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From: klute%trillian.irb@unido.uucp (Rainer Klute)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Resource / fsel_input() problem
Message-ID: <826@laura.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 89 11:00:02 GMT
References: <908@philmds.UUCP>
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Reply-To: klute%trillian.irb@unido.UUCP (Rainer Klute)
Organization: Universitaet Dortmund
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In article <908@philmds.UUCP> leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) writes:
>Using the resource functions (notably rsrc_load(), rsrc_gaddr(),
>rsrc_free()) I can load resources that, for instance, contain object
>trees like  forms and menus.  Nice.
>
>Using fsel_input() I have a standard way for the user to search and
>specify a pathname (directory and filename). Also nice.
>
>But trying to use both in the same program failed; when an fsel_input()
>was done after a rsrc_load() the resource tree contained garbage.
>It looks as if fsel_input() uses the rsrc_load() function itself, and
>since a program can only have one resource file loaded at a time (am I
>correct ?), it put its own resource on top of mine.

I'm quite surprised to hear about such a behavior of your
program. I use the same sequence (rsrc_load, fsel_input) over
and over again in my programs and *never* encountered such a
bug. I guess it is a bug in your own code.


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