[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Help with RESOURCES

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From: "Scott Spencer" <jmar@...>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 16:02:52 -0800
>A resource file can hold about 16 MB of resource data, and about 2190
>(?) individual resources.  I assume you're saying that the resource file
>that's currently mentioned in your RESOURCES statement is already up to
>(or near) one of those limits?
>
>If that's the case, the RESOURCES command can't help you.  All it does
>is copy the resources from the mentioned file into your application
>file's resource fork.  But your app. file's resource fork also has that
>same 16 MB/2190-resource limit.

This will be another nice feature of FB^3 -- "Multiple resource files can be
added to the same project" (FB^3 Staz Lounge note # 41).

I don't know if this would help in the case of reaching a file size limit,
but it sure will help to organize and reuse your favorite resources.

Scott
JMar Engineering
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