On Jul 19, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Joe Smith wrote:

> Using GET/PUT Preferences does not leave access to the resource  
> fork of the
> preferences file...how do you do it ??

GET/PUT Preferences writes a data file to the user preferences  
folder. If the preferences folder is where you want the file stored,  
GET/PUT preferences will put it there, but it doesn't handle resources.

To write a resource file to the preferences folder  is not quite as  
simple as using GET/PUT preferences. Since resource handling is more  
challenging, it might be worth taking a step back and asking if you  
really need to write a resource file compared to a data file.

If you decide you are ready for the plunge here goes.  If you want  
the file in the preferences folder you will need to get the FSSpec of  
that folder. If not, a direct call to FN FBMakeFSSpec(system(_aplVol), 
0,"fileNameHere",fs)   would get the FSSpec for the folder where the  
running application resides (where fs is a filespec------i.e.  dim fs  
as FSSpec)  One function worth studying is USR ReplaceResource. Seems  
to me there is some code in the FB examples folder  to get you  
started. Obviously, you will need code to create a new file the first  
time and after that the usr replaceresource is your friend. If you  
don't need to update the resource file after it's created, a call  to  
( h = fn GetResource ----where h is defined as a handle) gives you  
access to the resource data. Post some code as you run into issues

Good luck.

Brian S.