Editing Resource fork (section)

== Types ==
The type codes below, like the above datatypes, are used as type identifiers for more than resource forks themselves: they are used to identify files themselves, to describe data in the clipboard, and much more.

Types must be 4 bytes long, so types like snd and STR actually have a space (0x20) at the end.
{| class="wikitable"
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! style="text-align:left" | Name of resource type || actual name !! style="text-align:left" |Description
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| alis || alias||Stores an alias to another file, in a resource fork of a file whose "alias" attribute bit is set
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| ALRT || alert||Defines the shape of an application alert box
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| APPL || application||Stores application information
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| BNDL || bundle||Defines data such as a file type icon used in an application
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| cicn || color icon||Defines a color icon used in data
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| clut || color look-up table||Defines a color palette used in data
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| CNTL || control||Defines the details of a component positioned in a window
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| CODE || code resource||Stores the machine code for the program
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| CURS || cursor||Defines the shape of a monochrome cursor (8 × 8 bit square)
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| DITL || dialog item list||Defines a component of a window
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| DLOG || dialog||Defines the shape of a dialog box for an application
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| FREF || file reference||Defines a file type handled by an application
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| hfdr || icon balloon help||Defines the contents and shape of the balloon help displayed when the cursor hovers over the file in the Finder
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| icl8 || 8-bit icon list||Defines an icon displayed in the Finder
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| icns || 32-bit icon list||Defines an icon displayed in the Finder
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| ICON || icon||Defines a monochrome item used in data
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| kind || file description||Defines a description of a file type
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| MBAR || menu bar||Defines a menu and menu bar for an application
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| MDEF || menu definition||Defines a menu for an application. Can also be used to define menus with complex shapes such as color palettes.
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| MENU || menu||Defines the menu items in an application
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| MooV || movie||Stores a QuickTime movie
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| open || open||Defines a file type which the application can open
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| PICT || picture||Stores a PICT image contained in the file
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| PREF || preference||Stores the environment settings for an application
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| snd || sound||Stores a sound used in the file
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| STR || string||Stores a string or hexadecimal data used in the file
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| STR# || string list||Stores multiple strings used in the file
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| styl || style||Defines style information, such as the font, color and size of text
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| TEXT || text||Stores text
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| TMPL || template||Defines the format for the resource data
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| vers || version||Defines the [[Software versioning|version]] or region of use of the file
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| WDEF || window definition||Defines a window for the application. Windows of an unspecified shape can also be defined.
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| WIND || window||Defines the shape of an application window
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