At 10:54 AM 1/7/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Can 1 application read/write other Palm databases that are not directly
>linked to that application ? For example can an application like Puma
>Satellite Forms read the Palm's Contact database that comes with the
>Palm ?
You can read/write databases from other applications.
If you have the database name you do something like:
UInt mode = dmModeReadWrite; // See SDK Vol 3 p.113 for modes
/*
Note that the first param to both functions is
the card no, which is for now, always 0
*/
LocalID dbID = DmFindDatabase (0, databaseName);
DmOpenRef dbR = DmOpenDatabase (0, dbID, mode);
If you have the creator id and type id you can save some steps:
UInt mode = dmModeReadWrite; // See SDK Vol 3 p.114 for modes.
DmOpenRef dbR = DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator (typeID, creatorID, mode);
As for reading the Palm Contact database from SF, that's another kettle of
fish. I don't believe there is any direct way to generically read
databases other than the one(s) attached to the SF app. However, I believe
Gavin Maxwell has produced a SF Extension that provides access to the built
in palm databases. His website is at http://www.pocketscience.com.au.
You also might want to check out the satellite forms developers forum. You
can join at http://www.mediastorm.net/sf-talk.cfm.
Hope this helps.
Greg
Greg Winton
Bachmann Software and Services, LLC
http://www.bachmannsoftware.com
Software for Handheld & Wireless Computing
Authors of "Palm Programming", published by Macmillan/Sams
Home of Bachmann Print Manager, the only graphical printing solution for
the Palm
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