"P. Alan Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Using DmDatabaseInfo and checking crDateP won't get you the date the
> application was installed onto the PalmOS device. It *will* return the
build
> date (the date/time that the .prc database was created). I was attempting
to
> use this method to determine the date when the app was installed and
learned
> that this was not the case. It was when the app was built. Verified it by
> rebuilding several times and checking the date/time.
>
> I haven't found a reliable way to get when the app was installed. In my
> case, I create another database when my app gets installed so I just check
> against that date.
Hmmm, I was using DB Explorer to check several databases on my Visor Prism,
and they all seemed to match the install date. Perhaps its different
depending on if the program was beamed to the device or restored from a
HotSync backup. If so, its really not reliable at all.
--
Ben Combee
Veriprise Wireless <http://www.veriprise.com>
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