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From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein)
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Subject: Re: Is this possible with the Resource Manager?
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Date: 22 Feb 91 02:48:41 GMT
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In article <1991Feb20.101151.22358@bootsie.uucp>, olson@bootsie.uucp (Eric K. Olson) writes:
> 
> It occurs to me that calling DetachResource() on _any_ resource in the
> currently running Application could be dangerous (if that resource has
> been GetResource()'ed by some other part of your program).  It might

You also have to be careful about system resources (for example snds), 
because these are shared under MultiFinder.  

> Is it possible to know what resources have been gotten and have since
> been purged? Or gotten with SetResLoad(FALSE)? 

I think you would have to walk through the resource map, because that's
where the handle would be stored if it has been gotten.

Larry