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Chapter 10 - Scripting Components / Scripting Components Reference

Routines Used by Scripting Components / Manipulating Trailers for Generic Storage Descriptor Records

OSAAddStorageType

You can use the OSAAddStorageType routine to add a trailer to the script data in a generic storage descriptor record.

FUNCTION OSAAddStorageType(scriptData: Handle; 
                           type: DescType): OSErr;

scriptData

A handle to the script data.

type

The descriptor type to be specified in the trailer added to the script data.

DESCRIPTION

The OSAAddStorageType routine attaches a trailer to a handle (consequently expanding the data to which the handle refers) or updates an existing trailer.

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
errOSASystemError	-1750	General scripting system error
errOSABadStorageType	-1752	Bad storage type