At 12:00am -0700 00-09-20, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote:
>Subject: strings and string lists
>From: "Charles Rezsonya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:19:57 -0400
>X-Message-Number: 52
>
>Are there any pro's or con's against using strings&string lists versus hard
>coding strings into the app?
In addition to the previous responses, another con to using
hard-coded strings is that they increase the size of your code
resource. This can trigger problems with jumps > +/- 32K, and code
segments > 64K, which would be delayed if string data is contained in
separate resources.
Of course using hard-coded strings is easier, since you don't need to
worry about maintaining resource IDs, you don't need to make
DmGetResource calls, and you don't need to worry about
locking/unlocking/releasing resources.
In general, though, using resources for string data is considered
proper coding practice for Palm apps.
-- Ken
Ken Krugler
TransPac Software, Inc.
<http://www.transpac.com>
+1 530-470-9200
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