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Chapter 2 - Edition Manager / Edition Manager Reference

Edition Manager Routines / Writing out Edition Data

WriteEdition

Use the WriteEdition function to write data to an edition. This function begins writing at the current mark for the specified format.

FUNCTION WriteEdition (whichEdition: EditionRefNum; 
                       whichFormat: FormatType; 
                       buffPtr: UNIV Ptr; buffLen: Size): OSErr;

whichEdition

The reference number for the edition.

whichFormat

The format type that you want to write.

buffPtr

A pointer to the buffer containing the data to write to the edition.

buffLen

The number of bytes that you want to write to the edition.

DESCRIPTION

The WriteEdition function writes the specified number of bytes to the edition. If the data cannot be entirely written to the edition, the WriteEdition function returns an error.

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
dskFulErr	-34	Disk is full
ioErr	-36	I/O error
rfNumErr	-51	Bad edition reference number
editionMgrInitErr	-450	Manager not initialized

SEE ALSO

For an example that writes data to an edition, see Listing 2-5 beginning on page 2-36.