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Re: Data fork resource files

To: REALbasic NUG <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: Data fork resource files
From: Thomas Reed <tareedlists at mac dot com>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:22:08 -0400
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On Apr 29, 2005, at 8:18 PM, maclists at additional dot com wrote:

How do you read resources in data fork resource files?
-Thomas

Personal web page: <http://homepage.mac.com/thomasareed/> My shareware: <http://www.bitjuggler.com/> Free REALbasic code: <http://www.bitjuggler.com/extra/>

There are 10 kinds of people in the world -- those who understand binary
numbers and those who don't.
You can read these files using declares to Resource Manager calls. I don't think it can be done using REALbasic's ResourceFork class without either a plugin or copying the data fork into a resource fork.

You'll find info on the Resource Manager at:

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/ Resource_Manager/>

Note that the vital function call is likely to be FSOpenResourceFile, which allows you to specify which fork to open. It does require an FSRef, though, so you'll need to use some other declares to get an FSRef. You can find a ready-made FSRef class on my website (see the URL in my sig). This is something I should probably think about adding to it at some point.

-Thomas

Personal web page: <http://homepage.mac.com/thomasareed/> My shareware: <http://www.bitjuggler.com/> Free REALbasic code: <http://www.bitjuggler.com/extra/>

There are 10 kinds of people in the world -- those who understand binary
numbers and those who don't.

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