consp22@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) (07/10/90)
I am writing an XFCN for Hypercard. (I know what you guys are saying, "Egads!...Hypercard) I am also using Think Pascal. I have to use the DRVRRuntime.lib because I am compiling a code resource. I am using plain vanilla Readln's in my code and the compilier is complaing because I believe that the stuff for Readln isn't in there. Somebody sugessted that I use FSRead instead. The point of the matter is, all I need is the simple readln. The external text file is structured in a way that makes this very easy. I am just beginning to experiment with Mac-style programming. (This is hard enough) I really can't go mucking about figuring out the number of bytes to read and stuff just for a line. Maybe it isn't as hard as I think. If you have the time, I will show you what I am doing. I am writing an XFCN that searchs a text file for a word, then returns a number of following lines back to Hypercard. The text file looks like this: ex: Party <-- this is the word I am searching for 3 <-- this tells me how many lines of definition follow A blast <-- line 1 and so on Entertainment Both a verb and a noun I got it working with just vanilla pascal code and then converted to code to compile into an XFCN. What do you think? Any ideas? I would appreciate any help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Consp22@Bingsuns.pod.binghamton.edu | SUNY-B Computer Consultants - | | Consp22@Bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu | Trying to keep the world safe from | |---------------------------------------| the SUNY-B Computer users. | | Consultant/Techie - World Computers |-------------------------------------| | Computer Cons. - SUNY Binghamton | Darren `Mac Hack' Handler | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| I don't know if I am going to heaven or hell, I just hope God grades on a curve