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Re: resource question

on 5/30/2003 11:34 AM, Bob Sabiston at email@hidden wrote:

> Hello,
> I am trying to retrieve a resource from a preferences file, after
> setting UseResFile(). UseResFile returns with no error, and my
> resource is retrieved just fine. The problem is, that resource isn't
> *actually in* the preferences file. It must be getting it from
> somewhere else, right? The default resource file is that of the
> application itself, isn't it? Or does it look at the resource file in
> the resources folder of my freaky new bundled app which is really a
> folder? Or does system 9 check the preference file in the system
> folder? I have my Mac set to a single user, this is in OS9. I have
> looked at all of these resource files with ResEdit, and the resource is
> not actually in any of them.
> So where else could the resource manager be finding this resource?

UseResFile simply specifies which resource file is the "top" resource file.

If you only want the resource from the *current* resource file, use the
"Get1" resource calls, which are supposed to only look in the current
resource file, not the entire resource chain.

--
Glenn L. Austin <><
Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver
<email@hidden>
<http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/>
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