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From: MCOHAN@UMass.BITNET (Michael Cohan, U of Mass/Amherst)
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Subject: Re: Resource files
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Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 03:34:23 EST
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rgoodman@csvax.caltech.edu  (Ron Carl Goodman) writes:

> In order to get menu items and dialog boxes, ABACUS's Vol#3 (GEM reference)
> says you must use resource files (usually .RSC files).  But how do you make
> these files?  They are obviously not typeinable.  I read somewhere about a
> resource file generating program that comes with the developers kit and one
> on the market for $50.  Is there anything in the public domain?  How are peopl
> doing this?

You do not HAVE to use a resource file to get menus and dialog boxes and so
forth.  There are commands in GEM that let you build object trees (the
data structures used to describe menus etc.) dynamically within your
program.  However, this is such a royal pain to program that a resource
construction set is almost a requirement.  Basically, it lets you lay out
your dialogs, menus and so on on the screen, then generates a file
containing the data structures GEM needs to display and use the objects.
This is the resource file.  The developers kit comes with such a program,
as does Megamax C.  If you just want a R.C.S. by itself (for use with
Personal Pascal, for instance), there is one that I am aware of.  It's
listed in the catalog in the February issue of Antic for $50.  It's called
K-Resource, by Kuma Computers of the UK.  I have never used this program.
Does anyone out there have any experience with it?  Is it any good?

Michael P. Cohan   MCOHAN@UMASS.BITNET   Mikecohan on Delphi