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From: brecher@well.sf.ca.us (Steve Brecher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Scratch8, Scratch20 lmg's
Message-ID: <16782@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 21 Mar 90 02:51:36 GMT
References: <14420@reed.UUCP> <10848@hoptoad.uucp> <14443@reed.UUCP>
Reply-To: brecher@well.sf.ca.us (Steve Brecher)
Organization: Software Supply, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <14443@reed.UUCP>, bowman@reed.UUCP (Eric Bowman) writes:

> Could someone perhaps elaborate on an appropriate technique for sharing
> data between an application and an LDEF?

A List Record contains two four-byte fields that you can use for sharing
data:  RefCon and UserHandle.  You can put whatever you want in these
fields.  If the shared data won't fit into the fields themselves, you
can store a pointer or handle to shared data in either or both of
them.
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brecher@well.sf.ca.us (Steve Brecher)