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From: jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Q: Orca/C and p2cstr()
Keywords: C, Orca/C
Message-ID: <1990Oct5.154015.3147@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 90 15:40:15 GMT
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In article <1020@dg.dg.com> bkahn@archive.webo.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) writes:
>
>  Ive been trying to finalize some changes to a desktop program Im creating and
>have found an oddity w/Orca/C (or so I think).  After returning from a call
>to SFGetFile(), I check replyPtr->good and if its TRUE, I attempt to open
>the file in replyPtr->filename.  Since Im writing in C and replyPtr->filename
>is a Pascal string, I tried to use the following (w/SFReplyPtr replyPtr;):
>
>	fp = fopen(p2cstr(replyPtr->filename,"wb"));
>
>but that didnt work.  I then tried:

   No doubt. I don't believe the Orca "p2cstr" works with Class 1 GS/OS
strings.  I imagine it works only with 1-byte length Pascal-type strings.

>	fp = fopen(p2cstr(&replyPtr->filename,"wb"));

>but that also failed. 
>  In my frustration, I dumped the output of p2cstr(replyPtr->filename) and
>p2cstr(&replyPtr->filename) to a log file and got basically garbage or random
>junk.  I hacked my own p2cstr() for doing an in-place conversion and things
>work just fine.  Can anyone tell me why p2cstr didnt work for me or is there
>a known bug w/p2cstr??

   There's lots of known bugs in Orca/C, but I don't think this is one of
them. I'll check my manual when I get home and make sure.

>                                          Bruce (bkahn@archive.webo.dg.com or
>                                                 kahn@adam.dg.com)
>  Standard disclaimers apply, except where prohibited by law...


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