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The Resource Browser provides a graphical overview of the contents of your computer's disk drives. You can use the browser to quickly locate resource files, such as Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator documents, and then double-click on a thumbnail image to load the file into Photoshop or Illustrator for editing. You can also quickly gather resource files together and copy them into your current project by right-clicking on them. The browser displays its information in two window panes. The pane on the left is the Folder pane, which contains a directory tree-style view of each disk drive which is attached to your PC. Each directory is displayed as a folder. The pane on the right is the Document pane, which displays the contents of the currently selected folder.

The folder pane
The folder pane initially contains a list of the disk drives which are attached to your PC. Double-clicking on a drive will display the contents of the drive as a list of folders. Each folder represents a directory. Double-clicking on a folder will display any subdirectories contained within it. You can select a directory by clicking on it with the left mouse button or by using the cursor keys on your keyboard.

The document pane
The document pane displays the contents of the folder which is currently selected in the folder pane. Each item in the folder is displayed on a tile. You can edit the file to which an item refers by double-clicking on the tile, by pressing the Enter key or by selecting Edit from the speed menu. You can copy the file to which the item refers to your project directory by pressing Ctrl+C or by selecting Copy to project directory from the speed menu. If the item refers to a graphics file, you can view the file in a pop-up window by selecting View from the speed menu.

There are three different view styles available in the document pane. You can change the view style by selecting the Options/View menu item on the menu bar, or by clicking one of the view-style buttons on the toolbar.

  • Thumbnails + descriptions - For graphics files, a thumbnail image is displayed on the left side of each tile, while the file size, download time and image-specific information are displayed on the right. If the image is in a format that can be displayed by most web browsers (i.e., GIF or JPEG), an inline image graphic will be overlaid onto the thumbnail. For non-graphics files, an icon representing the file's type is displayed on the left side of the tile, and the file size and download time are displayed on the right.

  • Thumbnails only - For graphics files, a thumbnail image is displayed. If the image is in a format that can be displayed by most web browsers (i.e., GIF or JPEG), the letter "W" will be overlaid onto the thumbnail. For non-graphics files, an icon representing the file's type is displayed.

  • Descriptions only - For graphics files, the file size, download time and image-specific information are displayed. For non-graphics files, the file size and download time are displayed.

Rocket Science recognizes file types by file name extension, some of which are:
  • Graphics - .GIF, .JPG, .PNG, .PSD, .EPS, .BMP
  • HTML - .HTM, .SHT, .ASP, .CFM
  • CGI-BIN - .PL, .TCL, .SH, .CPP, .C
  • Image map - .MAP
  • Audio - .WAV, .SND, .AIF, .RAM
  • Application - .EXE, .COM., BAT

When you select a directory folder for the first time, the thumbnails will contain the text "N/A", indicating that there is no catalog present for that directory. To create a catalog, select the View/Update thumbnails menu item on the menu bar.

If you are using a document pane view which displays thumbnails, and you switch to an image editing application to edit an image file and then return to the browser window, the image's thumbnail will contain the text "N/A". This indicates that the thumbnail is no longer a true representation of the image. You can update the thumbnail by selecting Update from the speed menu

Menus Here's a walkthrough of the Resource Browser menus.

  • File
    Copy to project directory
    Copies the file referred to by the currently selected item in the document pane to the project directory.

    Edit
    Sends the currently selected file to an editor application. The file will be sent to whatever tool you have configured as the editor for that particular type of file.

    Delete
    Deletes the selected file from the disk.

    Rename
    Displays the Rename file dialog and allows you to rename the file.

    Update thumbnail
    Updates the thumbnail image for the selected graphics file.

    Exit Rocket Science
    Terminates the Rocket Science application.

  • View
    Update thumbnails
    Updates the thumbnail images for all graphics files in the current directory.

    Refresh
    Reloads the directory tree.

  • Options
    Show only resource files
    When this item is check, Rocket Science will only display files that it recognizes as resource files (i.e., graphics and audio files). If unchecked, Rocket Science will display all types of files.

    View
    Allows you to change the document view to Thumbnails+descriptions, Thumbnails only or Descriptions only.

  • Window
    Allows you to selectively display, go to or hide any of the Rocket Science windows. You set these items up in the Tools section of the Application preferences dialog.

  • Help
    Contents
    Displays this file.

    About...
    Displays Rocket Science product, contact and version information

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