Ah, yes. We did that for a while, hid things in-between the resource
map for registration protection back in Mac OS 9. This system worked
nicely but had some caveats such as all our data being wiped out when
the resource fork was opened by a standard resource API using tool
(only our data was removed). However, for OS X this wasn't worth
pursuing due to the permissions issues with resource forks. Namely
that they weren't guaranteed. Also, the entire resource fork in the
data fork thing really messed that method up.
Ack, at 6/12/06, John Stiles said:
From off-list discussion it appears that the OP is attempting to do
some sort of obfuscation/encryption on an application.
My gut feeling is that, unless you are very versed in Mac OS
programming, this is not the kind of thing you'll have much success
with. There are a lot of gotchas that won't be obvious to someone
who is just learning all this stuff for the first time.
On Jun 12, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Rosyna wrote:
I've seen many cross platform applications attempt to implement a
resource manager like thing on Windows to read Mac OS files.
Usually it happens when something is made on the mac first then
ported to windows and they want to make sure the files are
compatible (since NTFS does support multiple streams for resource
fork "emulation" as well).
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Sincerely,
Rosyna Keller
Technical Support/Holy Knight/Always needs a hug
Unsanity: Unsane Tools for Insanely Great People
It's either this, or imagining Phil Schiller in a thong.
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