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From: frobozz@pyr.gatech.EDU (geoff george)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: GetResource vs. ResError
Message-ID: <10145@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: 30 May 90 21:49:09 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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I'm using the phone book (promotional) IM, what later became IM I-III.  It says
that if GetResource can't find the requested resource, it returns a NIL handle
and ResError will then return resNotFound.  I checked IM I in a bookstore,
which said the same thing; this one was printed in late 1988, September I
think.  A friend of mine has a hard-cover volume containing IM I-III, which
says that ResError will actually return noErr if the resource is not found.
This is what appears to be happening on my machine.  I can't find anything
about this in the TechNotes that I have.  What's the scoop?  What's the 
official answer?  
 
I'm using a Mac II, System 6.0.4 and Think C 4.01, FYI.
 
Thanks,
 
geoff george
 
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