Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!UTCVM.BITNET!JWANKERL From: JWANKERL@UTCVM.BITNET ("Josef W. Wankerl") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Q: Orca/C and SFMultiGet2 Message-ID: <9012170232.AA28640@apple.com> Date: 17 Dec 90 02:03:18 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 32 On Sat, 15 Dec 90 05:14:39 GMT Avery Colter said: >and to see a particlar attribute, you would use... > >(namesHandle->fileEntryArray)[fileEntry].fileType for instance. > >Is this right? Or should namesHanlde be dereffed? Well... not exactly. You see, the namesHandle doesn't refer to a C array. It's an array of sorts, but you really have to work to pull items out of the array. If you want to wait until the March/April issue of GS+, I've written a nice library function that takes the handle and the number of the entry you want and pulls it out into a standard new-style reply record for you. The reason you have to wait so long to get it is because I'm writing a nice program to go along with it and all the testing for it won't be done in time to make the January/February issue. So you have *plenty* of time to either (A) figure it out on your own (feel free to mail me about this stuff, I'll be glad to answer specific questions) or even better (B) subscribe to GS+ Magazine with disk and wait for that issue to come out. You'll be able to use the library in assembly, C, or pascal.... or any language that can link a library! >-- >Avery Ray Colter {apple|claris}!netcom!avery {decwrl|mips|sgi}!btr!elfcat >(415) 839-4567 "I feel love has got to come on and I want it: > Something big and lovely!" - The B-52s, "Channel Z" -- ===> Josef W. Wankerl, Contributing Editor/Programmer for GS+ Magazine BITNET: JWANKERL@UTCVM.BITNET | America Online: JWankerl ProLine: jwankerl@pro-gsplus |-------------------------------- Internet: jwankerl@pro-gsplus.cts.com | "I am a Viking" -Y. Malmsteen