resource map - rebuild?
JackCurtis
i have a file whose resource fork has been truncated so that the resource
map no longer exists. since the header & resource data are still there,
it seems like it should be possible to reconstruct the map. is there a
function or utility available which i can use to do this, or do i have to
roll my own?
thx
Jack Curtis - Chief Propellerhead
Pinehill Software Corp.
Steve Kiene
(JackCurtis) wrote:
> i have a file whose resource fork has been truncated so that the resource
> map no longer exists. since the header & resource data are still there,
> it seems like it should be possible to reconstruct the map. is there a
> function or utility available which i can use to do this, or do i have to
> roll my own?
If the resource map is gone, you're hosed. You could maybe recover the
data by looking at the size bytes preceeding each resource, but you won't
know which type/id they are. That's what the resource map is for.
Steve Kiene
MindVision Software
JackCurtis
>If the resource map is gone, you're hosed. You could maybe recover the
>data by looking at the size bytes preceeding each resource, but you won't
>know which type/id they are. That's what the resource map is for.
Thanx, Steve.
What i had in mind was an interactive utility which wouuld ask me for each
resource's resource type & ID, assigning some default if i didn't know,
with perhaps a little signature recognition built in to help identify
standard resources. Seems like it would be a useful utility in view of
the Resource managers penchant for trunating these things when a disk
fills up.
Jack Curtis - Chief PropellerHead
Pinehill Software Corp.