Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!dswt From: dswt@stl.stc.co.uk (Stewart Tansley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Finder file information Summary: Get Info text is not stored in file itself Keywords: Get Info Message-ID: <1575@stl.stc.co.uk> Date: 4 Jul 89 13:05:51 GMT References: <864@manta.NOSC.MIL> Sender: news@stl.stc.co.uk Reply-To: "Stewart Tansley" Organization: STC Technology Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, UK Lines: 31 In article 6073 <864@manta.NOSC.MIL> lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue ) writes: >The "Get Info" item reports a file's name, kind, size,... >...is also a text field that the user can type information into. > >...notice that when the text is touched, the modified date of the file >changes, indicating that the editable text is stored in the file, ^^^^^^^ >probably in a resource. Is this right? If so, which resource? I want >to get this information along with the other file attributes from within >a program. My experiments/experience tells me this is wrong, Dan. Changing the text in the Get Info box does *NOT* change the modification date of the file - at least, for me (Mac+ & SE, System 6.0.2). The reason for this is precisely that the Get Info text is *NOT* stored in the file itself, but instead, in the infamous invisible Desktop file (until System 7 comes!). I think you'll have to look at the structure of the Desktop file in order to access the Get Info text, therefore. This of course, explains why when you rebuild the Desktop, you lose all your helpful Get Info comments :-) Stewart. =========================================================================== Stewart Tansley STC Technology Ltd +44 279 29531 ext 2763 London Rd, Harlow, UK dswt@stl.stc.co.uk CM17 9NA (JANET) dswt@uk.co.stc.stl (UUCP) ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!dswt ===========================================================================