ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) (05/21/91)
I created a "snd " resource last night, and just for fun I thought I'd try and make it into an "sfil" file that Finder 7.0 recognizes. This isn't as straightforward as you might think. The procedure that I finally came up with is as follows: * Find an existing "sfil" file to make a copy of, or option-drag (i e make a copy of) a sound out of your System file to create one. * Change the name of the copy to match the name of your new sound. * Open the renamed sfil with ResEdit. Check the ID of the "snd " resource that's already in there. Delete this sound, paste in your new sound, and give it the same ID as the old one. The reason why you can't just create a new resource file, stick a sound in it, and give it the type "sfil" and creator "movr", seems to be that there's also an "alis" resource that has to be present. As I understand it, this is actually an alias record. So what's it doing there? What, if anything, is it aliasing? Elucidations gratefully received. Lawrence D'Oliveiro fone: +64-71-562-889 Computer Services Dept fax: +64-71-384-066 University of Waikato electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz Hamilton, New Zealand 37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+12:00 The money saved for a rainy day now buys a smaller umbrella.