So, a letter from Mr. JK Lam explains everything about "activating" rez.
There are 2 or 3 trivial things to mention. Ie. your .r file is simple
ASCII file. You have to include it into your Palm project. Binary file
that contains font description should be the proper font structure whether
you generate it by PilRC (free tool - a lot of info included) or something
else. Now, when you compile your project, rez will automatically include
that file into your resources and .... (you know the rest).
Regards
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Jun-Kiat Lam wrote:
> Here's some useful info on the Rez format from the CodeWarrior for Palm
> Computing platform FAQ (http://www.metrowerks.com/pda/palm/faq)
>
> 9.4 What is Rez and where can I get documentation about it?
>
> A Rez is a format that describes Mac OS resources using a text file.The Rez
> plugin compiles the text into Mac OS resources. On Windows, these
> resources are found in the output (.tmp) file. The Rez format is documented
> in the following file, found on Apple's web site.
>
> ftp://ftp.apple.com/devworld/Tool_Chest/Core_Mac_OS_Tools/MPW_etc./Documentt
> ion/MPW_Reference/Bldg%26Mng_Progs_In_MPW.sit.hqx
>
> For Palm OS programming, Rez is useful for binding the results of several
> builds into one executable.For instance, if you build a program that uses a
> shared library and you want to bind that shared library with your .prc file,
> you can include a Rez text file in your program that includes the output of
> the shared library build.The syntax for such an application would included
> in "SomeSharedLib.tmp".
>
> In order to use .r files in CodeWarrior, you will need to do the following:
> Add a new file mapping in the File Mappings pref panel of the Project
> Settings. You need to set the file type to TEXT, all Flags off, .r extension
> and the compiler to be used is Rez. Once this is done, you can use the .r
> file in the project.
>
> As for the other programs, I'm afraid I don't know of any off the top of my
> head. Someone here may be able to suggest one. It may be possible to De-rez
> the font and stick it in a .r file (wild guess) and use this .r file though.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> JK Lam
> Metrowerks Technical Support
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Lynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 1:25 PM
> Subject: RE: including fonts in CW
>
>
> > OK, so I "have to activate REZ resource compiler" in CW....
> > Can you give me some context on this?
> > I don't even have a .r file, I'm using Constructor to build a .rsrc file
> > (binary) and I see in the project settings that the "PalmRez Post Linker"
> > uses the input file <Project>.tmp (probably generated by constructor?)
> >
> > Where did you get an editor/utility to create a .BIN file... is it the
> same
> > mac-font-format
> > (see http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/Text/Text-250.html )
> > as the .PFT file created by the (downloaded) "FontEdit123" utility?
> >
> > What about conversion programs to convert from Windows/other fonts?
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > James Lynes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
