Re: Resources are a GoodThing(tm) (was Re: MS-DOS FST?)

[Jim Murphy <murph@apple.com>]

In article <C6n5Cv.L1D@r-node.hub.org> Brian Tao, taob@r-node.hub.org
writes:
>    Actually, that's not the best example, Frank.  ;-)  I think it would
>be easier just to type in the coordinates in your source code than
>trying to align it using a mouse and making all the buttons the same
>size and equally spaced, etc.  However, resources really come in handy
>when you want to *change* your layout.  Why the hell should have to
>recompile just to move a few controls around?

     Actually, Brian, I do like Frank's example. :-) For instance,
whenever I build a new dialog, I always do my prototyping in Genesys. I
can quickly throw down the controls and then tweak them until they bear
some resemblance to a useful human interface. Then, I DeRez the window or
whatever and align the button edges exactly by modifying the coordinates.
What you've described is essentially the method I hate - building a
dialog from scratch by typing in random coordinates.

     (BTW, most all of the dialogs in the system [Finder, etc.] were
built using the method I've described.)


Jim Murphy        Apple II System Software Engineer        murph@apple.com

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