Terrald wrote: > ...If I use Resedit, it shows the size of the > STR# to be 24 before and after being used. However, if I use command I to > get information about the size of the program, it shows the program's size > has increased by 5290 when the STR# has been used then cleaned back.... I found this quote in Inside Macintosh--perhaps it explains what you're seeing: "The actual size of the resource fork is adjusted when a resource is removed or made larger, but not when a resource is made smaller." That quote can be found here: http://dev.info.apple.com/techpubs/mac/MoreToolbox/MoreToolbox-66.html#HEADING66-0 - Rick