Can't read text from file on OS 9

[J. Landman Gay]

On 9/28/04 7:09 AM, Robert Brenstein wrote:

 >> On 9/24/04 6:47 AM, Robert Brenstein wrote:
 >>
 >>>>  I don't have an OS 9 machine to check right now, but maybe someone
 >>>>  else can. If I remember right, OS 9 will return a path something like
 >>>>  this:
 >>>>
 >>>>    Hard Disk/AppFolder/Folder/file.rev
 >>>>
 >>>>  The Classic engine returns this path:
 >>>>
 >>>>    /Hard Disk/Folder/Folder/file.rev
 >>>>
 >>>>  The OS X engine returns this path:
 >>>>
 >>>>    /Folder/Folder/file.rev
 >>>>
 >>>>  If I'm right about the OS 9 path, then checking for a leading "/"
 >>>>  would seem to do it. But someone with native OS 9 should check to 
make
 >>>>  sure. My husband is playing solitaire on our machine and family
 >>>>  harmony forbids interference. ;)
 >>>>
 >>>>  --
 >>>>  Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
 >>>>  HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>  Just checked that OS9 returns the leading slash just as Classic does.
 >>
 >>
 >> Oh well. It was a nice thought while it lasted. Does Andre's
 >> suggestion about checking the prefs folder work?
 >>
 >> --
 >> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
 >> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
 >
 >
 >
 > Ken's post on another thread just gave me another idea to try to
 > differentiate between native OS9 and Classic. Ken's script:
 >
 > function isAppRunning pAppname
 >     replace ".app" with "" in pAppName
 >     put "tell application " & q("Finder") & cr & "return the 
processes" & \
 >       cr & "end tell" into tAS
 >     do tAS as AppleScript
 >     put the result into tProcs
 >     return (offset("process" && q(pAppName),tProcs) <> 0)
 > end isAppRunning
 >
 > I am pretty sure that there is always some process running under OSX
 > that is not running under OS9. The question is whether this function
 > will return only OS9-specific processes under Classic or all, classic
 > and osx, processes. Can't check at the moment, though.

Good idea. I just tried it, and under OS X there is a process called 
"Classic Support". I suspect this doesn't run in OS 9, so maybe checking 
for that would tell you if you are in OS X.

-- 
Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com