I hear ya. My background in Win API/COM and all that GUI crap was
invaluable when I was forced to learn the Palm OS in 2 weeks. =)
I think some questions don't get answered because the questioner
didn't make a whole lot of sense when wording it. Then we all
just stare at it and go "ugh." and promptly delete it out of our
mail.
// Rus Daniel Nesse
// Application Development
// Avnet Convergent Technologies
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ben Combee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 4:33 PM
>To: Palm Developer Forum
>Subject: Re: Beginners List
>
>
>I think some questions go unanswered because they are elementary C
>questions. The experienced developers here tend to be
>interested in solving
>questions related specifically to the challenges of the Palm.
>
>Also, quite a few beginner (and expert) questions have been
>answered before.
>It is always a good idea to do a few searchs in the list
>archives before
>broadcasting your question out the list (see the links to eGroups and
>eScribe provided on the PalmOS developer forum pages.
>
>By its nature, the Palm really isn't an entry-level device on
>which to work.
>Not only does its handle-based memory architecture make standard C
>programming difficult, but the developer materials really
>expect you to have
>a background in event-driven programming models from having worked on
>another platform.
>
>
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