Resedit Tips

ResEdit 2.1 gives you the tools to tinker with System 7Us new interface, and with a little effort you can accomplish almost any tweak you want. To get you started, here are five ResEdit projects that include step-by-step instructions on customizing techniques, as well as sample resources to illustrate each tip. RFive ResEdit TipsS lets you: 1. Decorate your desktop with a selection of 16-x-16-, 32-x-32-, and 64-x-64-pixel patterns. 2. Create your own Startup screens, in any size or color you desire. 3. Graft icons onto files; clean up icons; touch up small icons; and use the BNDL (bundle) resource to globally assign color icons to documents (for example, all Microsoft Word files, all FileMaker Pro documents, or all HyperCard stacks). 4. Assign color startup icons to old INITs and control panels so you have something pretty to look at while you wait for your Mac to start up. 5. Master the elusive TMPL (template) resource and edit new and unknown resource types. Each of the above techniques is illustrated with sample resources; among these is a template for editing the new Finder menu resource (the enigmatic fmnu), thereby adding Command-key shortcuts to the FinderUs File, Edit, and Special menus. Downloaded from Compuserve. Please note that I am not the author of this software.