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In article <marshall-200193124922@hpsdr160.sdd.hp.com> (comp.sys.mac.oop.macapp3), marshall@sdd.hp.com (Marshall Clow) writes:

> I also had this problem, and this is my "solution". I was building an
> app called "XXY", and my resource file was named "XXY.rsrc". Every time
> I did a complete build (from scratch) as well as every now and then
> (i.e, no apparent pattern), my XXY.rsrc file became 0 bytes long. I changed
> it's name to "XXY Views.rsrc", changed the makefile, and I have had no
> further problems (so far).
> 
> What I suspect is that somewhere, MABuild is making a temp file named
> "{AppName}.rsrc".

MABuild has a default rule that "knows" how to create an .rsrc file from
a .r file. It has another built in rule that automatically includes
a "{AppName}.r" in a build. Unfortunately, most people have an {AppName}.r
file, and when it gets Rez'ed, it creates an "{AppName}.rsrc" unless you've
overridden the default rule in your Makefile.

Renaming either the .r or .rsrc file so that they have different roots should
do the trick; I'd imagine the latter is more convenient for most.


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