Thanks for the info. Is the packing/unpacking algorithm documented
anywhere? If not, could you publish it?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Fedor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 1:54 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Palm.net decompression algorithms?
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> >When bytes come from palm.net they're either uncompressed,
> compressed using
> >LZ77 or compressed using "bitpacked" compression. Do the routines to
> >uncompress bitpacked (or even LZ77) exist anywhere in the libraries?
>
> The LZ77 scheme is not currently in use; existing Palm VII devices don't
> have code to decypher them. That feature might be added in the future.
>
> As for undoing bitpacking: no, there aren't any APIs.
>
> -David Fedor
> Palm Developer Support
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