Have you tried using the OCX controls included in the CDK4? The controls
have access to the user information plus a few extra functions for
installing PRC files and conduits.
>(and let me know the
> correct one to use).
the conduit forum may be better suited for conduit questions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 5:44 AM
Subject: Userdata from VB desktop app? (newbie alert!)
> I'm new to Palm programming, and new to the forums. Please accept my
> apologies if this question is in the wrong forum (and let me know the
> correct one to use). I read many, many messages on several forums before
> subscribing, and this seemed the most appropriate.
>
> I have written a simple VB app which prepares data for a HotSync conduit
to
> upload to the organizer, and also creates a report with bar codes when the
> completed database is sent back to the desktop. The app hacks the
users.dat
> file in the Palm Desktop install directory to get the valid user directory
> names, which works fine now but could be subject to future problems if the
> formatting of users.dat changes. Not to mention that I'm sure this
approach
> is frowned upon by the friendly folks at Palm.
>
> Can someone point me to a good resource which explains how to use
> UmGetUserDirectory calls (or the equivalent functionality) in my VB app?
> Must I learn C and use the CDK to make this call? UmGetRootDirectory
would
> be nice to be able to use also.
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer. I'd rather use the recommended
approach,
> if I can just find out how to do it with VB.
>
> Brad Smith
>
>
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