Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_recordlist.php
===================================================================
--- t3lib/class.t3lib_recordlist.php	(Revision 9378)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_recordlist.php	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -374,8 +374,13 @@
 	 * @return	string		Language icon
 	 */
 	function languageFlag($sys_language_uid)	{
-		return ($this->languageIconTitles[$sys_language_uid]['flagIcon'] ? '<img src="'.$this->languageIconTitles[$sys_language_uid]['flagIcon'].'" class="absmiddle" alt="" />&nbsp;' : '').
-				htmlspecialchars($this->languageIconTitles[$sys_language_uid]['title']);
+		$out = '';
+		if ($this->languageIconTitles[$sys_language_uid]['flagIcon']) {
+			$out .= t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIcon($this->languageIconTitles[$sys_language_uid]['flagIcon']);
+			$out .= '&nbsp;';
+		}
+		$out .= htmlspecialchars($this->languageIconTitles[$sys_language_uid]['title']);
+		return $out;
 	}
 
 	/**
Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php
===================================================================
--- t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php	(Revision 9378)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1813,8 +1813,13 @@
 
 						// Icon:
 					$selIconFile = '';
+					$selIconSprite = '';
 					if ($p[2])	{
 						list($selIconFile,$selIconInfo) = $this->getIcon($p[2]);
+						if ($selIconInfo === 'SPRITE') {
+							$selIconSprite = $selIconFile;
+							$selIconFile = '';
+						}
 					}
 
 						// Compile row:
@@ -1848,6 +1853,7 @@
 							<td width="12"><input type="checkbox"'.$this->insertDefStyle('check').' name="'.htmlspecialchars($PA['itemFormElName'].'['.$c.']').'" value="'.htmlspecialchars($p[1]).'"'.$sM.' onclick="'.htmlspecialchars($sOnChange).'"'.$PA['onFocus'].' /></td>
 							<td class="c-labelCell" onclick="'.htmlspecialchars($onClickCell).'">'.
 								($selIconFile ? '<img src="'.$selIconFile.'" '.$selIconInfo[3].' vspace="2" border="0" class="absmiddle" style="margin-right: 4px;" alt="" />' : '').
+								($selIconSprite ? $selIconSprite . '&nbsp;' : '').
 								$label .
 								'</td>
 								<td class="c-descr" onclick="'.htmlspecialchars($onClickCell).'">' . (strcmp($p[3],'') ? $help : '') . '</td>
@@ -4067,8 +4073,8 @@
 	/**
 	 * Get icon (for example for selector boxes)
 	 *
-	 * @param	string		Icon reference
-	 * @return	array		Array with two values; the icon file reference (relative to PATH_typo3 minus backPath), the icon file information array (getimagesize())
+	 * @param	string		Icon reference (filename). Or "SPRITE:<sprite-name>"
+	 * @return	array		Array with two values; the icon file reference (relative to PATH_typo3 minus backPath), the icon file information array (getimagesize()). If $icon is a sprite, the full HTML will be returned in value 1, the second value will be "SPRITE"
 	 */
 	function getIcon($icon)	{
 		if (substr($icon,0,4)=='EXT:')	{
@@ -4084,6 +4090,9 @@
 		} elseif (substr($icon,0,4)=='ext/' || substr($icon,0,7)=='sysext/') {
 			$selIconFile = $this->backPath.$icon;
 			$selIconInfo = @getimagesize(PATH_typo3.$icon);
+		} elseif (preg_match('/^SPRITE:(.*)/', $icon, $matches)) {
+			$selIconFile = t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIcon($matches[1]);
+			$selIconInfo = 'SPRITE';
 		} else {
 			$selIconFile = t3lib_iconWorks::skinImg($this->backPath,'gfx/'.$icon,'',1);
 			$iconPath = substr($selIconFile, strlen($this->backPath));
@@ -6241,7 +6250,15 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		return ($this->cachedLanguageFlag[$mainKey][$sys_language_uid]['flagIcon'] ? '<img src="'.$this->cachedLanguageFlag[$mainKey][$sys_language_uid]['flagIcon'].'" class="absmiddle" alt="" />' : ($this->cachedLanguageFlag[$mainKey][$sys_language_uid]['title'] ? '['.$this->cachedLanguageFlag[$mainKey][$sys_language_uid]['title'].']' : '')).'&nbsp;';
+		$out = '';
+		if ($this->cachedLanguageFlag[$mainKey][$sys_language_uid]['flagIcon']) {
+			$out .= t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIcon($this->cachedLanguageFlag[$mainKey][$sys_language_uid]['flagIcon']);
+			$out .= '&nbsp;';
+		} else if ($this->cachedLanguageFlag[$mainKey][$sys_language_uid]['title']) {
+			$out .= '['.$this->cachedLanguageFlag[$mainKey][$sys_language_uid]['title'].']';
+			$out .= '&nbsp;';
+		}
+		return $out;
 	}
 
 	/**
Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_transl8tools.php
===================================================================
--- t3lib/class.t3lib_transl8tools.php	(Revision 9378)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_transl8tools.php	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -75,20 +75,19 @@
 	function getSystemLanguages($page_id=0,$backPath='')	{
 		global $TCA,$LANG;
 
