[comp.sys.mac.programmer] Opening an application's Data Fork

bob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel) (12/02/88)

> I am writing an application and will be storing some data in the data fork of
> the application.  What I need is the routine to call when I first boot the
> application to get the name of the application so I can use FSOpen to the
> data fork for the application.

The call you want is GetAppParms, documented on page II-58 of Inside Macintosh.
If returns the application name, resource for refnum, and a handle to
the application Finder information.

Bob Hablutzel	BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU