Thanks 2 times over! I was worried about the float to string aspect.
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Timothy Astle
Brandon Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Oh, and you can't just cast a float to a string.
> I think there is a FloatMgr function that converts a float to a string.
> Other people talk about MathLib. Maybe it has a function that does it to.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: McMicken, Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:15 AM
> Subject: RE: Simple example needed
>
>
> > Have you localized the problem to the GetValue function? The problem
> could
> > be in the UnpackValue code. Are you allocating memory for the CharPtr
in
> > the program that calls GetValue? These are just guesses, without more
> code,
> > I can't suggest much more.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Timothy Astle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 10:08 AM
> > To: Palm Developer Forum
> > Subject: Re: Simple example needed
> >
> >
> > This is something I tried so that I could just Get a value from the
> database
> > so that I could display it.
> >
> > theValue.BeginningValue is a floating point number.
> > UniqueID is just the record's ID tag
> >
> > CharPtr GetValue(UInt UniqueID)
> > {
> > tblValue theValue;
> >
> > VoidHand valueHandle = DmGetRecord(gValueDB, UniqueID);
> > UnpackValue(&theValue, MemHandleLock(valueHandle));
> > MemHandleUnlock(valueHandle);
> >
> > return ((CharPtr)&theValue.BeginningValue);
> > }
> >
> > What I'm using to display the information is:
> > SetFieldTextFromStr(NfoStartofValueValueField, GetValue(1));
> >
> > Where it takes the CharPtr and places it in the Field.
> >
> > It compiles, etc, but when I run it, I get a DataManager error. My best
> > guess is that it has to do with the way I'm attempting to get the value
> from
> > the database... I dunno. I figure I'm probably going about this all the
> > wrong way, but if someone could please help, I'd appreciate it.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Timothy Astle
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Timothy Astle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:8137@palm-dev-forum...
> > >
> > > I have 3 databases set up, and 6 structures (packed and unpacked
> > versions).
> > > I also have packing and unpacking funcitons set up.
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone had a "stripped down" piece of code that
> allowed
> > > me to simply ADD and DELETE records.
> > >
> > > Any small example would be great, because I could take it from there
and
> > > expand upon it.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Timothy Astle
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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