TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL (05/22/89)
Someone recently made a disparaging comment about file types, lumping them in the same category as resource forks and extended files. For what its worth (.00001$?), I want to go on record as enthuusiastically supporting file types (ever played with an MS/DOS system much? aarghhhhh) -- my problem with extended files is that what they intend to do can be done just fine with directories and naming conventions without needing any fundamental changes. I'll grant that the file type stuff could also have been done the same way, but that would have required too much self-policing on the part of applications developers.
delton@pro-carolina.UUCP (System Administrator) (05/22/89)
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It wouldn't take too long to get messed up if you decided to keep all of your
resource forks in separate files. Users have enough trouble keeping up with
hard disks as it is and when some files (not all by any means) have resources
to go with them I think it will work out better in the long run if these
resources get automatically copied with the rest of the application instead of
requiring a separate step as a separate-file method would require.
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I have to agree with many new uses it is almost too much to expect for them to know want all has to be copied. My question is what do we do if several programs share resource forks or is this even possible Grant
dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) (05/24/89)
In article <124*delaneyg@wnre.aecl.cdn> delaneyg@wnre.aecl.CDN ("H. Grant Delaney") writes: >I have to agree with many new uses it is almost too much to expect for them >to know want all has to be copied. My question is what do we do if several >programs share resource forks or is this even possible > >Grant Sure, it's possible. If several programs want to share resources, all they need to do is call OpenResFile on a particular file (maybe *:System:XYZStuff, for example), and that file is automatically added to the list of files that are scanned whenever the program asks the resource manager to load a resource. Stuff in *:System:System.Setup:Sys.Resources is already shared among programs, because various parts of the toolbox use it. --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.