Thanks!, but what's a HACK? Can it be possible that when somebody else's program is running, and my program's form pops up to say the explanation?
"Chris Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:96483@palm-dev-forum... > > From: "Xue Qu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > HOOK, how can i realize such function? i mean when my pen pressed an > english > > word (any word on the screen) for some time, a form will popup to say its > > meaning.i want to know IS THAT POSSIBLE? > > > It's more difficult in PalmOS to have a hidden application > sitting in the background that pops up when certain conditions > are fulfilled. There is a mechanism called a 'hack' that might > do what you want but I don't know a lot about those so will > leave that area for someone else to comment on. > > What you could consider doing is building a shared library (very > similar to a Windows DLL) that applications can use to support > this functionality. You could then modify the standard Palm > apps to use this library and release these applications (my > understanding is that this Palm allows this sort of extension > using the 'sample' code provided with the SDK). > > The library could also be sold to other developers so that they > can enhance their products in the same way. > > Chris Tutty > > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
