Can't read text from file on OS 9
J. Landman Gay
jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Fri Sep 24 12:31:28 EDT 2004
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
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> 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
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