>I need to be able to save the contents of a Region handle for reloading
>later.
>
>
>The below demo shows that it works, however I am wondering what if any
>pitfalls lurk, or if loading a regionhandle without benefit of FN NewRGN to
>init it first will work fine?
>
>Actually, commenting out all but the reload (if the file already exists)
>and loading it works fine without NewRGN.
>
>Just wondering.
>
Robert,

I dont' have much first-hand knowledge of any of this, but I would say:

€ Fn NewRGN is for creating a new region; if you already have a region (on disk, for example), you don't need to create a new one in order to access it.

€ If you use WRITE FIELD to save your region, and READ FIELD to reload it, what you end up with is functionally identical to what you saved. (I say functionally, because the actual handle (address) is likely different.)

€ You can think of a region as a handle (relocatable block) containing a proprietary record type. The handle holds all the needed information to recreate the region shape, but otherwise, it's just a handle.

€ Your example shows that it works. It's fine. Don't sweat it. :-)

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