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Resorcerer Revealed
As seen in MacAddict Magazine

By:David K. Every
©Copyright 1999


The Basics of Resorcerer

Open a copy of your System, and you should see the following screen.

The Type list shows a list of all the the resource types available to edit in your open file. The ones in bold come with custom editors that make it easier to hack when the resource is selected.

The Resource list shows all the resources of the selected type that can be opened and edited for that particular file. To help you see what's what, the Resources List usually tries to show you graphic representations of the resource data. For MENUs, it shows the start of the menu; for icon families, it draws the images of all the icons in one place; for STRs, you see the actual text.

Reverse selects everything except what was selected. The Changed button selects anything that you've worked on but haven't yet saved.

The Hex button opens a hex editor that lets you get at a resource's raw byte data. Hacking hexadecimal is always the least pleasant option. You can edit any resource data as hex, but you usually don't want to, because it's hard to tell what the data's for.

The Open button opens a resource's data for editing using the best method it can. It also opens any special-purpose editors that apply to the resource. If it can't find a dedicated editor, the Open button acts like the Data button. And if the proper data structure isn't known, the Open button acts like the Hex button. You can open a file the usual way with the Open File command, or you can use Resorcerer's way-cool File System Browser to search for and open any file (including invisible ones); just double-click on any file to peek inside.

Selecting New creates a new resource of the type selected. Most casual hackers won't need to create resources from scratch.

The Info button allows you to set a resource's attributes -- info such as ID numbers, names, and loading specifications. You shouldn't hack resource attributes unless you really know what you're doing or you risk harming your system.

The Data button opens your resource using a special data editor that shows you the data structures the programmers used to describe and build the resource. This is a long list of numbers, strings, colors, and other stuff, all packed together.


Created: JULY/98
Updated: 11/09/02


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