IconButton via Resource String

[DBarranca]

Hello,

while this way I'm able to define the icon for an IconButton:

var f = new File("~/desktop/res/ZoomIn.png")
var w = new Window('dialog', undefined, undefined)
w.add('iconbutton', undefined,f)
w.show()

I've not found a way to define the icon via Resource Strings - the following is my try but alas it doesn't work:

var f = new File("~/desktop/res/ZoomIn.png")
var winRes = "dialog { zoomInButton: IconButton { properties: { image:f } } }" // using icon:f doesn't work either
var w = new Window(winRes)
w.show();

Resource strings are nicer, but a bit less documented imho.

One option is to add the property later:

w.zoomInButton.image = f;

But I'd like to keep everything in the res string.

Thanks in advance

Davide

[Michael_L_Hale]

I don't use resource strings when creating dialogs but I would think the problem is how to get a file object into the resource string. In Dr Brown's 1-2-3 Process script there is a resource string that creates icons. But it uses resource images.

It could be that resource images are the only image types you can use in a resource string.

[DBarranca]

Hi Michael,

in fact resource images work to me too - it could be like you say (yet it would be a weird limitation anyway).

I've tried with File object, direct path, even ScriptUI.newImage() but with no luck.

Thanks

Davide