Important question. If anyone has seen SFIFF (San Francisco
International Film Festival) Guide for the Palm, sponsored by Palm and
created by IS/Complete, you've seen how powerful leveraging the built-in
apps can be. SFIFF has an initial form with several buttons. Some
buttons are assigned to specific movie theatres and put you into the
databook with the schedule for only that theater. Other buttons get to
the memo pad with memos about the festival. All built-in apps reached
have a "done" button added which brings you back to the initial form.
The datebook is such a compelling way to present the schedule of an
event that it would be nice if the techniques for using it in this way
were published.
Jim Anderson
Handwave
> Subject: adding features to standard apps
> From: "Stephen Bentley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 11:14:31 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 28
>
> I was wondering what approaches have been taken when
> wanting to add just one or two features to one of the Palm
> standard apps.
>
> For example:
>
> Add one new menu item to the Address book to launch
> a custom app, then return to the address book.
>
> Something like DateBk3 needs to be a completely seperate app
> that replaces using the Palm Datebook. But for just a few new
> menu items or buttons, what is the best approach?
>
> I'm imagining that Palm would frown on taking the source
> code to Address book, putting a new menu item and hook
> into it and distributing it as my own application.
>
> Your experience is most appreciated.
>
> Steve
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