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From: daven@svc.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: These 'acur' resources, am I missing something...
Message-ID: <1990Dec24.040333.17271@svc.portal.com>
Date: 24 Dec 90 04:03:33 GMT
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In article <1CE00001.y0hdqe@tbomb.ice.com> time@tbomb.ice.com writes:
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>I have been noticing more and more lately these 'acur' animated cursor
>resources. Is this just something that can be used in place of MPW's
>cursors for RotateCursor() calls, or is this something that will animate
>cursors "automatically" without making these rotate calls?

Tim,

A quick check of spInsideMac and MacTechNotes stacks show no references
to the 'acur' resource.

I don't believe that Apple has ever documented the use of 'acur', even
though the Finder uses it. Instead, I think there was an article a year or
two ago in MacTutor that described the 'acur' and how to use it in your
own applications.

My recollection is that the 'acur' resource is used a nothing more than
a convience. You still have to write the cursor animation code yourself.
However, once you've done so, it allows others to change the animated
cursor to one of their liking.

I think the 'acur' tells you how many frames are in the animated sequence,
which cursor resources are involved, and the delay required befor showing
the next frame.


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