--- "Palm" wrote:
> I beg to differ with you on this. I don't 
> think limited memory or lack of multitasking 
> has anything to do with the lack of 
> components. I think common components would 
> actually save memory ...

--- Joe Programmer wrote:
> (various statements calling into doubt whether
> or not memory would be saved)

--- Mark Ginsberg wrote:
> Well, I think you snipped the last part of 
> the original question which said "It could be 
> something like charts or other such things 
> used for display puposes as on desktop 
> applications". I interpreted that to mean 
> that the original question was for "something 
> like" activex/ocx controls. 

That's exactly what I was talking about.  If you want
to create a pluggable architechture on top of the
current OS which allows programmers to create
something like ocx controls, you need to add a bunch
of code to the OS or create and install a code library
on the device.  This is exactly what AppForge does so
you can create code in VB and run it on a Palm OS
device.  Their helper app is called booster.prc. 
AppForge Booster Version 2.0 uses 676 KB of valuable
Palm memory.  *After* installing it, you get to use
all of the included controls in your AppForge prc.

If you are already building a very large application,
this can be a wonderful thing.  However, there is a
significant overhead.


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