> Paul Nevai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > # as far as I know a Palm app. can't delete itself !!!
> >
> > Why not. I could create another application whose only job is to delete the
> > 1st one and then it could launch that one. Of course, then we are stuck with
> > the other one. Use induction. Best regards, Paul
>
> How about this: the app that wants to delete itself contains a function
> that deletes all the databases it has created, along with any
> preferences, then deletes its own program database, then calls
> SysReset().
>
> When it wants to actually do the deed, it uses MemPtrNew() to allocate
> enough memory to hold said function, then copys that function's code
> into the newly allocated memory, then jumps to it. The SysReset() will
> reclaim the memory that was allocated by MemPtrNew(), and thus the app
> will be gone without a trace.
wont the database still be open when you do the jump? :) you will
probably have to close the database inside the code you jumped to.
az.
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