Appendix F - Resource Type Details

"ALRT"

Dialog box with warning message and Icon.

"BNDL"

Set of items to be maintained by the Finder. This information is copied out of the application's resource fork when this application is first seen by the Finder. (i.e. when it is copied from one disk to another).

"CNTL"

Information relating to controls - buttons, sliders, etc.

"CODE"

Actual executable program code. Macintosh programs are split into segments of 32K. Each segment is a separate resource.

"DITL"

Dialog box contents list.

"DLOG"

Dialog box size, shape and type.

"FOND"

Font family - information on the sizes and spacing of a complete font.

"FONT"

Individual font and point-size.

"FREF"

Finder reference (set of signatures used by the Finder to reference an application program and any related document files).

"icl4"

4-bit-depth large (32 by 32 pixels) icon. Displayed by the Finder in place of the 1-bit-depth icon when a colour system is used.

"icl8"

As icl4, but with an 8-bit-depth.

"ICON"

32 by 32 pixel 1-bit-depth image.

"ICN#"

Icon list - ICON and corresponding mask (allows the Finder to draw the icon on the screen using the mask to "punch a hole").

"ics#"

Small icon list (16 by 16 pixels). Similar to ICN#.

"ics4"

4-bit-depth small (16 by 16 pixels) icon. Similar to icl4.

"ics8"

As ics4, but with an 8-bit-depth.

"MENU"

Individual menus. The items in a menu and any command-key equivalents for a menu-item.

"PICT"

Picture, composed of drawing commands and pixel/bit maps.

"SICN"

Small icon. A 16 by 16 pixel-image.

"SIZE"

Information about the memory requirements and process capabilities if the application containing this resource is run under Apple's multitasking operating system.

"snd "

Sound. Instructions to the sound manager, including e.g. digitised sound samples.

"STR "

Pascal string - up to 255 ASCII characters preceded by a length byte.

"STR#"

String list. Any number of strings held as a single resource.

"TMPL"

ResEdit template to assist in the construction and editing of custom resource types.

"vers"

Version information. Displayed by the Finder when a "Get Info" command is performed.

"WIND"

Size, shape and type of a window.

"XCMD"

HyperCard external command program written in another language and compiled in advance.

"XFCN"

Similar to above, except this is a function, which returns a single result to the calling HyperTalk script.