How to Change "About Application..." Using ResEdit (40720)




This article was previously published under Q40720

SUMMARY

In all Macintosh applications that use the menu bar, the first item under the Apple menu is an "About Application..." item that brings up a dialog box giving you various information about the application.

In applications written and compiled with Microsoft QuickBASIC, this item brings up a simple box which states "This application was created using Microsoft QuickBASIC". This box and the text for the item under the Apple menu can be changed using ResEdit.

MORE INFORMATION

The Apple menu is in the upper left-hand corner of the Macintosh screen.

Follow these steps to change the dialog box/menu item string for the "About Application..." item in the Apple menu:

  1. Launch ResEdit.
  2. Open your application.
  3. Open STR to change the menu item string.
  4. Open STR ID = 128.
  5. Edit the string and close the edit box.
  6. Close the STR window.
  7. Open DITL (Dialog Item List) to change the items in the "About application..." dialog box.
  8. Open DITL ID = 128.
  9. To change the text or edit any existing dialog item, double click on it to bring up the edit box.
  10. To add dialog items, select New from the file menu. Note: You can resize the dialog box, but the size will not take effect until you perform the Steps 11 through 15 that follow.
  11. When finished adding/editing dialog items, close the DITL window.
  12. To resize the dialog and define its placement on the screen, open DLOG.
  13. Open DLOG ID = 128.
  14. Resize the dialog by doing one of the following:

    1. Click in the bottom right corner of the box and drag.
    2. Select "Display as text" under the DLOG menu item and change the coordinates.
  15. When finished, close all windows, click YES to save changes, and exit ResEdit.
Modification Type: Minor Last Reviewed: 1/8/2003
Keywords: KB40720
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