In order to use DeRez, you need MPW Shell, which runs only on Mac OS. It's a
command-line oriented development environment that is a free download from
Apple.
Shall I go on, or does a mac rule it out.
> Thanks, but that's only part of it. I want to work
> with .r files -some- of the time, and the IDE form
> builder other times. I want it all, in other words.
>
> The docs refer to something called "DeRez" that is
> supposed to decompile a resource db into the .r form,
> but I don't see that anywhere. I did try the "Generate
> Source" menu option from the IDE, but it didn't seem
> to do anything.
>
>
> Finally, assuming I can get DeRez question settled,
> once I've edited & regenerated the resource (with Rez),
> I want to be able to tweak it w/ the IDE based tool again.
> Can this be done, or is the resource file generated by Rez
> incompatible with the "native" resource file format
> handled by the IDE?
>
> (Perhaps next edition, your IDE form builder could
> work w/ .r files instead of this binary format...)
>
>
