Use DmFindDatabase which accepts names and returns a dbID!
R.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Pahren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: Database access using just creator and type
> Hi gang, long-time listener, first-time caller.
>
> Way back in September, Paul Wijntjes wrote:
>
> > ...
> >
> > I try to connect to several databases which were created by another
> > application. All these databases however have the same type("DATA") and
> > creatorID ("SMSF"), but have a unique name. ...
> > When trying to open a database using KVM [a tool Paul is using] always
> > the same database is opened: the first one that was created using the
> > given type and creatorID. Successive calls to the openDB call just open
> > the same database several times.
> >
> > I cannot change the type or creatorID of the databases.
> >
> > How can I access every one of those database??
>
> I saw no replies that adequately answered this.
>
> I have run across the exact same problem. I was looking at some doc
files,
> and it seems they do the same thing--their creator ID and Type are always
> the same ('REAd' and 'TEXt'). If I have two doc files and put them on a
> Palm, calls to DmGetNextDatabaseByTypeCreator() only finds one database.
>
> In the "Info" screen on the Palm, I see one database, but the record count
> matches the total of the two doc files loaded.
>
> So are the two pdb files with the same creator/type somehow getting
> concatenated on the Palm? What is the party line for how databases
> with the same creator id/type, but different names are handled?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> -Jeff Pahren
>
>
>
