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Chapter 7 - Finder Interface / Finder Interface Reference

Routines

Resolving Alias Files

Ordinarily, when the user wants to open or print files, your application does not need to be concerned with whether they are aliases because the Finder resolves aliases before passing them to your application. If the user opens an alias that represents a document created by your application, the Finder passes your application the name and location of the document itself, not the alias. (Similarly, when the user opens an alias from within your application, the Standard File Package passes your application the name of the target document.) If your application bypasses the Finder when manipulating documents, it should check for and resolve aliases itself by using the Alias Manager function ResolveAliasFile, which is described here for completeness.

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ResolveAliasFile