GetMacOSClassicDesktopComment Method

Reads a legacy MacOS 9 file comment from a folderitem.

GetMacOSClassicDesktopComment(
f as FolderItem) as String

Parameters

f: The file or folder.

Returns

String

Remarks

Note that the encoding of the string returned from this function is undetermined. (The correct would be the system encoding of the MacOS 9 system that owned the MacOS 9 volume).

When this function is used on MacOS 9 then it does the same thing as the GetDesktopComment function.

Supported Platforms:

MacOS X PPC - (Mach-O)

MacOS X Universal Binary (Mach-O)

MacOS X Cocoa Universal Binary (Mach-O)

Unsupported Platforms:

Win32 - Windows