On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Scott L. Johnson wrote:

> > From: Danko Radic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > #1) When building shared lib in CW (R5), what's the 
> > difference if I set lib_name.prc (common) vs. lib_name.pdb
> 
> A shared library is a resource database and not a record database, so .prc
> is the correct type.  However neither POSE nor HotSync seems to complain if
> you get it backwards.
> 
> > Seems that SysLibFind can find both...
> 
> The file name doesn't exist after the file is installed, so SysLibFind has
> nothing to do with it.

Yeah, I was a bit surprised when I found .pdb as an output file type in
official example on CW CD...

> > #2) How to get Device Owner string (set in Preferences app. 
> 
> Currently it lives in one of the system preference databases, but that's not
> documented and could change in the future.  Use a snoop utility like Insider
> to dig into it more.

Grumble... That's all I can say... Think they should provide
supported access to that string for at least trivial registration
purposes (if I want to stick software to one device).

> -slj-

Thanks!

-DR



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