Matt,
Thanks a lot! Unlike DmOpenDatabase this works perfectly! I owe you...
Thanks again,
Petr Bajer
> // Locate our application.
> ourDBID = DmFindDatabase ( CARDNUM, d_appName);
>
> // Are we in FLASH ?
> if (MemLocalIDKind (ourDBID) != memIDHandle)
> ROMbased = true;
>
>Rom/Flash are treated the same. Don't know how to tell if somthing is
>specifically in the PalmOS Flash, or the FlashPro part. I suppose you
could
>check the address and the FP stuff will always be higher than some value.
>
>-MD
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Petr Bajer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 6:44 AM
>Subject: Is my app in flash?
>
>
>>Steve Lemke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Another way to find out would be to attempt to open your database in
>>>read/write mode.
>>
>>With the release of FlashPro I had reports of fatal exceptions in my app
if
>>it is in ROM. I have found out that using DmOpenDatabase to try to open my
>>app in ReadWrite mode does not return 0 as it should but returns some
>>DmOpenRef value. Any following call (incl. DmCloseDatabase) using the
>>returned DmOpenRef then leads to fatal exception.
>>
>>DmOpenDatabase works correctly if used on any other database but the
>running
>>app.
>>So is there a way to find out whether my running app is in ROM?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Petr Bajer
>>
>>
