"Joe Programmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> --- "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.
I think you're kinda getting off the track of the original
question. I don't think that the question was about a
generic class of plug-in controls, but whether there
were some specific tools available. Palm handles
shared libraries just fine (one that just about everyone
has on their palm is "mathlib"). In the absence of a
generic architecture (or even convention) each of
these shared libraries will essentially have it's own
unique API ... but there is nothing preventing them from
being developed.
That said, I don't believe there _are_ any shared
libs for screen graphics, like the original question
was asking for.
One thing I am not really certain about ... why would
these have to be runtime? Wouldn't a standard
(i.e. compile-time) library of graphic tools be
acceptable?
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