How about giving CharPtr c a little memory. I don't think you can blindly
copy into a pointer.
c = MemPtrNew(StrLen(theTrip.TripNumber + 1));
if(c == NULL)
// error , no memory left
-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Astle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum
To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 2:23 PM
Subject: Bewildered...
>CharPtr GetTripTripNumber(UInt UniqueID)
>{
> CharPtr c;
> tblTrip theTrip;
>
> VoidHand record = DmGetRecord(gTripDB, UniqueID);
> tblPackedTripPtr p = MemHandleLock(record);
> UnpackTrip(&theTrip, p);
> StrCopy(c, theTrip.TripNumber);
> MemHandleUnlock(record);
>
> return(c);
>}
>
>
>This function has been causing me much grief :-) Here's what I've
>encountered thus far:
>
>#1 It warns me that I should initialize CharPtr c before using it. (why??)
>#2 When I use DmGetRecord, I get an "Index out of Range" error, requiring a
>hard boot
>#3 If I change DmGetRecord to DmQueryRecord, and comment out all the other
>code, I get a different error. (NULL based error, probably due to the fact
>I hard coded a NULL for a return value :-)
>
>Now, I've heard something about clearing the busy bit... perhaps this has
>something to do with my problem? I am aware that DmQueryRecord doesn't set
>the busy bit...
>
>Tim
>
>
>
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