From: Robert Purcell
Currently, if I delete a database, from the Palm OS Gui
(like you would delete an application), my program creates
an illegal exception when I start it again. My program
searches thru all the available databases when it starts
(AppStart), so I am certain that I don't
On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Richard Burmeister wrote:
There is definitely something wrong with your code in AppStart if your app
crashes after a database has been deleted by the Launcher.
Also, in most cases, the creator id of the database should be the same as
the creator id of the application so
Ah, yeah, good point.. you shouldn't see any of your databases other than
the application in the Launcher Delete screen. If you do, your database
doesn't have the same creatorID of your app; the 2 should be the same.
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As I recall, all of the databases have the
-Original Message-
From: Robert Purcell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 2:33 PM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: RE: Deleting Databases *Safely* ?
Ah, yeah, good point.. you shouldn't see any of your databases other
than
the application in the Launcher Delete
Robert,
If you want the user to be able to delete databases they don't want and
you want the app and databases to have the same creator id (which they
rightly should), you'll have to create that functionality inside your
application. If the user does a delete from the launcher and the app
Hi,
Because I checked, and all databases and the App have the SAME creator ID,
yet I can see each database listed in the launcher delete list!
One more possibility is that the casing are not the same? Creator IDs are
case sensitive... :)
Regards,
Gee.
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Robert Purcell wrote:
Each of my databases are created external to the application that reads
them. I install each *.pdb file via a hotsync. Are you sure that
I shouldn't see the databases from the delete list in the launcher?
Because I checked, and all databases and
