[missing-sync-palmos-dev-talk] Bridge Library Questions

[Scott Gruby]

On Feb 16, 2006, at 11:20 AM, Wyatt Webb wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I apologize if this isn't the right forum, but I didn't see a  
> better communication mechanism on the website.
>
> First, I am planning to use the bridge library with our application  
> rather than a conduit. In the past, we have weak-linked to the  
> HotSync Library so we can see how many users and find the names  
> from within our application. As we move to Xcode and do the Intel  
> thing, it seems that the bridge library is the best solution. My  
> question is: Is this an approved use of the library? I just don't  
> want to incur any legal problems without knowing it.
>

You are free to use the bridge library; we impose no restrictions on it.

> Second, using the bridge library works great with my PPC builds,  
> but in the Intel builds, loadBridge always returns false. Might I  
> be doing something wrong? Or is this a known issue? Any clues as to  
> what might be preventing a successful load?
>

Do you have Missing Sync installed? The bridge library when linked  
into an Intel application is only going to return true if Missing  
Sync is installed. The bridge library was designed for use by  
conduits; it isn't going to work properly in your case without  
Missing Sync installed because HotSync Library is CFM and your Intel  
app can't talk to a CFM shared library (that's why we return false).  
If you have Missing Sync installed, let me know and I'll take another  
look at the code. If Missing Sync is not installed, you will have to  
create a PowerPC only app as a helper app and talk to it via  
distributed objects as the PowerPC only app can talk to HotSync  
Library in cases where Missing Sync is not installed.

If I haven't explained this well enough, let me know and I'll take  
another stab. Feel free to ask more questions about the bridge  
library here.

Thanks.

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Scott Gruby
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