Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_iconworks.php
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--- t3lib/class.t3lib_iconworks.php	(Revision 7667)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_iconworks.php	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -150,15 +150,12 @@
 	 * @param	string		Additional attributes for the image tag
 	 * @param	boolean		If set, the icon will be grayed/shaded
 	 * @return	string		<img>-tag
+	 * @deprecated	since TYPO3 4.4, use t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIconForRecord instead
 	 * @see getIcon()
 	 */
 	public static function getIconImage($table, $row = array(), $backPath, $params = '', $shaded = FALSE) {
-		$str = '<img'.t3lib_iconWorks::skinImg($backPath, t3lib_iconWorks::getIcon($table, $row, $shaded), 'width="18" height="16"').(trim($params)?' '.trim($params):'');
-		if (!stristr($str, 'alt="')) {
-			$str.=' alt=""';
-		}
-		$str.=' />';
-		return $str;
+		t3lib_div::deprecationLog('The function t3lib_iconWorks::getIconImage is depreciated since 4.4 and will be removed in 4.6. Please use t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIconForRecord instead.');
+		return self::getSpriteIconForRecord($table,$row);
 	}
 
 	/**