"Chantal C. Leger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Is anyone aware of a utility that would let me get the source code from
> an application I've downloaded. I really like the way they produce the
> visual side of the application but I have know idea how they did this,
> so if I can look at some of the code it would help what I. m doing.
In general, it isn't possible to decompile an application to anything more
revealing that assembly code. However, on the Palm, there are some tools
that can help:
1) Insider and Onboard RsrcEdit both will let you look at the applications
resources and disassemble the code as 68K assembly. I'm not sure if either
of them understands Macsbug debug symbols which some applications leave
embedded inside.
2) Running the code on the PalmOS emulator with logging enabled can give you
a feel for what system calls they use and the event flow. However, you have
to be careful in picking what you target, as the log is limited to the last
1MB of data produced.
3) If the application uses a PQA (web clipping application), there are
several PQA-to-HTML converters available.
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