[futurebasic] Changing app resources

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From: Bernie Wylde <bernie.w@...>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:05:49 +0100
Was: [FB] alert background color etc.

:-j wrote:

> it has long been bad practise for an app to alter itself.
> this is independant of mac os x.
> 
> cases of this are:
> - multiple users,
> - network boots,
> - launching an app from a cd or other locked volume.
> 
> any app still changing its own resources after the warnings
> that apple -- and users on this list -- have been giving for
> years deserves... [having a sheep named after one?].


I may be missing the point here but, does this mean we should no longer be
creating and/or modifying say STR# resources in our apps?

Cheers
Dolly... oops!, I mean Bernie