> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Ebert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 9:33 AM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Cc: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Re: Keeping locked ptrs around to Dm chunks -- bad?
>
>
> At 8:08 PM +0100 24-02-00, Jeff Ishaq wrote:
> >I'm using a temporary database to offload some string
> storage into the
> >storage heap. Gotta free up some dynamic heap. This
> database essentially
> >holds the strings that appear in a dropdown list of selections.
>
> Using fewer chunks is better.
>
> Why not use a FtrPtr. If you're writing code for the new OS (3.2 and
> later, I think), then this gives you an easy way to allocate and uses
> non-dynamic-heap memory and not worry about having to clean
> it up if the
> device is reset. (You still should delete it when you're
> done with it.)
> See the Palm OS docs for more details.
Hey cool, thanks Bob. That saves me the trouble and overhead of dealing
with a 'temporary database' for non-dynamic-heap storage. You da man.
-Jeff Ishaq
Vanteon
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