Readonly file.
In case DmDeleteDatabase fails with dmErrCantOpen, you should read DB
attribs, remove dmHdrAttrReadOnly and try again. (User confirmation may be
appropriate.)
Another similar problem is with the protected databases.
Best regards,
Jan Slodicka
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luc Le Blanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 4:57 AM
Subject: DmOpenDatabase returns ErrCantOpen
> A user sent me a PDB he created with my program some time ago but that
> he can't open anymore (although the database is found by
> SysCreateDataBaseList.). When I try to load it under POSE, the emulator
> reports a Can't open error, but the PDB nonetheless appears in the FileZ
> list view. Deleting it with FileZ and retrying eventually succeeds. Even
> when the PDB is finally loaded into POSE, it can still fail opening. I
> traced the problem: DmOpenDatabase returns 0x206 (dmErrCantOpen); my
> program then offers to delete it, but this fails too (how does FileZ do
> that?). Ideas? I put that 1.6 Kb PDB on:
>
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/leblanc.luc/fieux_2_cave.pdb
>
>
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> Luc Le Blanc
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