Yes, I know about Rez ... but there is no way
to get the resources FROM the proprietary binary
format TO the ascii format. Nor, once it is in
the ascii format, does the GUI work with that
one, it will still work w/ the binary file.
This makes transparent work -- pasting up a
quick button or two w/ the GUI tool then replicating
them quickly w/ cut & paste, for example -- then
going back to the GUI tool to add one more label
durned near impossible.
Part of the reason this is the case, is that the
GUI tool does not use the "rez" format directly,
it uses it's own private format. "Rez" is kind of an
independant auxiliary tool. I would like to see a
little more integration in this area.
--
-Richard M. Hartman
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186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew D Moss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 5:34 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: CWR6 question
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>
> > Are resources now available for "raw" editing
> > (i.e. in ASCII source form), or are they still
> > binary globs changable only through the resource
> > GUI tool?
>
> Actually, it has been possible to do this since at least CW
> rel 4, if not
> even earlier. It's a language called Rez. The language,
> originally from
> Apple's MPW, is documented in _Building and Managing Programs in MPW_,
> located somewhere on Apple's dev site.
>
> There is also a Rez source file, called palmtype.r, located
> somewhere (on
> Palm's site?) that gives the structure for many common GUI
> items. I don't
> know whether it's regularly updated and/or supported.
>
> Sorry for not having locations. If you can't locate them,
> I'll see if I can
> find URL's or I'll send them to you offlist.
>
> I've also heard weird rumors that CW was going to have their own ASCII
> resource language, but that might be 100% false.
>
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