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From: hawley@adobe.COM (Steve Hawley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Str255 --> 'STR ' how?
Message-ID: <3122@adobe.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 90 00:24:48 GMT
References: <1990Jun12.174107.29196@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Reply-To: hawley@adobe.UUCP (Steve Hawley)
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
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In article <1990Jun12.174107.29196@ucselx.sdsu.edu> purcell@sciences.sdsu.edu (Guy B. Purcell) writes:
>I know this is probably soooo simple, but...  How do I save the contents of a
>Str255 string in a 'STR ' rsrc?  I'm saving config settings, and have managed to
>save them if the new string is <= the old one in length (char-by-char).  Is
>there some standard method of doing this (non-char-by-char so length is not a
>factor)?  Thanks.
>

Gary -- You might want to consider this:  If you are putting configuration
information INTO THE APPLICATION ITSELF, it will not function correctly on
a read only file server.  If you are writing this application for yourself,
fine, but if write for "the rest of us" please keep this in mind:

Configuration files should go in the system folder of the startup disk.

As to your real question, I'll punt --my copies of IM are in a box and being
held by a moving company until I have a place to live...

Steve Hawley
hawley@adobe.com

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