At 10:54 AM 6/9/00, you wrote:
>However, I think the real issue here is not *how* to do it, but *why*.
>You should not be creating Creator IDs on the fly. EVERY creator ID you
>use should be registered with Palm Inc. This ensures that there are no
>name conflicts.
>
>I'd be interested to know if you've found an application that would
>require doing something like this. It's hard to apply absolutes to
>everything, but this seems to be one of those cases where the absolute
>absolutely applies.
One reason I can think of that you might want to check if a creator code is
present is to see if a particular app/db is loaded on the Palm (a required
supplement, a known conflicting program, ???). Could be useful, and
certainly not going to damage anything. Creating codes on the fly based on
such a search is indeed a Bad Idea, though.
Kris
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