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From: austing@Apple.COM (Glenn L. Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Data Fork Use
Message-ID: <42652@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Jul 90 07:29:03 GMT
References: <1990Jul3.125301.1@mel.cipl.uiowa>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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wolf@mel.cipl.uiowa writes:

>I tried once before to get information on using the data fork for applications. 
>Has anyone had experience with this?  Can someone suggest a good source for
>information?

You can simply open the data fork.  No big deal, but you DO have to get the
name and location of the Application (PBGetFCBInfo, IM IV, pg. 179).
The refNum of the resource file is the reference number returned from
OpenResFile or CurResFile.

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