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From: daven@svc.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Mystery: where is HOpenResFile
Message-ID: <1990Dec12.202519.27433@svc.portal.com>
Date: 12 Dec 90 20:25:19 GMT
References: <2539@trlluna.trl.oz>
Organization: Software Ventures
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In article <2539@trlluna.trl.oz> exner@c20.trl.oz writes:
>A posting a couple of days back mentioned a function HOpenResFile that
>allows one to specify the vRefNum and dirID of the resource file to be
>opened. It was just what I was needed, but I couldn't find it documented
>anywhere.
>
>I ended up writing my own, only to get a Think C linker error telling me 
>HOpenResFile is defined twice - once in my code and once in MacTraps!!
>
>So, if this is a standard toolbox function, where is it documented, and in 
>what version of the System did it become available?

I don't know of any HOpenResFile, but there is a HFS call named HOpenRF
which takes the parameters you mention.


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