>Subject: Newbie question - trying to find some info
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:39:56 +1100
>I am just starting to try to do port one of our applications to the Palm.
>I understand that the Palm OS v3.5 is a single user interface - that is, if
>I have interpreted this correctly, the OS can have only one application
>running simultaneously.
>Our application sometimes needs more than one application running.
First, redesign your application for the characteristics of the platform.
Second, keep in mind that switching between applications on
the Palm OS is extremely quick and there is a good interprocess
communication method ("preferences") available to you.
Therefore, you can easily implement an environment where
co-operating programs switch between each other without the user
being aware that one program has been ended and another started.
Approaching PalmOS (r) development with a "windows" mentality
can have you making some very unwise design assumptions.
Roger Stringer
Marietta Systems, Inc.
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