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From: jeremyr@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Jeremy Roussak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: FKEYs and resources
Message-ID: <3572@sequent.cs.qmw.ac.uk>
Date: 20 Apr 91 10:11:31 GMT
Reply-To: jeremyr@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Jeremy Roussak)
Organization: Computer Science Dept, QMW, University of London, UK.
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I'm writing an FKEY which may bring up a dialog.  Given that an FKEY 
doesn't know what resource files may or may not be open when it's run,
what's the best place to keep its resources?

The system file is one possibility, but there's no ownership scheme for
FKEYs, so ID conflicts are likely.  Also, I'd have to install them in
the system file which means using the installer and seems rather OTT.

More likely, I could put an FKEY resources file in the system folder.
This seems better, but I have to insist that the file isn't renamed
as there's no easy way to find it after a rename (index through the
system folder looking for a file with my creator? ugh).

So, does anyone have any ideas?

Jeremy Roussak