On Fri, 7 May 1999, Michael Yam wrote:
> Just to clarify my understanding, if I were to create version 1.1 of an
> application, I generally still want to use the creator ID found in version
> 1.0. Right?
yep.. :))
the creator ID exists so that you can ensure that your program
does not collide with another.. different versions = same program.
> But, if I want both Version 1.0 and 1.1 to exist together on a Palm Device
> (for testing and comparison for example), I need to assign a new creator ID
> for version 1.1.
yes.. but this is not a very common thing to do.. you can use your
emulator and your palm at the same time.. that does the same job.
i test all my programs on the emulator.. i dont dare to put it
on my palm without testing it first.
> But if I do that, version 1.1 can no longer open the associated database
> using DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator(), right? In that case, I should just
> open the database using DmOpenDatabase()?
yep..
DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator() allows you to have many databases
with one application. (ie: multiple level databases in a game)?
az.
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