the stand-alone program is not running over the Hackmaster.
you can call it a hack, because it's a petch for the Palm OS, but i think
that when calling something a hack, it ment for hack of Hackmaster.
Richard Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:4826@palm-dev-forum...
>
> Isn't it possible to use the Hackmaster API to patch
> traps while still providing a "main" entry point to be run
> from the launcher.
>
> IOW, just because it runs "stand-alone" doesn't mean
> it's not a "hack" as well. (I think...)
>
> --
> -Richard M. Hartman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> Shay wrote in message <4822@palm-dev-forum>...
> >
> >i know that there at least one application that was a hack, and now (in a
> >new version) they made it stand-alone (this application is counting the
> time
> >spent on each application in the palm)
> >my guess that they get the trap of opening application, start to count,
get
> >the trap for exiting application , stop to count.
> >so if another application will use these traps then the system will be
> >unsatable ?
> >or i'm missing something ?
> >
> >
> >Peter Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:4815@palm-dev-forum...
> >>
> >> The fundamental problem with directly setting the trap is how you clean
> up
> >> after yourself. You can store the old trap address and restore it when
> >> you're cleaning up (turning off the feature). However, what if the trap
> is
> >> patched by two different applications? In this case, if you're the
second
> >> app to do the patching, your old address will actually be the address
of
> >the
> >> first patch. If the first patch is turned off before yours, you'll end
up
> >> turning the first trap back on.
> >>
> >> My understanding is that HackMaster was created specifically to deal
with
> >> this problem, so hacks could be turned on or off in any sequence. Of
> >course,
> >> you still need to turn off a hack before deleting it. I think
HackMaster
> >> takes into account the order in which hacks are turned on, so if
multiple
> >> hacks patch the same trap, you can decide what happens first. I suspect
> >that
> >> most of the time, the result is the same regardless of the order.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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