"Aaron Ardiri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > On the PC:
> >  - "par" shows 270 records  (both as header dump and dump of records.)
> >  - PDB Reader shows 270 records
> >  - app works perfectly in Emulator
> >  - Simulator shows 270 records, app works perfectly
> >
> > File downloaded to Palm:
> >  - Filez shows 256 records
> >  - DmNumRecords() in app shows 256 records.
> >  - app is missing important records.
>
> have you tried copying the file to a memory card; then, using the internal
> system copy function to copy it to the internal memory and do the same
> checks? i would put my money on the fact that you "hotsync" procedure
> is doing something it shouldn't be doing...
>
> avoid hotsync; do it via a memory card; that'll help you track down the
problem.
>
> i know for sure that a database can have > 256 records in it. i've had a
8mb
> streaming file; which, has records each of 4096 bytes in size (4100 - with
sig)
> which is at least 2048 records; and, this was hotsyncable fine back in the
day.
>
> the number of records is an UInt16 - its been that way since palmos 1.0
>
Yes, it certainly looks like something in HotSync.

I'll try it, but memory card is not going to work for customer.  If there is
a bug/limitation in HotSync/Installer, I may have to have the customer
commission a Conduit.

The only other thing I've not tried is to hotsync with the emulator - I've
been using the autoload directory.




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