Ben Combee a �crit : > At 09:23 AM 7/26/2004, you wrote: > >Patrick Lucas a �crit : > > > > > I registered a Creator ID on the Palm Source web site but didn't get ant > > > e-mail from Palm Source confirming this. Which number do I use in when I > > > call the DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator() function? Will I get a unique nmber > > > from PalmSource? Creator IDs are four character strings but the database > > > manager functions expect UInt32 numbers; how do I go from one to the other? > > > >IIRC, you don't get an e-mail confirmation, you know right away whether > >the creator ID you want to reserve is free or not, and > >if free, you just reserve it without any further delay. > > > >Just put your creator ID between '' : 'MyID' to create a 32-bit integer > >from the 4 characters of your creator ID. If you chose > >non-printable characters, use octal: '\115\171\111\104'. > > Non-printable characters aren't allowed in Palm OS creator codes -- you > need to register four sequential characters in the printable ASCII range > (32 to 127), and registering all lower-case characters isn't allowed, as > those codes are reserved for PalmSource use.
Oops! Who am I to try save you some time by answering easy ones... -- Luc Le Blanc -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
