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- This command will convert a vanilla file of type 'TEXT' into a
- HELP resource. This is necessary because the text in data files
- are stored in the 'data fork' of a file, while the HELP resource
- will naturally reside in the 'resource fork' of a file; not to mention
- that resources are stored in a different format (for more specific
- information, see the 'Resource Manager' manual in the Apple
- document 'Inside Macintosh').
-
- To convert a text file into a HELP resource is a multi-step process,
- but an easy one.
-
- (1) You start by selecting the command from the
- File menu. A dialog box will then appear listing all available
- 'TEXT' type files that may be used as the source of the conversion.
-
- (2) After you choose a text file to use, another dialog will pop up
- asking you to name the resource file to write to. You can use
- an existing file or create a new one. If you use an existing file,
- you will be asked 'Replace existing "foo"?'. This doesn't have
- any bearing on this operation, since we will be writing a resource
- and not obliterating a text file in favor of another one.
-
- (3) After this step, yet another dialog will appear asking you to
- give a name and id number to the resource you are writing. At
- this point, if the resource number you specified already exists,
- then a dialog will appear and ask if you wish to overwrite the
- resource in question.
-
- After all of this exausting dialog activity, the actual conversion
- takes place. If there are any errors detected, then an alert box
- will appear with the appropriate message, otherwise there will
- be a box with the message 'No errors occurred'.
-