12:32 PM   in reply to DBarranca
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    Yeh, I think you're right about the MXI icon - that only gets used by Extension Manager.

     

    I would look for your extension in the service manager folder (on a Mac if you've installed with EM then that'll be in /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/CS6ServiceManager/extensions/your_bundle_id, if you're running locally then it'll be under the user Library folder; for Windows I think it's under

    C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CS6ServiceManager\extensions\your_bundle_id). You should double check that the icons are there, and that they're in the right place (CS6ServiceManager/extensions/your_bundle_id/icons/Normal.png).

     

    Louis

     
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  • DBarranca
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    2. DBarranca,
    Jun 26, 2012 1:32 PM   in reply to lomorgan
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    Thanks Louis!

    I think I'm near to the solution, but I'm afraid I'd need some extra help.

     

    I've found out that EB's visual editor for the manifest didn't update the actual xml file (so that the editor showed some icons path and the actual xml a different one). Then I've compared the two manifest.xml (the one in the .staged-extension hidden folder and the one in the bin-debug/CSXS folder) and found discrepancies there as well. To tell the truth, even the .mxi (in the extension version) resetted to 1.0.0 - that's maybe because I've messed with an external text editor directly with the xml and mxi while FB was open...?

     

    Anyway, I've uninstalled with Extension Manager the extension, synchronized the two xml, fixed the mxi. Exported the ZXP, with certificate and timestamp.

    Before installing it, I've checked that both:

     

    /Users/Davide/Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/CS6ServiceManager/extensions

     

    and

     

    /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/CS6ServiceManager/extensions

     

    were empty (at least my extension was *not* listed). Just in case you're wondering, /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CS6/Plug-ins/Panels is empty as well.

     

    To my surprise, if I launch Photoshop, here it is - my extension. Mind you, the folders are empty and I haven't installed the ZXP yet. How could it be?!

    So I'd like to get rid of that before installing the possibly-correct version; but... how?

    Thanks!

     

    Davide

     
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    3. DBarranca,
    Jun 26, 2012 2:06 PM   in reply to DBarranca
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    Louis,

    I finally got it. I've worked too much probably, but believe me those folders were empty and the trash too... And I'm a teetotaler :-)

    (I did also a test deleting my extension in CS5.1 - same result: empty folders but running panel)

     

    I've restarted the machine and for some reason the files appeared again where they weren't supposed to be. Got rid of them, installed the extension and bingo!

    I'm quite sure it was a problem with Finder - and for the broken icons the blame is to put on the mis-synchronized xml, I guess.

    Phew... :-)

    Thanks again!

    Davide

     
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