[futurebasic] Re: MBAR resource

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From: Rick Brown <rbrown@...>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:51:57 -0500
Lucy wrote:
> I just took a quick stroll through a resource file & came up with the
> following exceptions to the 128-and-up rule (any others I should add to the
> collection?):

I think the essence of the 128-and-up rule is that Apple promises that
the MacOS won't interpret resources numbered 128-and-up in any "special"
way.  You can assign "127-and-down" ID's, but Apple reserves the right
to use such resources for special purposes (such as displaying version
info in the "Get Info" window, or determining how much heap space to
allocate when launching an app).  As long as you know how these
resources with "reserved" ID's are going to be used (which is usually
documented in I.M.), then it's OK, and often useful, to create them
yourself.

- Rick