Hi David,
Very simple, I'm downloading data wirelessly. So I want to know if it's a
regular Palm (or one with an OmniSky modem) in order to use TCP/IP or if
it's a Palm VII so that I branch out in my code and use the InetLib
functions. I do have a checkbox in the application to specify that InetLib
should be used instead of TCP/IP, but it's always nice to auto-select this
checkbox so to reduce user confusion.
Thanks
Chris
At 06:23 PM 3/9/2000 , you wrote:
> >I use the following check to see if the device is a Palm VII:
> >
> > err = DmGetNextDatabaseByTypeCreator(true,&searchState,
> >sysFileTApplication,
> > sysFileCClipper, true, &cardNo, &dbID);
> >
> >The problem is that it seems to work also for Palm V's that are hooked to
> >an OmniSky modem.
>
>Right, because all you're doing is looking to see if the Clipper
>application exists. Any device could theoretically have Clipper on it,
>even a PalmPilot.
>
>
> >What check should I be doing to make sure that my software is running on a
> >Pam VII and only on this device?
>
>Nearly all of the time when people ask a question like this, that's not
>really what they want to know. The product name on the outside of the box
>is rarely the thing that is relevant - it usually is something about the
>hardware or software installed that is the real issue. (As an example, if
>IBM started selling a Palm VII-style device under the name Workpad, would
>your software need to care? Probably not. And for a different example,
>there are two devices with the name "Palm VII" on the market, with
>different processors and internal hardware though to a user they're
>essentially identical.)
>
>What do you really want to know? The processor kind? Whether it has a
>built-in radio or snapon? Whether it uses the Bellsouth network? The
>physical dimensions? Whether it has AAA batteries or rechargeable?
>
>And remember to not paint yourself into a corner by assuming there won't be
>other devices coming which do Web Clipping, from different companies and/or
>with different radios and/or different form factors and/or different price
>plans and/or whatever else you can think of.
>
>In short, what do you really want to know?
>
>-David Fedor
>Palm Developer Support
>
>
>
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