The DmOpenRef is lost if the application crashes or the device is otherwise
reset. At this point I then have an open database, and I'm not sure the
best way to close it. I presume this requires either recovering the
DmOpenRef or modifying the database header.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Madrid [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 20:06
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: cleaning up a database that's open
>
> As obnoxious as this may sound, the "right way" to do this is to avoid
> "losing" the DmOpenRef?
>
> By the way, I'm curious, how do you "lose" a variable? What does that
> even
> mean?
>
> George
>
>
> > From: "Emry, Owen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 16:50:05 -0500
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: cleaning up a database that's open
> >
> > If I lose the DmOpenRef to a database, how can I close it?
> >
> > I can find it again using DmFindDatabase, at which point a have a cardNo
> and
> > LocalID, but I can't figure out a way to use those to then _close_ the
> > database, because I need a DmOpenRef for that.
> >
> > What's the right way to do this? Thanks in advance...
> >
> > oge
> >
> > ----------
> > Owen G. Emry
> > Noblestar Systems Corp.
> > Mobile Computing Practice
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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