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ResFool - 1.0.3

resource editor with full ResEdit template support

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All Time:	(3.3)
This Version:	(3.7)
Current Version:	1.0.3
Release Date:	2004-04-12
License:	Commercial
Downloads (this version):	18,534
Downloads (all versions):	22,094
Price:	$19.95

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Product Description:

Welcome to version 1.0.1 of ResFool, the only Mac OS X native resource editor with full ResEdit template support for under $20! ResFool allows you to create and edit a huge number of resource types under Mac OS X.

Features of ResFool:

Template Based Editing: Use one of the 100 included templates to edit existing resource types. If those aren't enough for you, you can construct your own using 94 template types, or use one made by other people in the active Macintosh developer community. The possibilities for editing binary data in a semantically enriched environment are endless. With support for nested lists, skip fields, arbitrarily aligned data, strings, numerics and more, ResFool templates allow for editing a diverse range of data.
Custom Editors: ResFool also comes with several custom editors. There is an editor Apple Event terminologies ('aete'), Pascal string lists ('str#'), styled text ('TEXT' with an optional 'styl') and versions ('vers').
Modern File Types: Edit and create traditional Mac resource files, or choose to store the resource fork in the data fork of a file (as used by modern Bundles). You can even edit bundles directly, displaying all the individual resources in the bundle, including those stored in individual files or in data-fork based resource files.

Preview a Variety of Media

See your images and icons in the list of resources. Images are not limited to old-style Mac PICTs either. List and full size previews are available for every image type QuickTime understands, including jpeg, png, and gif. See the first frame of movies stored in resources, or play them directly in ResFool. Once again, these can be any format QuickTime can handle. Or listen to audio clips, whether they are System 7 sounds, mp3 or aac.

What's new in this version:

This version of ResFool improves the user experience when pasting multiple resources with conflicting IDs.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(3.7)	Features:	(3.3)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(3.3)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(3.3)

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REALbasic programmer's must have! - Version: 1.0.3, 7/28/2006 03:29PM PST

Jeff Hendrickson

This software is simple to use, and does exactly what it says.

If you want to develop a REALbasic application that is AppleScript scriptable, this is a must have tool. I've tested it with RB 5.5.5, RB 2006 r2, and RB 2006 r3, and it worked like a champ with every version.

This application is only $20, and a competitor's product (Resorcerer) that does about the same thing is $249!!

I had a minor, self inflicted use problem, and the developer was very helpful, and responsive.

ResEdit seems more useful??? - Version: 1.0.3, 12/12/2005 08:50AM PST

bill5011

I would like to change some icons in Eudora (all stored in the resource fork), but cannot get a graphical representation of them, nor find a graphical editor as ResEdit had. With my aging eyes, I cannot tell some of Eudora's icons apart.

Is this possible with ResFool - or should I use ResEdit in 9?

Bill

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ResEdit seems more useful???

Not ready to give up ResEdit, I guess... - Version: 1.0.3, 4/23/2004 10:17AM PST

Punster--2008

While I agree with previous comments that this is a good first step toward a native OS X resource editor, it shouldn't be called anything but a development release, and the author shouldn't be charging anything for it right now.

Let's be clear here. I'm perfectly happy to shell out cash for a useful tool, but this one has a ways to go. The great majority of resource types I'd be likely to need to edit are graphical in nature. Having only textual resource templates just doesn't cut it when I'm trying to see how a window layout looks, for example.

Resourcerer is pricey and ResEdit requires Classic mode, but both provide full graphical editing. When ResFool can do that, I'll take another look. Then it's $20 pricetag would be a steal.