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From: siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: File and Folder Comments?
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Date: 27 Feb 89 23:39:42 GMT
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In article <922@lts.UUCP> amanda@lts.UUCP (Amanda Walker) writes:
>
>You should never need to parse the DTM files, since any time you would
>have to, you can use the new Desktop Manager calls; this is how the
>Finder does it.  The calls are mentioned in IM V, although I don't remember
>if they are documented there.

	Agreed, and I don't intend to try interpreting them. The mentioned
Desktop Manager calls are referred to on Inside Mac 5, page 393, but not
documented anywhere.

	Anyone have any ideas on where I can find docs on these calls?


		--Rich

Rich Siegel
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THINK Technologies Division, Symantec Corp.
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