Re: FSSpec from NSString Problems

FROM : Mike Shields
DATE : Sun Jan 26 22:00:20 2003

Ah, I see the problem. -43 is fnfErr (File Not Found Error). You're
going to be creating a new file, so it currently does not exist. FSRefs
have to point to existing files and can't point to a file that WILL be
created like FSSpecs can. So what you'll need to do is to first create
the file using the path and Cocoa, then once the file's present and
accounted for, do the path conversion, etc

Mike

On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 01:17  PM, Jonathan Sick wrote:

> An example of an NSString returned by by NSSavePanel would be:
> /Users/jsick/Movies/myMovie.mov
>
> So when I do:
> OSStatus status = FSPathMakeRef((unsigned const char *)[inPath
> fileSystemRepresentation],&fsref, NULL);
>
> The FSPathMakeRef returns an OSStatus value of -43. I'm not familiar
> at all with OSStatus definitions. I did a search on Apple's site, but 
> couldn't find any info on a -43 error. Any pointers to documentation
> on this error?
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 03:13  AM, Rosyna wrote:
>

>> Do you happen to know what the error is? And the path?
>>
>> Ack, at 1/26/03, Jonathan Sick said:
>>

>>> But when I compile this from within Codewarrior 8.3, I get an error
>>> that [inPath fileSystemRepresentation] returns a const char *, while
>>> the FSPathMakeRef wants an unsigned const char *. I tried casting to
>>> (unsigned const char *), and although this did compile, it printed
>>> out "makeFSSpec error" in runtime. I'm not sure if casting was the
>>> correct course of action, it just seemed like a natural remedy from
>>> my original background in Java.

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