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From: mikeoro@hubcap.clemson.edu (Michael K O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: ResError Bug?
Message-ID: <5926@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 6 Jul 89 01:44:47 GMT
References: <5914@hubcap.clemson.edu> <14217@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <32877@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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In article <32877@apple.Apple.COM>, cjp@Apple.COM (Chris Plummer) writes:
> >This, by the way, is in fact documented in inside mac in the
> >Resource Manager chapter.  If a GetResource call cannot find
> >the resource, it returns a NIL handle but does not generate
> >a resource mamager error.
> 
> 
> Not quite.  ResError will return noErr if the resource **type** is not
> found.  If the resource type is found but the resource is not then
> ResError should return resNotFound.  The is all documented in IM I-119.
> By the way, if you use the Inside Mac DA, the writeup for GetResource
> does not include the note from IM I that talks about ResError returning
> noErr if the resource type isn't found.

Okay. But there IS a resource type of PICT in the file.  It just doesn't have 
the number that i am trying to access.  So according to your description,
it should return resNotFound. It DOESN'T though. Why?

Michael O'Rourke