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From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: 6940
Message-ID: <9005@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Jul 90 22:49:12 GMT
References: <1990Jul5.074103.1@mel.cipl.uiowa>
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In article <1990Jul5.074103.1@mel.cipl.uiowa> wolf@mel.cipl.uiowa writes:
> Sorry to be ambigous, what I was looking for was how to use the data 
fork of
> the application which I am developing.  I see from one reply that 
PBGetFCB...
> is used, but how is data parsed and such? If it is all wihtin IM I can 
get hold
> of a set.

Get hold of a set. Programming the Mac is nearly impossible without it, 
IMHO.

As for parsing the data, that's your problem (read: opportunity). You can 
put anything into the data fork that you like, in any format you please. 
Only the resource fork has an enforced format.

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