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From: pollock@ziggy.EDU (Wayne Pollock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Think C Request
Message-ID: <1285@ziggy.EDU>
Date: 23 Oct 89 17:33:24 GMT
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Reply-To: pollock@ziggy.cmd.usf.edu.UUCP (Wayne Pollock)
Organization: University of South Florida at Tampa
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>In article <541@sunfs3.camex.uucp> kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg) writes:
=>...  Request for a very simple feature in Think C:
=>
=>When the resource file for a project is not available (because I have
=>it open ResEdit), Think C should complain instead simply letting my
=>program die.
=>....
>	The thing is, THINK C doesn't know if it should look for it. I 
>am assuming that everytime you run a project, THINK C tries to open a file
>which is called <project-name>.rsrc, and if the process fails THINK C assums
>that there is no rsrc file needed for this project. 

This is probably correct; however, there is no reason that Think C can't
first look for the file, then only try to open it if it exists.  If it
exists but can't be opened, Think C should issue a warning message.

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