Hello Mark, I use setResource in an application (in several places) and it seems to work. I can't see an error in the script you posted. (I haven't ever used the "flaglist" feature, though.)
Might giving the OS a short "breather" between creating the file and setting the resource, help? Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email [email protected] office 1-800-360-734-4701 ------------------------------------------------------ On May 27, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi, > > For a new project, it is essential that I can read from and write to the > resource fork of a file. I am not looking for a way to copy resource forks. > > I am trying to use the setResource function, but it doesn't work. I tried it > with Rev 4.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 and Rev 2.6.1 on Mac OS 9.2.2. With both > systems, I get the same result: the resource is created (including ID, name > and flags, but the data are not written to it. > > On Mac OS X, contrary to what the documentation claims, the file isn't > created automatically, if the file doesn't exist yet. Therefore, I create the > file before writing the resource fork. > > Does anyone have a clue about what might be wrong with the following two > lines? > > put empty into url "binfile:~/desktop/resource test.dat" > get setresource("/Users/Mark/desktop/resource > test.dat","MARK",999,"Test","U","Hello World") > > Althought the serResource function doesn't work correctly for me, the > getResource and getResources functions work fine on both systems. > > I tried to find a solution in the archives, but it looks like this function > is rarely used. I need it though. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > > Economy-x-Talk is always looking for new projects. Contact me for a quote > http://economy-x-talk.com/contact.html > Download Clipboard Link http://clipboardlink.economy-x-talk.com and share the > clipboard of your computer over the local network. > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
