There was an interesting discussion on this topic that took place in October 2004 in this forum. You might browse through the forum to find it under the heading "Background Processing"
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dmitry Grinberg Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:17 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Palm OS 5 Background Threads, Processes 1. no 2. no 3. no well, with a LOT of work it can be done, but officially no. On 6/13/07, Ravi.Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to Palm world (from the Windows Mobile world); > > and I've been trying to find some answers (with no luck after hours of > searching). > > > > I'm hoping some of you can either help me out (or validate that what I'm > trying to do is not possible): > > > > My target devices are Palm Treos (650+, Garnet). I'm willing to work in any > language/compiler I need to (although prefer C++/68k) > > Anyways, my questions are: > > 1. Does/can an application run in the background: eg. if the user launches > my app, then switches to the web-browser, will my app still be running? > > 2. Can I create background/worker threads? > > 3. If not #2, can does inter-process communication exist. Can my main app, > launch another app with no UI element to create multi-processing? And then > have the two apps communicate with each other (either directly thru > process2process communication or indirectly by writing data to disk)? > > > > If the answer to any of the above is yes, can someone point me to > documentation/examples > > > > Thanks, > Ravi > -- > For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/ -- Best Regards, Dmitry Grinberg Software Engineer, http://PalmPowerups.com (847) 226 9295 AIM: DmitryGrinberg MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 165589894 Y! IM: dmitrygr2003 -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/ -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
