"Richard Hartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you only want to read (and not alter) the record, you can
> get the handle to it with DmQueryRecord(). This does not
> "lock" the handle, and you do not need a corresponding
> release.
Let's be careful with terminology. This is all confusing enough for
newbies as it is, without muddying the waters all the more by misusing
terms. "Lock" and "release" should not be paired.
DmGetRecord doesn't lock a handle; it simply marks a database record
busy, and returns the handle. To use the handle, you must lock it with
MemHandleLock.
In other words, to follow your suggestion of "pairing" functions:
allocate <-> free (MemHandleNew <-> MemHandleFree)
lock <-> unlock (MemHandleLock <-> MemHandleUnlock)
busy <-> release (DmGetRecord <-> DmReleaseRecord)
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Roger Chaplin
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