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From: yahnke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Ross Yahnke, MACC)
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Subject: Re: Config File Resource Blues
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Date: 12 Jul 89 13:21:42 GMT
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In article <7953@hoptoad.uucp>, tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) writes...
>Look at what this does if there is no resource in the
>configuration file so you're using the default in the application
>file.  The GetResource will return the application file copy and the
>RmveResource will remove it from the application file.

This is a worthwhile point, as I discovered. If the config file
resources are damaged/missing, the application file's resources
will get overwritten, which is rather undesirable. I've scuttled
this approach in favor of the ChangedResource call, which works
fine. Thanks to all for your comments.
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