It sounds like your in a similar boat - except you started with AppForge 
instead of NSBasic. I just wish the learning curve was not so steep. 

> the program on a real pda, but there is a noticeable lag time between
> when you tap the icon and when the first screen shows up.

This is the same with NSBasic. I had to put a splash screen up just you the 
user would know their palm had not died.

Does anyone know of a website that has common palm C functions that could just 
take object ID's and do what you need... Maybe I could create such a site - 
but I would need help from real programmers to show me what my functions are 
doing wrong!

:D
Quoting David Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I weaseled into an AppForge project six months ago, and the here is my
> two cents worth about it:
> 
> runtime is indeed 350K! ...so I will never be able to free up enough
> space on my Palm III to run any AppForge proggies.
> 
> They "gave" me a Handspring Visor for the project, so I can at least run
> the program on a real pda, but there is a noticeable lag time between
> when you tap the icon and when the first screen shows up.
> 
> One of the nice things is you can read and write PDBs from a desktop
> application, which is great for making canned pdbs.
> 
> no support for passing user-defined data types (read 'structs') to
> functions.
> 
> the widgets are all non-palm, but they are consistent, and only a couple
> of them take a while to figure out (AFOwnerDrawGrid!).
> 
> In my spare time I have been learning how to use pilrc and gcc; I like
> it better though the learning curve is a little steeper.
> 
> If I were starting from scratch tomorrow I would have gone with C,
> PocketC, or NSBasic just to retain the wider potential client base that
> might not be ready to part with their Palm III or V yet.
> 
> (If only I could write Palm proggies in PERL!)
> 
> David Martin
> qrsparadigm.com
> 
> 

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Dustin Davis
http://www.shiblon.com

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