At 12:00am -0700 00-06-23, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote:
>Subject: AbtShowAbout
>From: "Sven�ke Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:16:50 +0200
>X-Message-Number: 4
>
>How does AbtShowAbout find the version number and the name of the
>application by using the Creator ID ?
It calls DmGetNextDatabaseByTypeCreator with the DB type = 'appl',
and the type = creator ID passed to the routine. Then it opens up the
DB and reads in the tAIN and tver resources.
Note, however, that 3rd party apps should NEVER use AbtShowAbout. The
only reason it's in the public APIs is so that the sample apps (e.g.
Address) will compile properly. This routine is for Palm's internal
use only, and most attempts to use it by 3rd parties have resulted in
busted code when the OS gets revised.
-- Ken
Ken Krugler
TransPac Software, Inc.
<http://www.transpac.com>
+1 530-470-9200
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