Jeff Valore wrote:
> So its not really a creatorID (as in a developer) its really a program ID
> and every program a company makes need a different one.
Yes. "Creator" refers to the fact that applications (among other things)
will be creating databases that need differentiating with a registered
unique id. (Welcome to Macintosh!)
> This 5th program would then be the one registered with the
> conduit. The problem with that is that it shows up in the "applications"
> window unless I change the "type" to other than "appl", but if I change the
> type, then it no longer fires the conduit.
There is (or will be :-() a database attribute, dmHdrAttrHidden, precisely
to hide applications from the launcher. See
http://oasis.palm.com/devzone/knowledgebasearticle.cfm?article_id=1265
Alternatively, I'm sure you could come up with a scheme involving a feature
or app preferences for your four applications to negotiate amongst themselves
(on receipt of SyncNotify (ie when an app is installed) and SystemReset
launch codes) as to who is the "master" and thus responsible for syncing.
You could then register all four with the conduit, and, at sync time, only
the master would really respond. (Probably -- I don't know the details
of conduits.)
John
