what do mean by saying close the application?? see i'm closing the database
using DmCloseDatabase().and i want to read records in the same
application.So why should i close the application?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: How to append records to a database?how to change the offset?
> Hi,
> After entering some records...say 5 then u close ur application and
then ur able to read the database back when u invoke ur
> application again?
>
> -Peter
>
> reshma wrote:
>
> > struct myrec
> > {
> > char *test;
> > };
> >
> > myrec *rec,record;
> >
> > dbref=DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator(DBTYPE,CREATORID,dmModeReadWrite);
> > if(!dbref)
> > FrmCustomAlert(DummyAlert,"error","","");
> > field1= (FieldPtr) GetObjectPtr(AddrecIDField);
> > record.test=FldGetTextPtr(field1);
> > FrmCustomAlert(DummyAlert,record.test,"","");
> > UInt16 at=dmMaxRecordIndex;
> > VoidHand q= DmNewRecord(dbref,&at,sizeof(myrec));
> > rec=(myrec *) MemHandleLock(q);
> > DmWrite(rec,0,&record,sizeof(record)); // i have doubt in this
> > statement ie; specifying offset as zero
> > MemHandleUnlock(q);
> > DmReleaseRecord(dbref,at,true);
> > DmCloseDatabase(dbref);
> >
> > i am using this code and i feel that its overwriting the existing record
> > even though i have opened the database using
> > dmModeReadwrite mode.please suggest if any corrections to be made.
> > please anybody give me code snippets to append , modify and delete
records
> > from a database.
> > and also for reading records one by one till end of file.
> >
> > regrds
> > reshma
> >
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