On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Frank S. Fejes wrote:
> Both said they wanted to get the Palm V since they loved the look, feel,
> and workability of the Palm, but both said they needed to store medium
> to large text files and lists and that the Palm could not do it without
> buying some third party software (which to them was not justifiable
> considering they were about to play a bloated $450).
ZDOC is free, and you can edit records, and there are other free DOC
readers and conversion programs out there. So "cost" is not a valid
objection. Personally I use QED (and have registered it) for both DOC
reading and writing larger notes.
Palm should consider a shareware/freeware/demoware directory on their
installation CD and include such things, so people wouldn't have to go
out over the internet.
Actually what is most lacking is a graphical memo pad. Something like
doodle.
> So, I guess the question is: when is this going to be fixed? Man, for
> whatever reason, this seemingly small issue is losing customers and I
> just hate to see that happen. And it's not just these two people. I've
> heard it before:
> "Doesn't it have a limitation on the size of the notes you can write?"
>
> <groan>
Or you could simply say "no". And offer to beam them a DOC reader/writer.
> Thanks for the soapbox...I think I'll go soak my head and take my
> medication.
Note that the MemoPad source is available as an example, but I think the
fundamental limitation is that editable text fields are limited to 4K in
size, and the memo pad simply takes a memo record and points the form's
text field at it. So it would not be a simple matter of replacing 4096
with some other number - you would have to manage the text field.
