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- From: REEKES@applelink.apple.com (Jim Reekes)
- Subject: Re: Remembering file locations
- Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
- Message-ID: <REEKES-191192153218@90.10.20.67>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:29:44 GMT
- References: <1278@scvme3.UUCP>
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer
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- In article <1278@scvme3.UUCP>, kevinc@scvme3.UUCP (Kevin Cutts) wrote:
- >
- > even after the program has been quit and restarted. I've used the
- > System 7 Alias manager with great success. Now I have a user using
- > sys6 who wants the same sort of capability...without the upgrade.
- > What are the techniques used to handle this task. I don't want to
- > reprogram the alias manager but would like to offer a very small
- > subset of its capabilities. Currently my program can locate a file
- > on the same volume as my application but has trouble locating the
- > file across volumes. Inside Mac expounds on all the methods that
- > don't work but none that do!!!
-
- Take a look at the MacDTS sample code for the standard file hacks.
- In there is a method for tracking a file.
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- Jim Reekes, Polterzeitgeist | Macintosh Toolbox Engineering
- | Sound Manager Expert
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