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Re: resource question

On 5/30/03 3:26 PM, Bob Sabiston didst favor us with:

> On May 30, 2003 Lawrence Harris favored us severely:
>
>> What don't you want there anymore, the resource or the data fork
>> resource file?
>>
>> Larry
> The resource itself is what I don't want. The only resource *file* I
> open is my Preferences file.

Not true. This is just the only resource file you've opened manually. At
least two resource files are open and in your resource chain by the time
your code starts to execute.

> Which file that is I am not sure--I use
> FindFolder(kOnSystemDisk, kPreferencesFolderType, kDon'tCreateFolder,
> &myRef, &myID). Would that give me the preferences file in the System
> Folder's Preferences Folder, or my user's preferences folder?


It doesn't give you any file at all. It gives you the Preferences folder.

> Does OS9
> ignore the Library/Preferences folder that OS X uses when you make a
> call like that?

Yes. Mac OS 9 knows nothing about the Mac OS X directory structures, user
folders, et al.
>
> But in any case, it's not in either of those files. I also call
> CurResFile(). Now, would that use the resource fork of my *actual*
> OS9 executable file (which it does have a resource fork)

"of my *actual* OS9 executable file" - of your application (keep it simple).

If you pass the resRefNum of a resource file, then yes, CurResFile will put
it at the top of the resource chain.

>, or would it
> use the resource file in the Resources Folder of my application's
> serious bundle?

It's not clear what you mean by "it would use." Is it the Resource Manager
or CurResFile()?

> They both exist, but I can't tell what's in the one
> which presumably has resources in the data fork. Is there any
> third-party app which lets you change up resources in a data fork?

Resorcerer is the only one I know.

> I've never used Resourcerer, is that good?

Lots of mixed feelings about Resorcerer (no 'u'). ;-)

Larry
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