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Q: What OS versions support data-fork based resource files when used in application bundles? A: Support for data-fork based resource files was
implemented in CarbonLib 1.4. Any version of the Mac OS that
can run CarbonLib 1.4 (or later) fully supports data-fork
based resource files. (This would be Mac OS 8.6 and later.)
Because this support is packaged inside CarbonLib it's only
available while your CarbonLib app is running. Any of your
applications resources that need to be accessible to
non-CarbonLib apps (such as the Finder) should still be
placed in your application's resource fork, not in a
data-fork-based resource file. For example: your
application's resource fork should still contain
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