You need to open your application database explicitly with the dmModeReadWrite flag. The OS opens it read only, so if your trying to write to it with only the OS open, you won't be able to save anything.
After you open it explicitly, you'll probably want to use DmGet1Resource to access any new resources that you add... Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Massimo Penta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 7:24 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: custom form help Hi I'm trying to generate a custom form help (i.e. the help text is part of my record and depends on the displayed record). I've tryed several things, but without success: 1) use a fixed string resource as the form helpID (the classical stuff) and edit it at runtime. Fails because the application database (my PRC) is in read-only mode. Is there any way to change that attrib when buiding the PRC in CW8? 2) try to generate a 'tSTR' resource at runtime and attach it to my app resource DB. Same problem. So I'm thinking about another solution: create another form with a non editable text field in it and a done button; set the helpID in the previous form to 0 (this erases the help icon on the form: the rounded 'i' in top right corner), draw the help icon programatically when loading the form, and trap a help icon tap in the form event handler. But I have some questions: 1) how do I draw the help icon to advice the user that some help is available. Is there any caracter in some font that does it, or a bitmap resource with a known ID? 2) Since a tap on the help icon doesn't generate any particular event, I assume i must capture a penDownEvent within the icon area, but what's its position and extent? Or, any other suggestion is welcome. Thanks, Massimo -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
