At 12:00am -0800 00-12-31, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote:
>Subject: Re: application version string
>From: Aaron Ardiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 20:23:17 +0100 (MET)
>X-Message-Number: 16
>
> > > > nice consistancy
> > >
> > > Absolutely. :-)
>
> david fedor: whats palm's official stance on this? 1 or 1000? :)
>
> > > >maybe it is best to use DmGetResource() instead of DmGet1Resource()?
> > >
> > > Long ago, and far away, I believe I tried using DmGet1Resource and it
> > > didn't always find the resource. So I switched to DmGetResource. Of
> > > course, I could be thinking of something else too...
> >
> > Since the launcher doesn't keep all the applications open, I'd
>guess that it
> > would use the DmFindResourceType() call with 'tver' as its type,
>and stop if
> > anything was found, therefore favoring lower indices of version resources.
>
> yeah.. that would be how it works.. you could make it 2, 3, 4, etc :)
>
> so, in response to the original question.. best way is to use
> DmFindResourceType() function :) instead of DmGet1Resource() or
> DmGetResource()
Use DmGetResource. There's no reason to use to DmFindResourceType,
and it won't work correctly with overlays unless you put in a fair
amount of extra effort.
-- Ken
Ken Krugler
TransPac Software, Inc.
<http://www.transpac.com>
+1 530-470-9200
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