From: "Geoff Callaghan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't really understand this answer. Constructor is a Windows program, > which creates resource files, right? So if I create a resource file, in > Windows, using Constructor, shouldn't I be able to use that resource file in > CodeWarrior? I have the Palm OS 68K stuff, though I'm not at all certain > it's set up properly. > Well yes and no. I think Constructor started (as most of these tools did) as a Mac app and, from memory, still uses Apple resource formats internally. The main problem with it is that as binary resources they're difficult to manage well in a version control system so over the past few years the community has been moving to text-based rcp files, which are compiled using PilRC and edited using a number of different incomplete tools, including the buggy PilRC Designer distributed with CW9.
You will generally find it better to use RCP files for your resources, but you can use rsrc files by altering your project manually to support them. You can also create an old-style project by using the "Palm OS Application Stationery" of the File|New dialog rather than, for ex, "Palm OS C Application Wizard". Ben's excellent site (which I can't quickly track down) has some info on converting rsrc to rcp, which can help identify the differences between projects. Actually they're not mutually exclusive - at one point while converting a large project we had both rsrc and rcp resources contributing to the build. Chris Tutty > "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Constructor is used with projects based on the Mac OS 68K linker. New CW > projects use the Palm OS 68K linker which doesn't support Mac OS resource > formats. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff Callaghan > Date: 2/12/04 9:52 am > To: Palm Developer Forum > Subj: using constructor to create forms > > I'm confused as to how constructor works with CodeWarrior. I can create a > form in Constructor, and I end up with a header file (.h) and a .rsrc file. > What do I do with them now? CodeWarrior will not allow me to add them to the > project. There seems to be a blind spot in the documentation here. > > > -- > Geoff Callaghan > IT Manager > TRAK Engineering > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
