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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: sorry, not last word
Message-ID: <31431@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 May 89 18:16:50 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <124*delaneyg@wnre.aecl.cdn> delaneyg@wnre.aecl.CDN ("H. Grant Delaney") writes:
>I have to agree with many new uses it is almost too much to expect for them 
>to know want all has to be copied.  My question is what do we do if several
>programs share resource forks or is this even possible
>
>Grant

Sure, it's possible.  If several programs want to share resources, all they
need to do is call OpenResFile on a particular file (maybe *:System:XYZStuff,
for example), and that file is automatically added to the list of files that
are scanned whenever the program asks the resource manager to load a
resource.

Stuff in *:System:System.Setup:Sys.Resources is already shared among programs,
because various parts of the toolbox use it.


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