"Ty Brower" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:6467@palm-dev-forum...
> I have an app that I want to be able to receive VCalendar
> file beams. Even if I register for them using ExgRegisterData()
> for type "vcs", I never get a sysAppLaunchCmdExgReceiveData launch
> code, it always goes to the Datebook instead. I tried unregistering
> the Datebook to no avail. Is there any way to do this?
The short answer is "no". The problem is that the Address Book specifies its
own creator ID when sending. The receiving device sees that a creator ID has
been specified so it looks for the app with this creator ID. It always finds
Address Book in ROM, so it launches Address Book. The registry of extensions
and MIME types is never searched because the creator ID is found.
If you send vCalendar files from a PC, no creator ID will be specified, so
you should be able to receive them in your app using the techniques you
described. And you can make your app not specify the creator ID (or specify
its own creator ID), so it can beam to "itself" on another Palm. But you
can't get beams from Address Book.
We're obviously aware of this problem. :)
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Danny Epstein
Palm
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