| From: | Jacob Laursen |
| Date: | 12 Jul 2000 at 15:55:39 |
| Subject: | Re: ExamineFH() Problems |
On 12-Jul-00 Nick Lamburn wrote:
> I am currently writing a routine to read a file (currently fixed to
> s:shell-startup just for testing purposes) and get its size so that I
> can allocate a buffer to hold this text in.
>
> Now, I understand you have to use ExamineFH() from the dos.library; and
> indeed it works - except that when i click on to my program's window or
> anywhere else for that matter - the computer completely freezes up
> requiring a reboot.
You need to allocate memory for your FileInfoBlock. Right now your code
will trash memory.
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