#include <Editions.h> Edition Manager

OSErr CloseEdition ( whichEdition, successful);

EditionRefNum whichEdition ; is the reference number for the edition.

Boolean successful ; Was application able to read or write data?

returns Error Code; 0=no error

After finishing reading from or writing to an edition, use the CloseEdition

whichEdition is the reference number for the edition.

successful indicates whether your application was successful in reading or

Notes: When a subscriber successfully finishes reading data from the edition, the

CloseEdition function takes the modification date of the edition file that

you have read and puts it in the mdDate field of the subscriber's

section record. This indicates that the data contained in the edition and the

subscriber section within the document are the same.

When a subscriber is unsuccessful in reading data from an edition

(because there is not enough memory, or you did not find a format that you

can read), set the successful parameter to FALSE. The CloseEdition

function then closes the edition, but does not set the mdDate field. This

implies that the subscriber is not updated with the latest edition.

When a publisher successfully finishes writing data to an edition, the

CloseEdition function makes the data that the publisher has written to

the edition available to any subscribers and sets the corresponding edition

file's modification date (ioFlMdDat) to the mdDate field of the publisher's

section record. The Edition Manager then sends a Section Read event to

all current subscribers set to automatic update mode . At this point, the file

type of the edition file is set based on the first known format that the

When a publisher is unsuccessful in writing data to an edition, the

CloseEdition function discards what the publisher has written to the

edition. The data contained in the edition prior to writing remains

unchanged, and Section Read events are not sent to subscribers.