Is there a reason that the Resource Manager needs to look up resources on the datapath and classpath, even when the resource is given as an absolute path? The reason I ask is that the CDE doesn't work if you try to open a AE descriptor that references a type system descriptor, if the datapath property hasn't been set. If the location of the type system descriptor is given as an absolute path, this is unintuitive and seems like a bug, particularly since you can't access the nifty "Set DataPath" button in the descriptor itself, once the CDE realizes that the resource isn't on the classpath or datapath.
Frank LeHouillier
