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From: smoke@well.sf.ca.us (Nicholas Jackiw)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Chooser Name
Message-ID: <23498@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 8 Mar 91 18:30:07 GMT
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In article <2829@sparko.gwu.edu> rjohnson@seas.gwu.edu (Ray Johnson) writes:
>How do you get the name of the machine as specified in the chooser?

Try GetResource('STR ',-16096).  It's stored in the System File, which is
always accessible to your resource lookups (unless you've been playing
games).

Note that under System 7.0, this'll return the "Owner Name," not the
"Macintosh Name."



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