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In article <10930@platypus.uofs.uofs.edu> littlec1@jaguar.uofs.edu writes:
>
>	problem : i want to allow a user to change the position of
>		  controls on the screen.  in fact, i want to create
>		  a dialog box editor-like application that will allow
>		  a user to customize the interface.  instead of saving
>		  the changes to a .RES file, i want to make the changes
>		  directly to the .EXE.  under the macintosh environment,
>		  api's are provided for this type of functionality.
>		  are there equivalents in os/2?  if these functions do
>		  not exist, is the format of the .EXE defined well
>		  enough that i can make the changes by writing directly
>		  to the .EXE?

You mean like Whitewater Resource Toolkit does for Windows code,
right?

I can't give details, since this is unfamiliar, but a simple way might
be to generate a .RC file and then execute rc.exe to patch the
resources into the executable.  There exists a shareware program
called dentist.exe which can extract resources from OS/2 executables
and DLLs.  You can download dentist from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  Look in
the pub/os2/1.x/programming directory.  I noticed that it is
classified as a 1.x program and not as an "all" program, so I don't
know how it'll work with 2.0 (I haven't used it under 2.0 yet), but I
see no reason why it should fail.

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