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From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: SFPutFile with fopen(...) in c? How?
Message-ID: <46643@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Nov 90 16:58:11 GMT
References: <1990Nov1.205312.13778@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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Here is a fragment of Think C that allows Think's <stdio> lib and Mac's
Standard File dialogs to be intermixed:

	/* Open the input file. */
	MyTypes[0] = 'TEXT';
	SFGetFile(SFGWhere,NIL,NIL,1,MyTypes,NIL,&reply);
	if (!reply.good) return;
	SetVol(0L, reply.vRefNum);
	strcpy(inFileName,reply.fName);
	PtoCstr(inFileName);
	inp = fopen(inFileName,"r");
	if (inp == NULL)
	{
		strcpy(&sTemp,"Can't seem to open input file: ");
		strcat(&sTemp,inFileName);
		ParamText(CtoPstr(sTemp),"\p","\p","\p");
		A_Lose();
		return;
	};

Since emacs and apple.com's dialins are fighting the XON/XOFF game, please
excuse any spurious garbage.

The function A_Lose puts up an "uh-oh" alert and effectively aborts the
program. Primitive but functional errorchecking. 

I got this idea and almost all the code itself by calling Think C's tech
support people. Thanks guys.

good luck
bc
private consultant, not apple spokesdroid