One should be careful and read the startup guide. First time I was trying to do a reset, it didn't work. As it turned out I was poking the microphone, ... it was lucky to have survived.
----- Original Message ---- From: Eric Iverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Beta forum <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:32:27 AM Subject: Re: [Jbeta] Pocket PC Beta PocketPC hint: a soft reset is analogous to a reboot for a desktop. If things are really messed up, do a reboot. It varies by machine, but typically you poke the stylus in a small hole in the back. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Guinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Beta forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:24 AM Subject: [Jbeta] Pocket PC Beta >I continue to be impressed with the power that I can hold in my hand >with the Pocket PC and J on it. I have finally played with it and took >a simple script from my regular PC and tried it on the Pocket PC. >Following is the script boiled down along with comments on some >differences I found. > > NB. Start ---------------------------------------- > TST=: 0 : 0 > pc tst closeok nomax;pn "Test 6700"; > xywh 27 9 44 12;cc ok button;cn "OK"; > xywh 9 50 44 12;cc cancel button ws_border;cn "Cancel"; > xywh 59 21 50 26;cc pppp edit es_right rightmove; > xywh 9 7 92 10;cc ccstatic static ss_right;cn "AAAAAAAAAAAAA:"; > xywh 59 47 50 12;cc iii edit es_right rightmove ws_thickframe; > xywh 59 60 50 11;cc ttttt edit ws_disabled es_right rightmove; > pas 6 6;pcenter; > rem form end; > ) > > tst_run=: 3 : 0 > wd TST > NB. initialize form here > font=.'"lucida console" 24' > wd 'setfont pppp ' ,font > NB. wd 'setcolor ttttt 0 0 0 255 255 0 255 255 0' > wd 'set ttttt *123' > wd 'pshow;' > ) > > tst_close=: 3 : 0 > wd'pclose' > ) > > tst_cancel_button=: 3 : 0 > tst_close'' > ) > > tst_run'' > NB. End --------------------------------------------- > > > Random comments: > > I assume that the goal of the Pocket PC version of J is to be as > nearly compatible with the bigger versions as is practical. That seems > to be quite good for internals and for graphics so far. However, the > basic wd commands seem to have a lot of differences. Generally, I feel > that valid wd commands for regular PC J should not cause errors on the > Pocket PC, but should be ignored if not supported. What I mean is that > such wd commands should not cause a domain error. But it would be nice > if a list of commands which are not intended to be supported be > available. > > Running the above script on my PC with Windows XP and then the same > script on my XP 6700 gave the following differences: > > 0. Edit objects have no border. They are invisible on the form but I > can tab to them and type in them. > > 1. Specifying ws_thickframe give a vertical bar on the left of the > edit object. > > 2. es_right ignored. > > 3. setcolor not supported, causes wd domain error. > > 4. qprinters not supported, causes wd domain error. > > 5. Buttons don't change appearance when the current object on the > form. > > 6. Overlapping objects have different one on top. > > 7. At one time got an error which showed up in qer as "command not > supported : 1085". What is 1085? > > 8. If there was an error on my form then I couldn't get Menu J/Next or > J/Previous to work. I had to rerun j.exe to get them to work. Also, > typing into the ijx window wouldn't work either - The cursor was gone > in the ijx window. Also, sometimes the ijx menu list disappears > (except for the J) when a wd error occurs. > > > Other comments: > > 9. I can't figure out how to tell if I am running on a Pocket PC or a > regular PC on WINCE. wd 'wm' and wd 'qscreen' give accurate screen > sizes but that doesn't seem like a good way to tell. > > 10. One thing I am doing is putting a lot of stuff onto a storage card > and on LAN. I can't figure out how to get those folders to show up for > the file menu. I can access them with the normal J file conjunction > and also can access them through USERFOLDERS. One thing I tried to do > was create a shortcut, but I can't find a way to create a shortcut > like I can on Windows XP. I can create files of type ".lnk" but they > show up as normal files if I specify "all files" and just open the > file as a script if I select it. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
