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From: winders@aux.support.apple.com (Scott Winders)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Chooser name -- where is it stored?
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Date: 14 Feb 91 02:00:33 GMT
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In article <2294.27b91268@spacm1.spac.spc.com> 
audit038@spacm1.spac.spc.com writes:

> Where can I get the name typed into the chooser window?  I could do an NBP
> lookup, but that seems like a waste of time if the name is available in a
> global somewhere.

John,

The Chooser name is store in the System file in "STR " resource -16096. The first character in this resource is the length of name with the name following (Pascal string format). Hope this helps...

Scott Winders
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