-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Programmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, 14 January 2002 12:46 PM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: RE: checking for existence of a database
--- Michael Glickman wrote:
> > AFAIK, the full file path is the only file identification
> > for MS Windows, and no analogue to LocalID at all!
> A LocalID (as used in the DmXXXXDatabaseYYYY functions) under Palm OS
> is similar to a file handle in Windows.
To my it isn't. A file handle is just a reference number, or a pointer to
FILE structure (depending on whether you use 'open' or 'fopen').
It is created for the current app, not stored permanently, and unavalable
for next runs (this is how the original poster used LocalID).
On the contrary, LocalID is stored in memory storage heap, not in dynamic
heap.
M.
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