On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 12:24, Daniel Garfield Gurdan wrote: > is there a simple way to store the complete state of an application (i.e. > stack content, all variables' values, active form, ...) before leaving the > app to restore everything when the app is restarted? > Or do I have to save everything manually in a database / the pref database?
Some developers keep all their non-dynamic data in a global structure. This makes saving/loading the structure to/from the prefs database a breeze, as it's a simple matter of storing/loading sizeof(globalvars) bytes from &globalvars into/from the prefs database. However, some developers were taught that heavy reliance upon global variables is bad. I guess the lessons never took with me. In any case, those developers will have to store their state either in a persistent database, or generate it on the fly each time. -Ken -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
