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From: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: touching resource attributes w/o modifying file
Keywords: mac resource manager setresattrs getresattrs
Message-ID: <11562@well.UUCP>
Date: 7 May 89 09:04:22 GMT
References: <517@biar.UUCP> <2818@carthage.cs.swarthmore.edu>
Reply-To: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)
Organization: Software Supply, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <2818@carthage.cs.swarthmore.edu>, jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu
(Nick Jackiw) writes:

> IM I-113:
> 
>       "* To change the information stored for a resource in the 
>       resource map, call SetResInfo or SetResAttrs. If you want the
>       change to be written to the resource file, call Changed Resource."

IM is incorrect.  SetResInfo and SetResAttrs set the mapChanged resource map
attribute bit, which will cause the map to be written when the file is
updated or closed.  The second sentence quoted should be deleted.  Similar
corrections should be made on IM I-122 and I-123.
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brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)