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From: bob@eecs.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How to Patch
Message-ID: <10050042@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 4 Nov 88 18:38:00 GMT
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Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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You don't want to mess with a PTCH resource. Rather, you want to
write an INIT file, put it in the system folder, and let the system
execute the INIT at startup time. 

An INIT is basically a resource containing code. It takes no parameters,
and the entry point is at the start of the resource. I find it's easiest
to write these beasts in Assembler, but there is usually some means of
writing them in high level languages.

Read the start manager chapter of IM V. I think everything is covered in 
that chapter.

Bob Hablutzel	BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU