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From: rsfinn@athena.mit.edu (Russell S. Finn)
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Subject: Re: Menu Resources in ResEdit 2.0b2
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Date: 28 Sep 90 20:47:49 GMT
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In article <926@gertie.osc.edu>, spencer@osc.edu (Stephen N. Spencer) writes:
|> In ResEdit 1.2, there are MENU IDs and Menu IDs (note the different spellings)
|> associated with each menu.  One is set where one builds the menu, the other
|> is set in the 'Get Info' box.  In ResEdit 2.0b2, one can only set one of these.
|> ...

The "MENU ID" is the ID of the resource; it is still set through the "Get Info" box (the same as for any other resource).  The "Menu ID" is a value stored as part of the resource; in ResEdit 1.2, there was a slot in the template to enter this value, but ResEdit 2.0b2 has a custom MENU editor.  If you look closely at the menu bar, you'll find that this editor adds a new "MENU" menu (!); one of the menu items allows you to set the menu ID value (as well as the menu title, if I remember correctly -- I haven't





 used it in a few weeks).

Hope this helps.  By the way, a new manual called "ResEdit Reference", which documents ResEdit 2.0b2, is now available from Addison-Wesley; you should be able to get it from any bookstore which carries Inside Macintosh.

-- Russ
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