Hi, I'm a relative Palm Dev rookie so please dumb your answer down if possible. I'm trying to have my app integreate with the built in apps, specifically the datebook and address book, as much as possible. I've got the most recent version of Codewarrior (8.2 patch I think) and my app will likely be minimum Palm 4, so don't worry about earlier versions.
I know that its possible to use the Data Manager functions to change the built in apps' databases since I have the record formats in the SDK. Maybe this is obvious to everyone else, but is it possible to actually call, for example, the Datebook functions in DateDB.c like "ApptChangeRecord", or are we limited to using the Data Manager functions in the API to alter the built-in apps' databases. If it is possible, how to we do it? Can I just include the sample code in the SDK in my app and call them like that? Also, I saw an earlier post: http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/m55065.html where Danny talks about getting records from the built-in apps using the exchange manager. I know that its possible to create a new record in the built-in apps with ExgPut, but what else can we do? In the above post it says, "Thomas Ward wrote: > I'm trying to read data out of the address book with the exchange manager. The short answer is "you can't do that yet". The Exchange Manager itself supports it, as of Palm OS 4.0, but the apps don't and some of the exchange libraries don't." but then later in the post it says, "GET was working in the Local exchange library, but it looks like I broke it with some overzealous asserts. Sorry about that. AFAICT, it works if you proceed past all the ErrNonFatalDisplayIfs, which won't occur on release ROMs. I tried it using the HostTransfer sample on a debug ROM." Does this mean that it is possible? And I take it that operations like updating a record and deleting a record in a built-in app's database are not possible using the exchange manager? Thanks a lot in advance for any help with this. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
