> EvtGetPenBtnList. The array it returns holds the information
>of the Apps, Menu, Calc and Find silk screen buttons, in that
>order. (I don't know if that changes on a Japanese device.) I
>tried it once in a hack and it turned out that it cost more than
>just using the physical area define's out of hardware.h.
Of course calling an API is slower than hard-coding the area in your app -
but it seems you've completely missed the point that the buttons can move,
and have done so already!
Your app might not work properly on a Japanese device, and will also have
problems on future devices which might have more/different/moved silkscreen
buttons. Cache the relevant info if you need to get more speed.
Use the APIs, or be doomed to embarassment and annoyed users when a future
device comes out and exposes your assumptions. Up until now, Palm
Computing platform devices have been fairly similar to each other, but
that's not going to stay the case...
(I'm not just talking to you, Daniel, but to all folks doing stuff like
this. Things are going to be exciting and different in the months and
years ahead, so hang on to your hat...)
-David Fedor
Palm Developer Support
