"Danny Epstein" <Danny.Epstein@...> wrote in message
news:77662@palm-dev-forum...

> Mark A. Peters wrote:
> > I wrote code to beam an application, and figured that simply setting the
> > goToCreator field to the app's creator ID in the Exchange Manager socket
> > for the beam would make this happen.  I was wrong though - the
application was
> > never sent the goto launch code.

> Which app is receiving the beam? Since your app isn't on the receiving
> device, it must be Launcher. [...]

Ah, of course, that makes sense - I am setting the target to the launcher.

> > I don't see a way from the application's point of view that it can tell
> > the difference of being beamed or being installed.

> This is the key. If your app is doing the beaming, then it can change the
> app "on the way out". [...]

Unfortunately, in one context it will be the app beaming itself, but in
another it will be a beam station not running any of our software (for the
near future anyway).

> This is all great fun, but you should ask yourself whether you want to
> auto-launch your app after it's beamed. [...]

In my case, what's being beamed is a self-extracting archive, and primarily
from a beam station to people who are going to use the app right away.  In
that context, auto-launch seems like a good idea from a user experience
point of view.

Mark Peters



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