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From: mullerd@prism.cs.orst.edu (Douglas Muller)
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Subject: Re: More Vol RefNum + WD ID Help Needed
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Date: 9 Jun 91 19:18:39 GMT
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In article <1991Jun9.062859.3306@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) writes:
>By now I feel fairly brain dead.  I got lots of help when I posted
>my last message about saving file info into a prefs file so I could
>open the files from a menu in my app.  Most replies said to save
>the volume name, working directory ID, and file name.  I think that
>I have successfully done that.  I now am trying to use that info to
>open up the file.  No luck.  Here is the code I use to store the info:
>
>    WDPBRec    wdpb;
>
>    if (reply.good)
>    {
>        wdpb.ioCompletion = NIL_POINTER;
>        wdpb.ioNamePtr = (StringPtr)name; /* just used as a place holder */
>        wdpb.ioVRefNum = reply.vRefNum;
>        wdpb.ioWDIndex = 0;
>        wdpb.ioWDDirID = 0;
>				
>        error = PBGetWDInfo (&wdpb, FALSE);
>	
>        /* ..... save wdpb.ioNamePtr, wdpb.ioWDDirID, and reply.fName
>                 into prefs file ..... */
>    }	

	You need to save wdpb.ioNamePtr, wdpb.ioVRefNum, wdpb.ioWDDirID
	and use THEM later! (pretty sure)
>Bob Munroe
>topix@utcs.utoronto.ca

Stephen Roderick
mullerd@prism.cs.orst.edu