Lynn, > First, we will need to buy a Palm unit
As already pointed out, use POSE first! Unless you aren't in the US, in which case getting the ROM images is problematic without a device of your own. > I've seen a Palm application built with Satellite Forms($$$), and was > told it was quite simple. Yep. It is. I did a prototype app in a couple of hours once, including learning SF. There's a Lite/trial version floating around on some of the Palm programming book CDROMs. It's restricted in what it can do, though. Basically no code (unless you write your own in C/C++), no user-defined menus & there are runtime licence issues. > But most of my on-line research recommends > CodeWarrior($) as the preferred development software. Once again, a lite (free!) version is on some of the CDs. I personally find it pretty crappy, but I'm used to Delphi. Having said that, if you can do it on a Palm you can code it with CW. There is a Pascal compiler coming out next year, which will do everything CW will, but it's a while off yet (www.pocket-technologies.com) You might also want to consider one of the database applications like HanDBase if the application is simple enough. Also consider whether you are going to need a conduit or not (to sync with data on a PC or server). Some of the tools have conduits and some don't. Some only transfer data and don't synchronise it. Palm say you need Java or VC++ to write a conduit, but that's not true (you can even write one in VB). Even with CW, palm apps aren't THAT difficult to write. Go for it! Cheers, Jim Cooper _____________________________________________ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits with Delphi _____________________________________________ Learn how to program Palms in Pascal with the Pocket Studio Early Experience Program! http://www.middlecloud.com -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
