Apple II
File Type Notes
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                                                  Developer Technical Support

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:

                   GS+ Magazine
                   P.O. Box 15366
                   Chattanooga, TN  37415-0366
                   Attention:  Cool Cursor Technical Support
                   (615) 843-3988

                   America   Online: GSPlusDiz
                   Delphi:   GSPlusDiz
                   GEnie:    JWANKERL
                   Internet: jwankerl@pro-gonzo.cts.com


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:

     Type name      Resource ID     Resource Contents
     ---------------------------------------------------------------
     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

Further Reference
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   o   Apple IIgs Technical Note #76, Miscellaneous Resource Formats