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From: JON@wehi.dn.mu.oz (Jon Eaves)
Newsgroups: aus.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Setting a Default Directory
Message-ID: <11240@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 11 Aug 90 16:27:42 GMT
Organization: < Halls of Montezuma >
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G'day People,
	Well, Wit's End is looming fast on the horizon.  I have been trying
a (seemingly) simple task and have been failing dismally.  I want to set
the default volume and directory using a 'STR ' resource containing the
full pathname.
	I've read most of IM IV Ch 14, and IM II Ch 4 but they have 
provided no joy.
	Extracting the 'STR ' stuff was a gimmie, I have the Pascal format
string stored in a Str255 waiting to be used.  The string is of the format
'DriveName:FolderName'  I have tried numerous calls to SetVol and PBHSetVol,
none of which to do any good, but return noErr.
	What's the answer? I'm reasonably sure it's pretty trivial, but I
have been unable to track down what I am doing wrong.

	On a similar vein, how can I use BootDrive to set the volume to 
that 'value'.

	Yours in much confusion.
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  Jon Eaves         
               I'm in it for the glory of $cience.

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