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From: drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Resources, Resource Compilers, and Resource Editors
Message-ID: <327@dbase.UUCP>
Date: 10 Mar 88 14:21:32 GMT
References: <328@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu>
Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale Cal.
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Keywords: Resources

In article <328@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu>, eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Edward Berard) writes:
> We have begun to work on the Pascal source code, modifying it as
> needed, and running the MPW build file (complete with a call to
> RMaker) created by the dear departed. We now want to modify the icons
> for the application and application documents. Our question is this:
> Given an old RMaker (resource compiler) input file, what is the best
> way to bring this system up to date? Specifically, we would like to
> avoid using RMaker altogether, and place items such as icons in a
> resource file which can be both edited and "linked" each time we
> re-build the application.
> 

This is pretty easy.  Use RMaker one time to create a resource file and then
use the MPW tool, DeRez, to create a Rez-compatible input file.  Or, as an
alternative, you could just keep the compiled resource file around, use ResEdit
to edit it when necessary, and have a small Rez file that includes it.  You
really should read up on the tools Rez and DeRez.  The descriptions in the
manual aren't great, but between Commando and Joel West's book (Programming with
MPW) you won't have any problems.

Dennis Cohen
Ashton-Tate Macintosh Division
dBASE Mac Development Team
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