>While PDF files are nice for "offline" reading, they are worthless when you
are
>in the middle of code development and need to look at the functions
available to
>a Button object.
Buy the printed copy. Mine already paid for themselves in saved time.
>Considering CW is at release 5, it is STILL primative compared to the tools
>available for Windows development.
IYHO. I found CW has several features that make it superior to anything MS
has produced. Have you tried VC++ 5 or 6? Their UI is counter-intuitive
and rather horrible. CW may be buggy, but when MW cleans it up and makes it
work more like a standard windows MDI app, the CW UI could be rather useful.
>Borland, MS and even Symantec compilers have online help available (from
within
>the IDE) for the API functions and compiler library functions.
Download the 3rd party help system. If you purchase the printed manuals,
you'll never use the online help system.
>And depending upon the IDE your using (Delphi, Builder, VB ...) they all
have
>"immediate" help available for any objects; properties, functions and
events.
I fount myself using those help systems and 90% of the time I would print
out the page for reference instead of keeping it on the screen. I bought
the CW docs from computerliteracy so I don't have to print out the help
(PDF) topics anymore. Much better than an online system (except you can't
cut and past from a book)
>I think the "next" update/verison of CW should look at becoming more
developer
>friendly.
I'm just hoping it crashes less.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kerry Podolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: Help on C
>Steve,
>
>I think, Simon, is asking for the same thing I am.
>
>While PDF files are nice for "offline" reading, they are worthless when you
are
>in the middle of code development and need to look at the functions
available to
>a Button object.
>
>Considering CW is at release 5, it is STILL primative compared to the tools
>available for Windows development.
>Borland, MS and even Symantec compilers have online help available (from
within
>the IDE) for the API functions and compiler library functions.
>And depending upon the IDE your using (Delphi, Builder, VB ...) they all
have
>"immediate" help available for any objects; properties, functions and
events.
>
>I think the "next" update/verison of CW should look at becoming more
developer
>friendly.
>
>Kerry
>
>
>"Creative Digital Publishing Inc." wrote:
>
>> >Can anybody tell me if there is a help file/HTML/book or C guide that
>> >tells me
>> >the information about the classes, fields and methods inherent in the
Pilot?
>>
>> There are PDF (Adobe Acrobat) versions of the Palm OS documentation
>> included on the CodeWarrior CD-ROM. You can also find a downloadable
>> version of "Palm Programming, The Developer's Guide" on Palm's web site.
>> Per se, the Palm OS doesn't have any classes or methods. All the OS
>> functions are accessed using procedural C-language APIs. Is there
something
>> more that you're looking for?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steve Mann
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Creative Digital Publishing Inc.
>> 1317 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3117
>> -------------------------------------------
>> 805.788.0138 805.593.3811 (fax)
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cdpubs.com
>
>
>
