PalmTypes.h defines Char as type char so there is no difference in their
use. For localization, I believe you should use type WChar, which is
defined as UInt16 (or unsigned short).
I studiously tried to use all of the "proper" Palm types before the release
of OS 3.5. After that blew most of my declarations out of the water, I am
now somewhat studiously trying to use standard C types, since those won't
change. PalmCompatibility.h helped in making the change, though!
Regards,
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 2:55 PM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Re: StrIToA
"McMicken, Steven" wrote:
> Before using the pointer, you must allocate space for the string using
> MemPtrNew (LengthOfStringPlusOne) or by setting the pointer equal to a
> character array name, such as,
> char str[5];
> CharPtr s = str;
Shouldn't you use "Char str[5]" instead? I'm still confused about how
Palm handles characters, but I think that in some locales, a character
is more than one byte. To be fully portable, I think you need to
declare all strings as type "Char" and when allocating space use
MemPtrNew((strlen+1)*sizeof(Char)) (or MemHandleNew). Note that all
string manager functions expect type "Char" not "char".
Cheers,
--Scott
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