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Chapter 8 - Dictionary Manager / Dictionary Manager Reference

Routines / Accessing a Dictionary

CloseDictionary

The CloseDictionary function closes the specified open dictionary.

FUNCTION CloseDictionary (dictionaryReference: LongInt)
                        : OSErr;

dictionaryReference

A number that specifies a particular open dictionary.

RESULT CODES

In addition to the standard File Manager and Resource Manager errors, CloseDictionary may return any of the following result codes.

noErr	0	No error
notBTree	-410	File is not a dictionary

SEE ALSO

File Manager error codes are described in Inside Macintosh: Files. Resource Manager error codes are described in Inside Macintosh: More Macintosh Toolbox.

For sample code that uses the CloseDictionary function, see Listing 8-2 on page 8-13.