OpenEdition

Initiate the reading of data

#include <Editions.h> Edition Manager

OSErr OpenEdition( subscriberSectionH, refNum );

SectionHandle subscriberSectionH ; is a handle to the section record.

EditionRefNum *refNum ; the reference number for the edition.

returns Error Code; 0=no error

To initiate the reading of data from an edition (for a subscriber), use the

subscriberSectionH is a handle to the section record for a given section.

refNum returns the reference number for the edition.

Returns: an operating system Error Code.

noErr (0) No error

flLckedErr (-45) Publisher writing to an edition

permErr (-54) Not a subscriber

editionMgrInitErr (-450) Manager not initialized

Notes: Multiple subscribers can each call the OpenEdition function

simultaneously (each call returns a different reference number) and read

data from a single edition. If a publisher ( located on a different machine) is

writing to an edition when you use the OpenEdition function, you receive

an flLckedErr result code.

In addition, you may also receive memory, file opening, and file reading

errors.

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