>Subject: Application name change >From: Brian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:55:07 -0500 (EST) > >I'm having to change the name of one of my apps to resolve a name >copyright conflict. Legal issues aside, I have the problem of the upgrade >having a different name than the original app. Even with the creator ID >being the same, that would still result in 2 different applications when >the upgrade is installed, wouldn't it? The main reason for concern is >because, if the application is deleted and the new one put in, all of the >preferences and databases that were related to the old install are now >lost. > >One way I was thinking of resolving it would be to search for the old >version of the app when the new one is started, and delete it if it's >there. I can safely do this by name and creator ID, I believe.
I had to do a name change some time ago to eliminate confusion, so I put a trap at the start of my conduit to look for the old program name and delete it. This works well if you are using InstAide and HotSync to do the install of your new PRC and you have installed a new conduit at the same time. Since a PRC already exists on the Palm OS unit with that creator ID, the conduit will be invoked in the same HotSync session where the new PRC is installed and the clean-up will be transparent to the user. Roger Stringer Marietta Systems, Inc. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
