>>There is NO problem using FileStreams and HotSync. They are merely a
>>special form of Palm Database. There may be other reasons to use
>>something different, but conduits aren't special - it is easier to
>>construct or reconstruct the data from a filestream than to do the
>>text conversion from the example conduit.
>From the PalmOS Companion, Page 175:
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Other than backup/restore, Palm OS does not provide direct Hot
Sync support for file streams, and none is planned at this time.
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This is kind of what I was trying to say, it was lingering in the
back of my memory from when I last read it several months ago, but
besides the speed differential, I couldn't quite put it into any
written form. =)
-Rus
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