keith@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Keith Kinoshita) (06/30/88)
I'm working on a project that requires me to convert RMaker syntax source files to a form that Rez will understand. I want to know if anyone out there has written such a beastie? If so could you please e-mail me a response? Thanks in advance... -- Keith Kinoshita INTERNET: keith@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU ARPA: uhccux!keith@nosc.MIL BITNET: keith@uhccux UUCP: ...!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!keith PLATO: keith / uhcc / hawaii
nopuklic@ndsuvax.UUCP (Blayne Puklich) (06/30/88)
In article <2007@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> keith@uhccux.UUCP (Keith Kinoshita) writes: > > I'm working on a project that requires me to convert RMaker >syntax source files to a form that Rez will understand. I want >to know if anyone out there has written such a beastie? If so could >you please e-mail me a response? Thanks in advance... >-- >Keith Kinoshita >INTERNET: keith@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU ARPA: uhccux!keith@nosc.MIL >BITNET: keith@uhccux UUCP: ...!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!keith >PLATO: keith / uhcc / hawaii Keith, no need to convert the source files, because there is another way. Conversion from one source syntax to another is a very simple task. Since you apparently have MPW (you mention Rez), you can compile the source using the RMaker resource compiler, and then decompile it using MPW's Derez tool. RMaker will create a file having suffix .rsrc as its object file. Derez can then be used on this file in the following manner: Derez SysTypes.r Types.r {Size.r} {MPWTypes.r} inputFile > outputFile This will create an output file having Rez syntax, and if you tell Derez about the "type" declaration files SysTypes.r and Types.r, you'll get source that is fairly easy to understand (minus comments). I doubt that you'll need to inform Derez of the declaration in Size.r (that contains the new MultiFinder SIZE resource type), nor the MPWTypes.r declarations, which contains the resource type for MPW DRVW's (DRVR's). (As a matter of fact, I just looked up what the DRVW type is used for; it just makes writing a desk accessory easier.) I hope this helps you out. Make sure to ask if you can't figure out Derez from what I have sketched out above. Oh, one more thing about Derez before I forget. If you have any resource types that your application uses that are NOT included in SysTypes.r or Types.r, Derez won't understand them. However, Derez will create a Data statement for that resource, so it still will be understood by Rez and will be placed in the resource fork as it was read from the original. In other words, it doesn't make a difference. ||+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|| || Blayne Puklich nopuklic@plains.NoDak.edu || || NDSU Student ACM use this-> NU087763@NDSUVM1.bitnet || || Chairperson North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND || || || || "Everyone should have a Corvette, I think." || ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
tomas@Apple.COM (Tom Taylor) (06/30/88)
In article <2007@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> keith@uhccux.UUCP (Keith Kinoshita) writes: > > I'm working on a project that requires me to convert RMaker >syntax source files to a form that Rez will understand. I want >to know if anyone out there has written such a beastie? If so could >you please e-mail me a response? Thanks in advance... >-- >Keith Kinoshita >INTERNET: keith@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU ARPA: uhccux!keith@nosc.MIL >BITNET: keith@uhccux UUCP: ...!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!keith >PLATO: keith / uhcc / hawaii I don't know of a specific program to convert RMaker files to Rez files but I do know of a way to accomplish the task: Simply run RMaker on your RMaker source files to create the resource files. Then use the MPW tool DeRez to "decompile" the resource file(s) into Rez source files. It's simple. Tom Taylor Development Systems Group
sunny@hoptoad.uucp (Sunny Kirsten) (07/01/88)
Run RMaker to create a resource file.
Run DeRez to create a Rez source file.
Lemme guess, you wanted to preserve comments?
sunny
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In article <13094@apple.Apple.COM> tomas@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Tom Taylor) writes: [my posting deleted with some initial comments] >but I do know of a way to accomplish the task: > > Simply run RMaker on your RMaker source files to create the resource > files. Then use the MPW tool DeRez to "decompile" the resource file(s) > into Rez source files. It's simple. Thanks for the replies everyone, but perhaps I should have been more specific. I've been using the method mentioned above up to now, but I wanted to: 1) include the original comments from the RMaker source files 2) keep the resource files into a structured layout. DeRez is fine for small resource files, and generating resources for similar applications. In one instance, I've got a resource file that's over a 100K (FONDs inclusive) when I've DeRezed it. I've been able to work with the hex data declarations up to now, but I forsee problems in the future. If major revisions are necessary, a lot of time will be wasted either rewriting the code for Rez or making the changes to the RMaker sources and going through the whole compile->DeRez->Rez cycle. It would be so much more simpler if someone had a program that converted RMaker source files into Rez source files that preserved comments and generated a structured format. -- Keith Kinoshita INTERNET: keith@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU ARPA: uhccux!keith@nosc.MIL BITNET: keith@uhccux UUCP: ...!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!keith PLATO: keith / uhcc / hawaii
adail@pnet06.cts.com (Alan Dail) (07/01/88)
The easiest way to convert RMaker files to rez syntax it to RMaker and then
DeRez the files.
Alan Dail
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INET: adail@pnet06.cts.comthomas@uvabick.UUCP (Thomas Fruin) (07/01/88)
keith@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Keith Kinoshita) writes: > ... convert RMaker syntax source files to a form that Rez will understand Just compile your RMaker sources into resources, and use MPWs DeRez tool to generate Rez-compatible sources! Easy, huh? -- Thomas Fruin fruin@hlerul5.BITNET University of Leiden thomas@uvabick.UUCP University of Amsterdam dibs@well.UUCP hol0066.AppleLink 2:512/114.FidoNet The Netherlands