Scott.
Thanks for the response and the insight.
Just wonder why CW5 boilerplates AbtShowAbout, in the first place.
Also, I do have "Palm Programming: The Developer's Guide".
Glossed thru it (as I do with all programming documentation ;-)
and just jumped into the fire.
BUT, I will check out the page you specifed.
Thanks.
Kerry
At 11:23 AM 3/26/99 -0800, you wrote:
>"Kerry W. Podolsky" wrote:
>> I'm playing with CW5 and have just created my first app.
>
>Welcome to the club!
>
>> Compiles fine, even actually runs on the Palm without crashing (that
>> in itself is amazing).
>
>Get used to it, this isn't Windows. :-)
>
>> The boilerplate that CW generates, gives you a Menu with an About menu >
item. It also generates code for the event that looks like:
>> AbtShowAbout(appFileCreator);
>
>It shouldn't use AbtShowAbout. Note the dialog contains logo and
>copyright information for 3Com so it doesn't make sense for a non-3Com
>application. (You'll get used to this sort of thing too...)
>
>If you don't already have "Palm Programming: The Developer's Guide" by
>Neil Rhodes, get it ASAP. Page 188 says the AbtShowAbout function isn't
>appropriate for non-3Com apps because of its contents. The book then
>gives help on creating your own custom About box.
>
>> Where can I find documentation on AbtShowAbout
>
>Eh? AbtShowAbout is "documented" in SDK 3.0 reference volume 1 -- but
>I'll suggest to 3Com that they undocument it for 3.1 since it's not
>useful for real world applications.
>
>(But I must confess -- there >is< a hacky way to make AbtShowAbout use
>your own custom dialog resource, but I'll keep it to myself to avoid a
>rightful scolding from certain cool dudes at 3Com. :-)
>
>> (or even appFileCreator)?
>
>That's just a #define at the top of your own code. You should set up
>the IDE with symbol browsing turned on, so you can just click the mouse
>on any unfamiliar symbol like that and jump to its declaration.
>
>-slj-
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>
>
Kerry W. Podolsky
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