MemHandleLock() returns a VoidPtr which is really void*.
This should be cast to your struct pointer type as you are doing. Metroworks
C++ compiler will complain otherwise.
The book examples are based on GCC I think and work fine if you are pointing
to a string or char* type.
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Subject: Records not made by Britney Spears
> If I have the following line of code it compiles but it gives us a NULL
memory error when running.
>
> newRecordPtr=(OurStruct*)MemHandleLock(myRecordHandle);
>
> The book I am reading is called " The Palm Programming -The Developer's
Guide" by: Neil Rhodes and Julie McKeehan and it says to use
>
> newRecordPtr=MemHandleLock(myRecordHandle);
>
> but it won't compile. Any suggestions? We are using this to try and make
a new record in a database.
>
>
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