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From: trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Resource Weirdness
Keywords: Resource Weird Files
Message-ID: <664@biar.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jun 89 21:47:30 GMT
Organization: Biar Games, Inc.
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I'm trying to do some pretty standard resource operations and getting the
strangest results.  Basically, what I am trying to do is save a document's
data in two parts, normal ``text'' that any other app can read, and a
resource that gives my app extra information.  I already know of the problems
the Poor Man's Search Path creates with OpenResFile, but my results are
bizzare.

Here is what I am doing :

	standard SF dialog to get filename and WDRefnum
	GetVol to get current volume or working directory
	SetVol to the WDRefnum

	Delete to trash any existing version of the file
	Create
	Open
	Write the text
	Close

	CreateResFile to create the resource fork
	OpenRFPerm to get it open (with StripAddress too!)
	UseResFile because I'm paranoid
	AddResource
	CloseResFile

	SetVol back to original volume
	UseResFile back to my app's resource file.

Now get a load of what is happening:

	The file gets created in the right folder.
	The data fork gets written correctly.
	The resource fork gets _created_.
	The new resource goes in my app's resource fork, and
	is of semi-random length.  I've had ResEdit tell me
	the resource is several megabytes long!

This may be a no-brainer (gawd, I hope it _is_!), but I would greatly
appreciate help on this one.

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Robert J Woodhead, Biar Games, Inc.   !uunet!biar!trebor | trebor@biar.UUCP
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