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String to MemHandle
The code below has eluded me for quite awhile now and I have given up on how to perform a simple task like getting a string from a record into a text field due to the complete lack of documentation by Palm. This is really a C issue rather than Palm but as Palm is all about databases one would think that displaying the data would be a priority. The problem is with StrCopy and no matter what I do I get all these stupid errors like char* to struct_opaque* etc when trying to complie. Any help greatly appreciated.
static void ActionLoadRecords (FormPtr frm)
{
FieldPtr fld;
MemHandle h;
Char* buffer;
Char place[90];
WChar outChar;
UInt16 index;
UInt32 inOffset = 0;
DmOpenRef gDB = 0;
UInt16 length;
UInt16 b;
index = 1;
h = DmQueryRecord(gDB, index);
buffer = MemHandleLock(h);
MemHandleUnlock(h);
length = StrLen(buffer);
place [length];
b=0;
while (inOffset<length)
{
inOffset += TxtGetNextChar(buffer, inOffset, &outChar);
if (outChar == nullChr)
{
place[b-1]=outChar;
}
}
StrCopy(h, place); //this is the problem line
fld = FrmGetObjectPtr (frm, FrmGetObjectIndex (frm, ActionPrevField));
FldSetTextHandle (fld, h);
FldReleaseFocus (fld);
}
static void ActionLoadRecords (FormPtr frm)
{
FieldPtr fld;
MemHandle h;
Char* buffer;
Char place[90];
WChar outChar;
UInt16 index;
UInt32 inOffset = 0;
DmOpenRef gDB = 0;
UInt16 length;
UInt16 b;
index = 1;
h = DmQueryRecord(gDB, index);
buffer = MemHandleLock(h);
MemHandleUnlock(h);
length = StrLen(buffer);
place [length];
b=0;
while (inOffset<length)
{
inOffset += TxtGetNextChar(buffer, inOffset, &outChar);
if (outChar == nullChr)
{
place[b-1]=outChar;
}
}
StrCopy(h, place); //this is the problem line
fld = FrmGetObjectPtr (frm, FrmGetObjectIndex (frm, ActionPrevField));
FldSetTextHandle (fld, h);
FldReleaseFocus (fld);
}
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Hello there Sunnycoder, thanks for the quick response. Here is the exact compile error:
Error : illegal implicit conversion from 'struct _opaque *' to
'char *'
Action.c line 96 StrCopy(h, place);
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Error : illegal implicit conversion from 'struct _opaque *' to
'char *'
Action.c line 96 StrCopy(h, place);
Hope that helps.
Cheers
>MemHandle h;
>Char place[90];
>StrCopy(h, place); //this is the problem line
StrCpy expects to have two char * s as its arguments ... here one of your arguments is MemHandle type ... are you sure this is correct ?
what is the data type of MemHandle? If you are confident that it is the same as char * (or atleast, if you want that to happen), then this should work
StrCopy(((char *)h), place);
>Char place[90];
>StrCopy(h, place); //this is the problem line
StrCpy expects to have two char * s as its arguments ... here one of your arguments is MemHandle type ... are you sure this is correct ?
what is the data type of MemHandle? If you are confident that it is the same as char * (or atleast, if you want that to happen), then this should work
StrCopy(((char *)h), place);
Yes Sunnycoder, I just ran that and it compiled without complaint but crashed on the emulator. Most likely your StrCopy(((Char*)h), place); did the trick but there is another problem somewhere. It seems I must have a MemHandle to get it out of the data record but I then need to work on that MemHandle so I convert it to a string and then I have to get it back to a MemHandle to get it into a field. Maybe I can work directly on the MemHandle h rather than a string. I will try that and see.
I really think I need to somehow convert the string place to suit MemHandle h and not the other way round. I just don't know how to do that.
post the data type of MemHandle
error message indicates 'struct _opaque *'
Can you post struct _opaque here
error message indicates 'struct _opaque *'
Can you post struct _opaque here
Sorry still the same error. I have run into this problem in the past and put it in the too hard basket. Can't find any example of it but there has got to be a simple way of getting data from a database into a field. Maybe I'm trying to do it the wrong way or something. I would like to see a simple app like a hello world thing with a database and a field but Metrowerks or Palm have never had the decency to do that.
