FlashPro allows you to write any file to ROM, including your data files. So it can be used to backup an entire application. I have a Symbol 1550 (no, it does not have a memory card slot) application with several thousand devices out in the field, and they all use FlashPro to avoid loss of both application and data.
Mucking around with ROM is a dangerous business; my advice would be to write to the FlashPro calls and let it handle the ROM processes. _______________________________ Lee Church MobiTech Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mobitechsystems.com The sender believes this email was free of any virus or malicious code when sent. By reading the message, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective action about viruses and other defects. The sender is not liable for any damage associated with receiving this email. The information in this email is Confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this email by other than addressee is unauthorized and may be unlawful. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henk Jonas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <palm-dev-forum@news.palmos.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:27 AM Subject: Re: Copying a database to and from ROM > Hi Les, > > doesn't have the Symbion a memory card slot? I believe writing to the > flash is a bit dangerous and could in the bad case lead to an unusable > device. Backing up the database is a good idea, but to a external > memory card would be the best I guess. > > Regards > Henk > > Les Brinkworth wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > Having developed an application for a customer for the Symbol SPT1550 I have now been told by this customer that he is having enormous problems with customers losing data. This is not a surprise as I warned him before hand that if the batteries are removed there is no backup battery and after about 2 minutes all data is lost. I purchased a product called FlashPro which allows you to store the app in flash so that is not lost ...but obviously that is the least of his worries. > > > > What I was thinking of doing was periodically saving the database to Flash (ROM). My question is this: is this feasible and doable programatically or do you need a ROM builder? Having seen FlashPro I am sure that it must be possible to automate for a specific database. > > > > Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Les > > (Time & Data Systems South Africa) > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henk Jonas [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Palm OS ® certified developer > > Please contact me, if you need an off-side contract worker. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
