Changing the Applescript Icon?

The file should be YourApp/Contents/Resources/applet.icns.

AFAICT, script applications are not bundles; therefore, no contents. Your best bet would be to select the app, CMD+I, and replace the icon with one of your choosing. If that doesn't work, try the AppleScript forum at http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=724.

Good luck. BTW, ScriptEditor has many icns files; however, I didn't see one associated with the script as application. It might be buried somewhere within a framework.

Open the app in Script Editor and "Save As…" an application bundle. (You probably won't want any of the boxes ticked). A Control-click on the app will now show "Show Package Contents" and you can replace "applet.icns" (your replacement must have that name). The icon MAY not show in the Finder but it will show correctly in the Dock.

BTW, a little trick that might get the Finder to display your icon… Paste any icon into the app's Get Info panel; launch and quit the app; delete that icon from the Get Info window – a bit crazy, but it usually works! If it doesn't, move the app to the desktop and back into its folder – that should serve to convince the Finder to refresh the display. Make sure that "Show icon preview" is ticked in the info (Cmnd-J) for the folder that contains the app.

G5 2.1GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Cool solution, Andreas. Saving the script as application bundle reveals the applet.icns. Based on that informatioin, I found the applet.icns in /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/OpenScripting .framework/Versions/A/Resources/. Additionally, it also contains a droplet.icns. Now, if you replace those with your preferred icns files, subsequent script applications and application bundles should reflect that new icon. Give it a go and let us know.

Did you give my suggestion about changing the applet.icns in the framework a go?

I wouldn't myself make the change in the framework…

• Every AppleScript app would have the same icon. I couldn't live with that – it would be like Photoshop and MS Word having the same icon! Every one of the many apps I have written, unless it sits tucked away where it never gets seen, has its own distinctive icon.

• I don't like advising anyone to make changes at that level, even though this one is only in the System Library.

• A change in the framework is prone to being nullified by an Apple update – hello Leopard! A change in the app itself stays put.
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Samuel ~ Once the Finder has 'noticed' the change it should stick. Let us know after a few reboots.

G5 2.1GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Thanks for the feedback. Since we've beaten this little horsy to death, please mark the thread answered and the replies, appropriately. Good computing and hacking.