Re: Resource Pain

FROM : Vince DeMarco
DATE : Wed Dec 18 14:29:01 2002

On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 1:43 PM, Tobias Peciva wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> We have a Carbon application that loads a .nib with a picture control.
> In
> the same .lproj directory we have a .rsrc file with a PICT resource
> ... and
> by some fantastic magic, the picture is always loaded into the picture
> control come runtime.
>
> Now for the pain bit: We are converting that application into a
> .bundle that
> gets loaded by another (Cocoa) application. Stuff breaks. The resource
> file
> no longer gets loaded automatically, the picture control remains
> empty. I
> was under the impression that I could store the PICT inside the .nib
> instead, but I can't see how to do this in IB (simply checking the
> prefs
> checkbox to allow this does not actually store the picture - so what
> else do
> you need to do?).


That only applies to Cocoa nib files.


> Loading the resource file explicitly before loading the
> .nib springs to mind, but naturally the Carbon FSpOpenResFile does not
> understand files with resources stored in the data fork. I guess you
> could
> load the .rsrc file data, turn it into a resource handle and use it to
> programmatically create a picture control - and lose the flexibility
> of a
> .nib in the process.
>
> What gives?
>
> Cheers,
> Tobias Peciva
> Pharos Systems
>
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