Re: [Pythoncard-users] Re: platform-specific resource files now supported

[Andy T. <an...@ha...>]

Michael Sorich wrote:
> The topic of platform-specific resource files made me
> wonder whether it is possible for a resource file to
> inherit from another resource file. If the differences
> between platform specific resources are relatively
> minor, I would think it would be simpler to inherit
> from a base resource and only include the components
> and properties to be changed.
> 

I'll leave someone more qualified to comment on that.

> On a different topic, could someone remind me of the
> reasons why components are accessed from
> self.components rather than self? 
> E.g. self.components.button1 vs. self.button1
> If I allowed self to lookup self.components would this
> cause a problem with the program? I think I remember
> there being some discussion on this in the past, but I
> cannot find it in the archive.
> 

It's to differentiate them from the other properties a background may 
have. Essentially the components (as a set) are children of the 
background and not first class attributes, which it's name, title and 
size (for instance) are.

> Thanks,
> 
> Michael
> 
[snip]

Regards,
Andy
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