"Scott Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message de news:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> As a serial manager newbie, I just looked up this Old and New serial
manager
> business and found potentially confusing information:
>
> Companion Vol.2 p.94 -
>   "The old Serial Manager API is available on all versions of
>    Palm OS; however, it only supports RS-232 communications
>    and low-level IrDA communications."
>
> Reference p.1383 -
>   "NOTE: The API described in this chapter is obsolete if the New
>    Serial Manager Feature Set is present. The API is still supported
>    for backward compatibility; however, the Serial Manager APIs are
>    preferred."
>
> It could be made more clear that "obsolete" really means "subject to
removal
> without much notice" as opposed to just "isn't as cool as the new API that
> does the same stuff and more."
>
> -slj-
>

Thank's for putting this tread back on track.

It is hard to make application that can run un multiple platform with that
kind of upward compatibility.

Reg



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