About resources
The FirstClass interface consists of forms and other resources (pictures, icons, sounds, and text strings). You can use FirstClass Designer to provide your users with:
� customized versions of the standard resources
If a customized resource has the same resource ID as a standard FirstClass resource, the customized resource will override the default resource.
� your own new resources.
Copies of the standard resources are available in the Example.fc file that accompanies FirstClass Designer. Use these copies as the basis for customizing the standard resources.
About you
FirstClass Designer is intended for administrators or FirstClass Application Services developers who need to customize FirstClass resources.
We assume that you are familiar with:
� FirstClass
� your operating system (Windowsｮ or Macｮ OS X (Mac)).
Resources and settings files
You are already aware of settings files as the mechanism by which users connect to servers. These files can also store resources that customize the FirstClass interface. It is settings files that you work with using FirstClass Designer.
To customize resources, you use FirstClass Designer to:
� customize forms that already exist in a settings file
� add forms and other resources to a settings file
� remove unnecessary resources from a settings file.
Settings file naming conventions
Settings files may have no file extension (Mac), the file extension .fc (Windows or Mac), or the file extension .rez.
Various .rez files are shipped with FirstClass. These files are intended to just operate on the server or with the client. They aren't used to log into FirstClass.
Starting FirstClass Designer
To start FirstClass Designer, double-click the FirstClass Designer icon:
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