<snip>on the PC side once I burn a disc the file isn't read any more.
Everything works fine in authoring mode on the PC but when I copy the files
to my Mac and burn a disc I get an I/O error when I run it on a PC.</snip>
All files on a CD are read-only- PC or Mac.
If you are only trying to read the files, you should open them using
the write only mode (1).
If you are trying to write to a file, you will have to write to a file on
the user's hard drive.
If you copy the file from the CD to the user's hard drive, (pc) it will
maintain
its read-only attribute. You will have to use something like BuddyAPI to
reset its attributes.
Or, better yet- create a new file on the user's hard drive using the
information
you read from the read-only file on the CD.
hope this helps,
Stephen Ingrum
LeagueofDesign.com
www.leagueofdesign.com
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> I'm using FileIO to read text into Director on a cross platform CD.
> Everything works fine on the Mac side, but
>
> I've checked the paths and they are fine. One thing I've noticed is that
the
> files are "read-Only" once they are burned on the CD. They aren't that way
> when I copy them. If I copy all of the files from the CD onto my PC's hard
> drive, it still doesn't work...BUT...if I then go into the file properties
> and de-select "Read-Only" they work fine.
>
> My question is, how do I keep them from being read-only when I burn them
on
> the CD? I'm thinking I could copy them onto the user's hard drive and read
> them from there, but that sounds silly. I've got to be missing something
> simple.
>
> Thanks in advance for advice.
>
> Stephen
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