As far as I know, the built in apps will not change with the first spin of OS 5. I have heard, however, that they WILL become native (and thus will change) **REAL SOON NOW**. As to what the story will be with respect to access, I don't know.
-bob mckenzie, palmsource pdx -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 5:09 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Palm OS 5 and built-in apps database access Is there much information about OS5 API changes available publicly yet? (ie: For those of us who couldn't make it to Palmsource this year? :) More specifically, I have a few applications which delve into the various databases of the built-ins (like so many of us!). We've all relied on the header files provided to do so, and this of course locked Palm into being unable to extend these applications without breaking all our code. I'm hoping that in OS 5 the built-ins will be updated and also include an API, or guidelines, so that Palm can extend these apps to be more useful, and so we can interact with them in a standard and concistent fashion. Are any details published? I'm assuming my apps will break for OS5, due to directly accessing the built-ins databases.. and I'd really rather have everything fixed up beforehand :) Any ideas when the dev kits will arrive? When Metroworkds will pop out an update that does both ARM and the usuals? Can't wait to rebuild the apps for native ARM.. jeff -- "It's murder out there. You can't even travel around in your own micro circuits without permission from 'Master Control Program'. I mean, sending *ME* down here to play games.... Who does he calculate he is?" -- Peter Jurasik as Crom, _Tron_ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
