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From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein)
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Subject: Re: Isn't there an OpenResFile where you supply a VRefNum?
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Date: 30 Apr 91 22:47:22 GMT
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In article <52201@apple.Apple.COM>, nerm@Apple.COM (Dean Yu) writes:
> 
>
In System 7, there's also:
> 
> FUNCTION HOpenResFile(vRefNum:
INTEGER;dirID: LONGINT;fileName: Str255;
>     permission: SignedByte):
INTEGER;
> PROCEDURE HCreateResFile(vRefNum: INTEGER;dirID:
LONGINT;fileName: Str255);

I think these are glue in MPW.  (See Tech Note
#214.)

But System 7 does have FSpOpenResFile and FSpCreateResFile that
take FSSpecs. 

Larry