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- Apple II
- File Type Notes
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- Developer Technical Support
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- File Type: $5A (90)
- Auxiliary Type: $802F
-
- Full Name: Cool Cursor document
- Short Name: Cool Cursor document
-
- Written by: Josef W. Wankerl & Matt Deatherage May 1992
-
- Files of this type and auxiliary type contain cursor resources for Cool
- Cursor.
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- Cool Cursor is a commercial Control Panel available from GS+ Magazine. It
- replaces the normal watch cursor with an animated cursor defined by the
- rCursor resources in a Cool Cursor document.
-
- For more information on Cool Cursor or GS+ Magazine, contact:
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- GS+ Magazine
- P.O. Box 15366
- Chattanooga, TN 37415-0366
- Attention: Cool Cursor Technical Support
- (615) 843-3988
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- America Online: GSPlusDiz
- Delphi: GSPlusDiz
- GEnie: JWANKERL
- Internet: jwankerl@pro-gonzo.cts.com
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- FILE FORMAT
-
- A Cool Cursor document is an extended file with an empty data fork. The
- resource fork must contain an rPString ($8006) resource with an ID of
- $00000001, which is the name of the cursor. The cursor name is displayed in a
- list and must uniquely identify the cursor (i.e. there cannot be two cursors
- named "Beachball.") To make sure your cursor's name will not conflict with
- existing cursor names you may contact GS+ Magazine.
-
- There are two lists of rCursor ($8027) resources--one list for 640 mode and
- one list for 320 mode. Both lists are optional, and if absent the cursor will
- default to the standard QuickDraw Auxiliary WaitCursor. The 640 mode rCursor
- list is a contiguous set of resources that starts at resource ID $00001000 and
- can increase to $00001FFF. The 320 mode rCursor list is a contiguous set of
- resources that starts at resource ID $00002000 and can increase to $00002FFF.
-
- For example, a Cool Cursor document called "Beachball" that contained a
- two-frame animation for both 640 and 320 modes would have resources as shown
- in Table 1:
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- Type name Resource ID Resource Contents
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- rPString $00000001 Beachball
- rCursor $00001000 the first 640 mode cursor frame
- rCursor $00001001 the second 640 mode cursor frame
- rCursor $00002000 the first 320 mode cursor frame
- rCursor $00002001 the second 320 mode cursor frame
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- Table 1--Cool Cursor Example Resource List
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- Further Reference
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- o Apple IIgs Technical Note #76, Miscellaneous Resource Formats
-