-			// Icons and language titles:
-		t3lib_div::loadTCA('sys_language');
-		$flagAbsPath = t3lib_div::getFileAbsFileName($TCA['sys_language']['columns']['flag']['config']['fileFolder']);
-		$flagIconPath = $backPath.'../'.substr($flagAbsPath, strlen(PATH_site));
-
 		$modSharedTSconfig = t3lib_BEfunc::getModTSconfig($page_id, 'mod.SHARED');
 		$languageIconTitles = array();
 
-			// Set default:
+			// fallback "old iconstyles"
+		if (preg_match('/\.gif$/', $modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag'])) {
+			$modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag'] = str_replace('.gif', '', $modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag']);
+		}
+
 		$languageIconTitles[0] = array(
 			'uid' => 0,
-			'title' => strlen ($modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageLabel']) ? $modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageLabel'].' ('.$LANG->getLL('defaultLanguage').')' : $LANG->getLL('defaultLanguage'),
+			'title' => strlen($modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageLabel']) ? $modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageLabel'].' ('.$GLOBALS['LANG']->sl('LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_mod_web_list.xml:defaultLanguage').')' : $GLOBALS['LANG']->sl('LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_mod_web_list.xml:defaultLanguage'),
 			'ISOcode' => 'DEF',
-			'flagIcon' => strlen($modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag']) && @is_file($flagAbsPath.$modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag']) ? $flagIconPath.$modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag'] : null,
+			'flagIcon' => strlen($modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag']) ? 'flags-' . $modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag'] : 'empty-empty',
 		);
 
 			// Set "All" language:
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@
 			'uid' => -1,
 			'title' => $LANG->getLL('multipleLanguages'),
 			'ISOcode' => 'DEF',
-			'flagIcon' => $flagIconPath.'multi-language.gif',
+			'flagIcon' => 'flags-multiple',
 		);
 
 			// Find all system languages:
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 			if (strlen ($row['flag'])) {
-				$languageIconTitles[$row['uid']]['flagIcon'] = @is_file($flagAbsPath.$row['flag']) ? $flagIconPath.$row['flag'] : '';
+				$languageIconTitles[$row['uid']]['flagIcon'] = t3lib_iconWorks::mapRecordTypeToSpriteIconName('sys_language', $row);
 			}
 		}
 
Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_befunc.php
===================================================================
--- t3lib/class.t3lib_befunc.php	(Revision 9378)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_befunc.php	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -857,24 +857,25 @@
 	/**
 	 * Returns an array with system languages:
 	 *
-	 * @return	array		Array with languages
+	 * Since TYPO3 4.5 the flagIcon is not returned as a filename in "gfx/flags/*" anymore,
+	 * but as a string SPRITE:<flags-xx>. The calling party should call
+	 * t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIcon(<flags-xx>) to get an HTML which will represent
+	 * the flag of this language.
+	 *
+	 * @return	array		Array with languages (title, uid, flagIcon)
 	 */
 	public static function getSystemLanguages()	{
-
-			// Initialize, add default language:
+		$languages = t3lib_div::makeInstance('t3lib_transl8tools')->getSystemLanguages();
 		$sysLanguages = array();
-		$sysLanguages[] = array('Default language', 0);
-
-			// Traverse languages
-		$res = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTquery('uid,title,flag', 'sys_language', 'pid=0' . self::deleteClause('sys_language'));
-		while($row = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->sql_fetch_assoc($res)) {
-			$sysLanguages[] = array(
-				htmlspecialchars($row['title']) . ' [' . $row['uid'] . ']',
-				$row['uid'],
-				($row['flag'] ? 'flags/' . $row['flag'] : '')
-			);
+		foreach ($languages as $language) {
+			if($language['uid'] !== -1) {
+				$sysLanguages[] = array(
+					0 => htmlspecialchars($language['title']) . ' [' . $language['uid'] . ']',
+					1 => $language['uid'],
+					2 => 'SPRITE:'.$language['flagIcon']
+				);
+			}
 		}
-		$GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->sql_free_result($res);
 
 		return $sysLanguages;
 	}
Index: typo3/alt_doc.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/alt_doc.php	(Revision 9378)
+++ typo3/alt_doc.php	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1209,6 +1209,11 @@
 		global $LANG;
 
 		$modSharedTSconfig = t3lib_BEfunc::getModTSconfig($id, 'mod.SHARED');
+		
+			// fallback non sprite-configuration
+		if (preg_match('/\.gif$/', $modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag'])) {
+			$modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag'] = str_replace('.gif', '', $modSharedTSconfig['properties']['defaultLanguageFlag']);
+		}
 
 		$languages = array(
 			0 => array(
Index: typo3/sysext/beuser/mod/index.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/beuser/mod/index.php	(Revision 9378)
+++ typo3/sysext/beuser/mod/index.php	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -774,7 +774,9 @@
 						foreach ($items as $iCfg)	{
 							if (isset($nef[$iCfg[1]]))	{
 								unset($nef[$iCfg[1]]);
-								if (strlen($iCfg[2]))	{
+								if (preg_match('/^SPRITE:(.*)/', $iCfg[2], $match)) {
+									$icon = t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIcon($match[1]) . '&nbsp;';
+								} elseif (strlen($iCfg[2]))	{
 									$icon = '<img '.t3lib_iconWorks::skinImg($GLOBALS['BACK_PATH'],'gfx/'.$iCfg[2]).' class="absmiddle" style="margin-right: 5px;" alt="" />';
 								} else {
 									$icon = '';