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Chapter 1 - Resource Manager / Resource Manager Reference

Resource Manager Routines / Counting and Listing Resource Types

Get1IndType

You can use the Get1IndType procedure to get all the resource types available in the current resource file.

PROCEDURE Get1IndType (VAR theType: ResType; index: Integer);

theType

Get1IndType returns, in this parameter, the resource type with the specified index in the current resource file.

index

An integer ranging from 1 to the number of resource types in the current resource file.

DESCRIPTION

Given an index number from 1 to the number of resource types in the current resource file (as returned by Count1Types), the Get1IndType procedure returns a resource type in the parameter theType.You can call Get1IndType repeatedly over the entire range of the index to get all the resource types available in the current resource file. If the given index isn't in the range from 1 to the number of resource types as returned by Count1Types, Get1IndType returns four null characters (ASCII code 0).

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

The Get1IndType procedure may move or purge memory blocks in the application heap. Your application should not call this procedure at interrupt time.

RESULT CODE

noErr

0

No error

SEE ALSO

To check for errors, call the ResError function as described on page 1-47.

For a description of the Count1Types function, see page 1-97.