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From: mikeoro@hubcap.clemson.edu (Michael K O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Standard File Question
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Date: 11 Jun 89 18:23:14 GMT
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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Subject: Standard File Question
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer

IM-4 and a Technote state that the global variables SFSaveDisk and CurDirSTore
contain the negative of the volume reference number and the directory id of
what standard file is currently looking at.

I tried acessing these variables using the locations given in the technote, but
they always give me the same values of 532 and 920.  These values are the
same when i am in or out of the calls.

Is there some special access method or has there been a correction to the
Technote?

What i want these values for is for a file filter for my getfile call.  I
need to not show files that have been previously selected by my application.
What i am attempting to do is compare the dir and vol of files with that of
ones i know i've opened so that i can tell the call not to show those file.

--Michael O'Rourke