At 4:47 PM -0800 3/04/1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I need to add a strong recommendation to not use DmFindDatabase in this >case. Apps should definitely be referenced by type and creator, so if the >app's name changes, then the code still works. <snip> What if there are several databases with the specified type and creator? I suppose you could give an error in this case or choose the most recent revision. (DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator does the latter.) At 5:01 PM -0800 3/04/1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >How's "DmFindDatabaseByTypeCreatorName" better than >"DmGetNextDatabaseByTypeCreator"? A type and creator should uniquely >identify a database; what does adding a name parameter get you? Every database must have a unique name. There can be several databases with the same type and creator. There's no point adding a DmFindDatabaseByTypeCreatorName routine to PalmOS since once you've specified the name, there's no need to specify anything else. - Danny Epstein * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applied Thought Corporation * http://www.appliedthought.com Flytrap for PalmOS * http://www.appliedthought.com/flytrap
