If you go back to System 7.1, all of them work except "hilight", you might need to go back to System 6 for that one.

Jamin


On 28/04/02 1:39 PM, lcs@... wrote:
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>Hi All,
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>My puzzlement has persists.
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>In ResEdit we can specify 5 *custom* ALRT window colors that are
>stated to be resectively for:
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>    Content, Frame, Highlight, Title text, Titlebar
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>These specifications are written into an 'actb' resource 
>having the same number as the ALRT.  The info is there!
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>Curiosity: To my eyes, only the Content and Frame colors
>are shown at all in the ResEdit *WYSIWYG* environment. Am I
>missing something?
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>At minimum I would like to see in FB programs the Content and
>Frame colors realized as ResEdit *WYSIWYG* suggests they should be.
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>For the content, Jamin gave a voodo solution:-
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><< create an "alrx" resource that is the same ID as your "ALRT"
>resource (eg: 128). In this resource put 13 nulls, so the
>resource should be 13 bytes long. >>
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>Now what solution for the "Frame" color????
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>As for realizing costomisation of the other 3 in any way 
>whatsoever, I have no clue.
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>On the other hand, concerning the quite important "Title text"
>color Jamin states:
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><< Text colour /font/etc  is done with 'ictb' resources >>
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>Anyone have a crisp recipe?
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>Jamin also states:
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><< I think window frame/window hilite colour is WDEF specific
>(The WDEF must apply it - like the old System 7 WDEF with
>coloured racing stripes) >>
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>This leaves me perplexed since there is no WDEF in my ALRT
>context.
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>       Cheers
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>              Laurent S.
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>PS.  I adore the ResEdit programming interface, and I often
>wonder why there are so few ResEdit addons.  More power to
>Heather in making a new one!
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