Re: Resources

[murph@apple.com (Jim Murphy)]

In article <1sbg3h$fim@altitude.HIP.CAM.ORG> Phillip Vandry,
vandry@CAM.ORG writes:
>Jim Murphy <murph@apple.com> writes:
>
>>      Let's see...with a resource-based interface you can
>>internationalize your programs easily, you don't need to compile your
>
>How is it so much easier? You still need to translate. Whether you
translate
>to .c file or the .rez file it's the same thing.

     I meant that _others_ can internationalize/customize a program
easily if you use resources. For example, there's a French version
available of my NDA Big Edit Thing. I certainly don't know French and the
person who translated it doesn't know how to program. I see this as a
very cool thing.

>>code just to see what a window looks like moved 2 pixels, resources can
>
>But you still need to compile the resources.

     Did I say you must be using a resource compiler to tweak a resource?
No. Again, if you use a resource _editor_ to build your interface you
don't have to go through the "tweak, compile, run, ewww-ick-ugly, repeat"
process. Resources can take your interface away from the painfully slow
and annoying compile process.

>>Finder can store information with a file such as its icon/version/etc.
>
>Finder is too dependant on such information.

    All I can say is, "What in the world are you talking about?" You keep
making these annoying and baseless statements and then never back them up
with anything useful or constructive. How, in your opinion, is Finder
"too dependent" on information that it needs to get its job done?

>>You can store any type of data in a resource, and you can quickly access
>>it using the facilities of the Resource Manager. There are literally
>
>You don't need rez to do that.

     Think of the Resource Manager as a simple yet powerful database
manager. If you use it you don't have to reinvent the wheel every time
you want to access data. But, then again, you might like doing that sort
of thing.


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

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