I tried struct_opaque and the compile error was the same as before. Sorry I had to leave for awhile to bait my cat trap as the cats were kicking up a row outside. Chicken is on the menu tonight.
find the definition of struct _opaque and post that definition here ... Do not try to compile by replacing char * with struct _opaque ... it will never work
All I can find in the docs are numerous references to do with fields such as," Your code should treat the FieldType structure as opaque." whatever that means. FldSetTextHandle (fld, h) definitely requires h to be type MemHandle, the problem is getting string into that MemHandle.
What this tells me is that you should not try to copy a string into MemHandle ... MemHandle seems to be a struct which has several fields ...
Found some examples and references.... try these
http://www.codeproject.com/ce/palmdb.asp
http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/docs/palmos/FilesAndDatabases.html
http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/docs/palmos/DataAndResourceManager.html
Found some examples and references.... try these
http://www.codeproject.com/ce/palmdb.asp
http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/docs/palmos/FilesAndDatabases.html
http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/docs/palmos/DataAndResourceManager.html
Hi,
Sorry for being late but I thinkl I can Help
Your code I have modified
==========================
static void ActionLoadRecords (FormPtr frm)
{
FieldPtr fld;
MemHandle h;
Char* buffer;
Char place[90];
WChar outChar;
UInt16 index;
UInt32 inOffset = 0;
DmOpenRef gDB = 0;
UInt16 length;
UInt16 b;
index = 1;
h = DmQueryRecord(gDB, index);
buffer = MemHandleLock(h);
//MemHandleUnlock(h);
length = StrLen(buffer);
//place [length];
b=0;
while (inOffset<length)
{
inOffset += TxtGetNextChar(buffer, inOffset, &outChar);
if (outChar == nullChr)
{
place[b]=outChar; //Modified b from b-1
}
b ++; //I addedd
}
//StrCopy(h, place); //this is the problem line
StrCopy(buffer,place);
fld = FrmGetObjectPtr (frm, FrmGetObjectIndex (frm, ActionPrevField));
FldSetTextHandle (fld, h);
FldReleaseFocus (fld);
MemHandleUnlock(h); // Inserted here
}
==========================
I try to explain the Problem
MemHandle is a Void* data type.
I is used to allocate memory for Movable chuncks
Now DmQueryRecord returns such a unlocked handle whitch you store in some memhandle type variable
Palm OS can move this chunck for memory management So you have to lock this chunck for the time you require to process/access its data.
So MemHandleLock locks the check and return the ptr of type char*
You can perform operations on that pointer type such as Updations deletions
at the end when you unlock all the updations are retained in original handle
that handle can be assigned to a field
as FldSetTextHandle
Any query plz ask
Regards,
Sorry for being late but I thinkl I can Help
Your code I have modified
==========================
static void ActionLoadRecords (FormPtr frm)
{
FieldPtr fld;
MemHandle h;
Char* buffer;
Char place[90];
WChar outChar;
UInt16 index;
UInt32 inOffset = 0;
DmOpenRef gDB = 0;
UInt16 length;
UInt16 b;
index = 1;
h = DmQueryRecord(gDB, index);
buffer = MemHandleLock(h);
//MemHandleUnlock(h);
length = StrLen(buffer);
//place [length];
b=0;
while (inOffset<length)
{
inOffset += TxtGetNextChar(buffer, inOffset, &outChar);
if (outChar == nullChr)
{
place[b]=outChar; //Modified b from b-1
}
b ++; //I addedd
}
//StrCopy(h, place); //this is the problem line
StrCopy(buffer,place);
fld = FrmGetObjectPtr (frm, FrmGetObjectIndex (frm, ActionPrevField));
FldSetTextHandle (fld, h);
FldReleaseFocus (fld);
MemHandleUnlock(h); // Inserted here
}
==========================
I try to explain the Problem
MemHandle is a Void* data type.
I is used to allocate memory for Movable chuncks
Now DmQueryRecord returns such a unlocked handle whitch you store in some memhandle type variable
Palm OS can move this chunck for memory management So you have to lock this chunck for the time you require to process/access its data.
So MemHandleLock locks the check and return the ptr of type char*
You can perform operations on that pointer type such as Updations deletions
at the end when you unlock all the updations are retained in original handle
that handle can be assigned to a field
as FldSetTextHandle
Any query plz ask
Regards,
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I know a bit of C, if you can post the *exact* error messages here, may be I can be of some help
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