Do you really need the data in dynamic memory? Use the stream files API (FileOpen etc) if you can. Quite simple to use.
"aparanjape" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi: > > I want to dynamically allot a memory of around 380 KB PDB file on the > Palm device. My application needs to load the file at one time. Maybe > the app will need to load more than one such file at a time. > Palm OS has a constraint that the allocation unit cannot be more than > 64KB i.e. malloc equivalent of Palm can allocate only upto 64KB of > memory in one call. And total memory that can be dynamically allocated > is around 200KB for a 4MB device. Please correct me if i am wrong. > > I am not able to load such a big file into memory due to this problem. > Is there any way to do this? > When my app tries to load the file, it crashes. The device I am using > has 16MB of RAM. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
