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Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials /
Chapter 7 - Finder Interface / Finder Interface Reference
Data Structures

Directory Information Record

The Finder manipulates the fields in the directory information record, which is a data structure of type DInfo. Your application shouldn't have to check or set any of these fields directly.

TYPE DInfo =
      RECORD
         frRect:     Rect;    {folder's window rectangle}
         frFlags:    Integer; {flags}
         frLocation: Point;   {folder's location in window}
         frView:     Integer; {folder's view}
      END;
Field Description
frRect
The rectangle for the window that the Finder displays when the user opens the folder.
frFlags
Reserved.
frLocation
Location of the folder in the parent window.
frView
The manner in which folders are displayed; this is set by the user with commands from the View menu of the Finder.
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