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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: My problems with AddResource
Message-ID: <7018@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 16 Apr 89 19:18:10 GMT
References: <81471DN5@PSUVM>
Reply-To: tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney)
Organization: Eclectic Software, San Francisco
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In article <81471DN5@PSUVM> DN5@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>I am trying to add a resource to a HyperCard stack.  I have done this
>successfully before, but I can't get it to work now.  I copied the code
>from my working version (which still works), but very odd things happen.
>
>My XCMD does the following:
>
>    ReleaseResource (Handle (aMyRecHandle));
>    DisposHandle (Handle (aMyRecHandle));

Don't call DisposHandle after ReleaseResource.  ReleaseResource has
already done it.  Disposing of a handle twice is a good way to corrupt
the heap.  You were just lucky that it worked before.  In fact, I
wouldn't even call ReleaseResource.  An unlocked, purgeable handle is
not too likely to cause memory problems.  Just add it; from that point
on, the Resource Manager can take care of it.
-- 
Tim Maroney, Consultant, Eclectic Software, sun!hoptoad!tim
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