NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/apple2/26085

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From: [e-mail] (Matt Ackeret)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Which language?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 29 Dec 92 00:46:56 GMT
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lim Thye Chean) writes:
>> Is REZ resource compiler hard to use? Do I really need a resource editor if
>> I have REZ?
>REZ is basically a programming language.  You define your resources
>in a source file, and run the REZ compiler to create the resource
>fork.  The resource descriptions are very like C - a lot of { }
>characters, and the same syntax rules for comments.
>
>What is really good about REZ is that you can use it to create ANY
>type of resource, not just those types that a resource editor supports.
>
>REZ is supplied with a full set of resource definitions for System
>6.0.  There is also DEREZ, a utility which converts a resource fork
>into REZ source code.
>
>The only problem with REZ is that it is very clumsy for creating
>window definitions.  You have to define a lot of resources.  Quite
>often, I use Genesys to design the window, then output REZ code to
>combine with other

    That type of thing is what REZ and DEREZ are really good for.. Just
use Genesys or Foundation to design the resources, DEREZ them, and then
REZ them onto your application.  Tweaking sizes and positions can be done
on the REZ source too. (Since unfortunately it's not quite as easy to
move around and manipulate lots of objects at a time as it is in ResEdit
on the Mac)
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