Greg,
Thanks for the suggestion. I have no idea how to add the library as a binary
resource to the prc, but
I'll look into the Codewarrior documentation. I'll let you know how it goes.
Larry
Greg Martin wrote:
> Larry,
>
> I've been meaning to try something myself and haven't gotten around to it.
> You can add the shared library as a binary resource to the prc. You can
> then lock the resource and copy the shared library out into its own prc.
> The next step that I'm hoping will work (but haven't yet tried) is to use
> DmRemoveResource to remove the shared library from the application prc. I
> fear DmRemoveResource might return dmErrReadOnly, but until I try I won't
> know. If you've tried this or will in the future, let me know if it works.
>
> Greg
> (a programmer who's so swamped that he doesn't even have time to run this
> simple test)
>
> "Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:42129@palm-dev-forum...
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm working on an app that needs a shared library. I would like the
> > shared library to be embedded in the application's prc and upon
> > initial run of the program it will install the shared library. I know I
> >
> > can just have the user install the shared library themselves, but I
> > want to simplify the process as much as I can for the user.
> >
> > So in a nutshell, is there a way I can install the shared library's prc
> > from another app? I was thinking about creating a long string with
> > the contents of the prc and simply using ExgDBRead to install the
> > library.
> >
> > Thanks for the comments and suggestions
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> >
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