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From: CAH0@bunny.gte.com (Chuck Hoffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: prompting user in SFGetFile?
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Date: 5 Jun 91 15:00:24 GMT
References: <1991Jun3.182938.4743@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1991Jun3.182938.4743@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> rolf@sparc1 (Rolf 
Wilson) writes:
>   Under system 6, I was able to shoehorn a prompt into the
> SFGetFile dialog....
[stuff left out]
> What is the
> best way to provide a prompt in SFGetFile in such a way
> that it can be used under both System 6 and 7?

I think it is usually a bad practice to hack something in when there is a 
published, supported interface, whether to the Mac OS or any other OS.  
The problem always is that the vendor has complete freedom to change the 
unpublished internals.  Usually (not always) vendors continue to support 
their published interfaces, or tell you how to change them if they change 
the interface.  In this case, I would say to bite the bullet and write 
your own dialog, as published in the IM.


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