In article <110354@palm-dev-forum>, Ron Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The blurb say that "Palm OS Programming Bible, 2nd Ed." > covers OS 5 API's. > > Has anyone read this? How does it compare to other > PalmOS programming books in usefulness and quality? > > Thanks, > > Ron N. > HotPaw Productions I just read this book as well as Neil Rhodes (and Julie McKeehan)'s book last week in preparation for the Palm Powered Certified Developer Exam. While much of the information was a rehash for me (I've been doing Palm OS development for 6 years now), it did cover some topics and point out a few things that I didn't know. However, I did find some errors, for instance, on page 804, it says (in reference to the Treo Rocker Switch): "Given that there is no way to tell whether a vchrPageUp or vchrPageDown character came from the Rocker Switch or from the scroll buttons, the Rocker Switch is more useful for scrolling data than it is for selecing data." This is not correct as there is a call HsEvtMetaEvent which can tell you if the vchrPageUp/Down came from the rocker or the hard buttons. In addition, like all published books, it is outdated. The references to Palm OS 5 are all theoretical as the book says that no OS 5 device is on the market. Overall, I think that it is a good book, especially for reference. It is definitely more complete than Neil's book. -- Scott Gruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.gruby.com/> -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
