Editing Netscape Resources -Reply

[Frank Cervone]

Netscape has changed the coding techniques within Navigator in
versions after 3.01. Because of this, the old advice on editing the
executable will not work with 3.02, 3.03, and all 4.0 versions. Netscape
and Microsoft both have administration kits for customizing browser
installation and configuration. This is probably a simpler route for most
sites to take. Netscape charges for their admin kit; Microsoft's is free (for
the time being at least).


Frank Cervone
Assistant Director for Systems
DePaul University Libraries
2350 North Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
773-325-7726

>>> "Chuck Bearden" <cbearden at sparc.hpl.lib.tx.us> 12/17/97 03:37pm
>>>
> Date:          Mon, 15 Dec 1997 14:53:15 -0800
> From:          "Brian D. Jennison" <bjenn at pcisys.net>

> I apologize if this has already been discussed.  This is my first day as =
> a member of this listserv.
> 
> I have been trying to edit the resources for Netscape versions higher =
> than 3.02.  Is this possible?  I can bring up the executable but I do =
> not get a list of resources to edit.  I have used Visual C++ 5.0 =
> Enterprise as well as the shareware version of ResEdit.
> 
> Brian.

Here's a section from the document "Editing Netscape for Public
Access Computers", by Carole Leita, at
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu:8000/NS/, which suggests that changes to
newer software may need to be made under WinNT in order to make
them
stick:

"Note: We used Visual C++ to edit the Windows 3.11, 16 bit versions
of Netscape 2.01 and 3 using the Windows 95 operating system. When
we
tried to edit the Windows 95, 32 bit versions of Netscape 2.01 and 3
we discovered it wouldn't save the changes. We found that Visual C++
would make the changes to the 32 bit versions of Netscape 2.01 and 3
only if it was running on the Windows NT operating system! Please see
Microsoft's Knowledgebase Article Q139030 for an explanation of sorts
as to why." 

The whole document is well worth reading, and is linked to from the 
web4lib Reference Center.  

Chuck
Chuck Bearden
Network Services Librarian
Houston Public Library
Houston, TX  77002
713/247-2264 (voice)
713/247-1182 (fax)
cbearden at hpl.lib.tx.us