Thanks For the suggestion Ben. However, I found out that this wasn't the
solution to my problem though.
However, I found the source code of the standard apps (ToDo, Memo) and I
took a peek at how the find command was implemented there.
There I learned that I had add the following two lines to my code:
params->lineNumber++;
params->more = false;
After that, there was no need for a database entry anymore.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Palm Developers Forum List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: woensdag 17 november 1999 7:59
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> Subject: Palm Dev Forum Digest 11/16/99
>
>
> Date: 16 Nov 1999 08:34:59 -0800
> From: Ben Darnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Pseudo Find Action
>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 05:16:13PM +0100, Vereecke Jan wrote:
> > If yes, is there a way to trick this function into
> accepting some set of
> > parameters even without an actual database existing ?
>
> Why not just use your application database? It exists; the OS doesn't
> really care about any more than that.
>
> - -Ben
> - --
> Ben Darnell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bgdarnel/thoughtstream/
>
> Date: 16 Nov 1999 08:23:24 -0800
> From: Vereecke Jan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Pseudo Find Action
>
> I have an application without an associated database.
> However, I still want
> the application to respond to a global find action
> sysAppLaunchCmdFind and
> sysAppLaunchCmdFindGoto.
>
> I was able to do this with the following code:
>
> void PseudoFind(FindParamsPtr params)
> {
> const int dummyCardNo=0;
> RectangleType rect;
> char String[longDateStrLength];
> SystemPreferencesType prefs;
>
> if (/* params->strAsTyped is according to certain conditions */)
> {
> if (params->more ? FindDrawHeader(params, "AppName(cont)") :
> FindDrawHeader(params, "AppName"))
> return;
>
> if (FindSaveMatch (params, year, 0, 0, 0, dummyCardNo,
> DmNumDatabases(dummyCardNo)))
> return;
>
> /* initialize String */
> FindGetLineBounds(params, &rect);
> WinDrawChars(String, StrLen(String), rect.topLeft.x,
> rect.topLeft.y);
> }
> }
>
> This goes fine, except that the line that I output in the
> Find dialog is
> overwritten by the FindDrawHeader call of the next
> application queried. I
> guess that the problem is that the OS doesn't see that I have
> 'found' an
> item.
> I guessed that telling the OS that there is a match must happen with
> FindSaveMatch, but is this really so ?
> If yes, is there a way to trick this function into accepting
> some set of
> parameters even without an actual database existing ?
>
>
>
