RE: UI From Shared Library

[Kevin O'Keefe]

Thanks for all your help.  Here's what I did:

I created a resource database with the resource for that form in it (error
checking removed):

UInt            attr;
UInt            numRes = 0;
                                                        // set resDb flag to
true
Err             err = DmCreateDatabase (0, dbName, creator, type, true);
LocalID dbId = DmFindDatabase(0, dbName);
DmOpenRef       resDB = DmOpenDatabase(0, dbId, dmModeReadWrite);
VoidHand        res   = DmGetResource (frmRes, frmID);
err = DmAttachResource(resDB, res, frmRes, frmID);
numRes = DmNumResources(resDB); // debugging
err = DmCloseDatabase(resDB);
// Get the attributes and set the backup bit.
err = DmDatabaseInfo( 0, dbId, NULL, &attr, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
 NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL );
if (!err)
{       
        attr |= dmHdrAttrBackup;
        DmSetDatabaseInfo( 0, dbId, NULL, &attr, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 
                NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL );
}

Then from the library I just opened the database and called FrmInitForm:

FormPtr modalFrm = NULL;
DmOpenRef resDB = DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator ('rsdb', 'JSAE',
dmModeReadOnly);
ErrFatalDisplayIf(!resDB, "Couldn't load lib");
modalFrm = FrmInitForm(frmID);

Then close the resDB when all done.  Works like a charm.

Thanks,
Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin O'Keefe 
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 10:55 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: UI From Shared Library
> 
> 
> I want to put up a fairly simple form from a shared library.  
> The form is
> simple enough to be drawn dynamically if need be, but I'm 
> lazy and want to
> use resources if it is at all possible.  Though I was pretty 
> certain I would
> not be able to do it, I tried some experiments to see how far 
> I could get.
> 
> Here is what I tried:
> I created the resource and put it into my shared library 
> project.  It builds
> and links in just fine.  Then in the library I did a 
> FrmGotoForm giving it
> the id of my form in the shared library resource.  Well, a 
> form came up, but
> it wasn't the right one (I had mistakenly given the form in 
> the library the
> same id as a form in the application, so that form was loaded 
> but associated
> with the wrong form handler and init code).  I quickly 
> realized my error and
> gave the form a unique ID, and tried the FrmGotoForm again.  
> This time it
> completely fails because it does not find the resource.
> 
> I am guessing that the library's resources do not get linked into the
> application resource chain, so it doesn't find it.  My 
> question is: Is there
> a way to get the library's resources linked into the 
> application's resource
> chain.  Will it work if I can get that resource loaded?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Kevin
> 
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