> Incidentally a documentation addendum: PrefGetAppPreferences returns an
> Int16 which is described as being "noPreferenceFound" if the preference
> resource is not found. Undocumented is the fact that if the resource IS
> found, the routine returns the version number of the preference (as set
> by the version parameter of PrefSetAppPreferences).

>From inspection, this has been documented in the PalmOS 4.0 SDK.  It was
brought up here in mid-December, maybe a couple of weeks after PalmSource.

> One more documentation addendum while I'm poking around:
> PrefSetAppPreferences will DELETE a preference if either the prefSize
> parameter is set to 0, or the prefs parameter is set to 0 (i.e., null
> pointer in the latter case).

This behavior is not documented in the 4.0 DR3 docs, but it does seem
useful.

Another documentation bug here: in the list of parameters for
PrefSetAppPreferences, it shows an output arrow for "prefs" rather than an
input arrow.

--
Ben Combee
Veriprise Wireless <http://www.veriprise.com>



-- 
For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see 
http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Reply via email to