In a message dated 10/2/99 4:46:55 PM, MacMuse@... writes: << What are the advantages/disadvantages of separating sound and picture resources into a separate rsrc file as opposed to including them in the resource fork of your application. I notice that commercial applications do it both ways, and just wondered if anyone has an idea as to the factors that drive that decision. >> Thanks Joe, Jonnathan, and Rick for your thoughts on this. I have always just kept my rsrc's in the app itself. The latest project is accumulating a rather large rsrc fork and I was considering splitting it off. I think I'll try to keep it together if possible. Roger M. Clary MacMUSE Software MacMuse@... http://members.aol.com/macmuse