>A few days ago someone asked about FN ReadLocation in FB^3 but I 
>didn't see the answer.
>
>This works for 68K but in PPC it bombs. Is the library name wrong?
>
>library "OSUtils"
>toolbox ReadLocation(@LONG)`0x205F, 0x203C, 0x000C, 0x00E4, 0xA051
>library
>
>--Steve



#define Fract as long

begin record MachineLocation
dim latitude  as Fract
dim longitude as Fract
begin union
dim dlsDelta as SInt8/* signed byte; daylight savings delta */
dim gmtDelta as long/* use low 24-bits only */
end union
end record

toolbox ReadLocation(MachineLocation *myLoc) 
`0x205F,0x203C,0x000C,0x00E4,0xA051
toolbox WriteLocation(const MachineLocation *myLoc) 
`0x205F,0x203C,0x000C,0x00E4,0xA052

dim fred as MachineLocation

call ReadLocation(fred)
///call WriteLocation(fred)

print hex$(fred.latitude),hex$(fred.longitude)

print fred.latitude/1073741824.0,fred.longitude/1073741824.0

print hex$(fred.dlsDelta),hex$(fred.gmtDelta and 0xFFFFFF)

stop



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