There's an ancient PalmSource internal convention that reserves the resource ID range 31000 - 31999 for shared libraries. This doesn't solve the problem of two shared libraries being opened at the same time, but it would seem to solve the problem being discussed here.
A different approach I've used in some of my shared libraries is to track the open state of my PRC using globals. Then I have an internal DmGetResource equivalent that makes sure the PRC is open before loading a resource. All of my top-level routines call a standard exit routine to clean up, and this in turn makes sure the shared library PRC is closed if it's been opened. There are some additional cases (like making sure the PRC is opened before calling FrmAlert), but most cases it works well.
-- Ken
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthew Darkstorm Bevan Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:09 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Shared libraries with resources : is it possible?
Be careful with the above 9000 space. PilRC's default auto IDgenerationcode starts at 9999 and counts down. With PilRC 2.9p10-CW and later,youcan use "RESETAUTOID" to change the range of auto ID's generated bythetool. For small apps, this may not be an issue, but I'd probably stayawayfrom 9500 and higher.
-- Ken Krugler <http://www.krugler.org> +1 530-265-2225
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