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From: maa@clinet.fi (Miika Asunta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Problem with GetString? Or is it me?
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.145348.26655@clinet.fi>
Date: 17 Jan 91 14:53:48 GMT
References: <1991Jan16.020012.24103@trl.oz.au> <1991Jan16.202350.4238@cbnewsk.att.com>
Organization: City Lines Oy, Helsinki, Finland
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ech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath) writes:

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


Hey hey hey....

Why to use 'STR ' resources? 'STR#' is more convenient, because you
don't have to use resources directly:

{
Str255 string;

GetResource(string,1000,1);
ParamText(stringi,0L,0L,0L);

}
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