Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool2.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnewsm!cbnewsl!cbnewsk!ech
From: ech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Problem with GetString? Or is it me?
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.202350.4238@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 16 Jan 91 20:23:50 GMT
References: <1991Jan16.020012.24103@trl.oz.au>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Lines: 14

> 	if ((theString = GetString(strID)) == nil) {

Correction: in my last posting, I suggested using 
	LoadResource (theString);
to ensure that the contents were in memory.  IM-1 claims that GetString
will do that for you, so the LoadResource is unnecessary.

There is a point to be made here, though: for resource types without
a specific "Get..." routine, it's best to follow a (successful) call
to GetResource with a call to LoadResource, in case the resource was 
previously loaded and purged.

=Ned Horvath=
ehorvath@attmail.com