Hi everyone, I wrote a palm program with my own record structures using C++.
Another guy is working on a conduit (In Visual Basic and ScoutSync) to
deliver the data in my records to a PC database. He is having some trouble
parsing through the records to obtain the fields. The problem is one that I
had when I wrote a java based conduit for my program, and the problem is
this:
Problem:
The palm records have strings such as this: Char string[25].
Now, if the record only actually has a 15 character string then the extra 9
characters (one was used for the null terminator) are unused junk space. Now
when you attempt to call a conduit API function AFTER reading in a string
such as the one above, it is looking at the very next byte, which is STILL
WITHIN the region allocated for the above string. Sooo.. it screws up.
Solution: In java my solution was to simply check how many bytes I read in,
and increment the correct number of bytes ahead to reach the next field in
the record.
Now.. my question I pose to you all is.. Can this same solution be
implemented in Visual Basic? (I don't use it at all thus my need to know)
The guy cant seem to figure it out if you can do it, because he insists I
need to change my palm program (lol.. change the palm program to make a
conduit work).
So basically what I am wondering is if Visual Basic is capable of reading in
a raw chunk of bytes using a conduit and parse through it.. and if so direct
me to some documentation or online help or something :)
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