The SD cards use a windows like file system. To access them you need to use the Virtual File System (VFS) manager. It is described in Chapter 53 of the Palm OS API reference.
---- Scott Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Got a question about DmGetNextDatabaseByTypeCreator(). Im using it to > seach all the databases to find which ones to scan. At this point, im > trying to give the user the option to scan all databases on a memory card, > the internal memory only or a single application. I have a SD Card that i > have loaded a few apps on. But when i try to scan them, the databases for > those apps are never found by the DmGetNext call. What i am doing is > putting that in a loop just like when i scan the system, and everytime i > find one with a cardNo above 0 i incrament a counter. the counter never > changes. Ive tried it a few ways: with apps on the SD Card that are not > present on the device, with apps that are on both SD Card and the device > (loading my anti-v app on both the system and the card), and with nothing on > the SD Card at all. They all return the same result. Is there a different > way to retrive databases for apps that are on an SD Card? or can I not find > the databases that are on the SD Card with the DmGetNext call? I am > assumeing that since you pass it a &cardNo arg, that it would be looking on > both the deivce and the SD Cards, and that the SD Cards would hold a > different value then a database in the internal memory. Am I doing > something wrong, or is it something unseen that could be causing this > problem? > -- > > > Scott Erickson > Software Development Team, FB-4, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please > see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
