Mac OS For QuickTime Programmers

Mac OS File System

"Introduction to File Management," documents several Mac OS API elements of interest to QuickTime 3 developers. "Standard File Package," describes how an application can use the Macintosh standard file package to manage the user interface for naming and identifying files.

You can use the following functions and data structures to retrieve user-selected files from the Mac OS file system:

The file system specification record FSSpec provides a simple, standard format for specifying Mac OS files and directories. See "File System Specification Record" .
FSMakeFSSpec initializes a file system specification record to particular values for a file or directory.
Standard file reply records identify files and folders with a file system specification record. See "Standard File Reply Records" .
StandardGetFile displays the Mac OS default Open dialog box and returns a StandardFileReply data structure.
StandardPutFile displays the default Save dialog box when the user is saving a file.