On 2005-11-21, Doug Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My app's VFS support has been working for years, and I swear that I used to 
> transfer PDB files directly to the \Palm\Launcher directory on my SD card, 
> which is where my app looks for them. But the other day, I found that when my 
> app reads a file that was directly copied, I get a "Generic File Error" from 
> the VFSRead function even though my input parameters certainly look correct. 
> But if I Hotsync the same file to the card, everything works.
>
> It gets stranger. If I use McFile to delete the PDB file, McFile also reports 
> a "Generic file error" even though it does delete it. Just for fun, I copied 
> a couple of random PDB files to the \Palm\Launcher directory, and McFile had 
> the same error for all of them. But if I copy them someplace else on the 
> card, such as to the root directory, there are no errors. I also tried this 
> with two entirely different card-read/write devices, with the same results.
>
> I might mention that this is occurring on a T3, and that when I last tried 
> doing this sort of thing I might have been using my old M505 or Tungsten T. 
> Plus, if this were a widespread problem it seems that I would be hearing from 
> some customers.
>
> Any ideas, anyone?
>
>   -- Doug G
>

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