Ezekiel,

I can't find article 507.  When I look at
http://kb.palmsource.com/cgi-bin/palmsource.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php there
are only 412 articles.

Thanks,

Mike

--- Ezekiel Sanborndeasis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Internally the T3 uses a different mechanism to support its
> collapsible/dynamic input area. I don't know what the end delivery mechanism
> will be, but from what I understand there will be a set of prc's from them
> that will create a compatibility layer for the platform DIA API  on the T3.
> For the T3 simulator there will be a similar set of dll's to do the same.
> Once the PRCs or DLLs are installed, you should be able to use the platform
> API and everything will work fine.
> 
> As for the overall story, the first platform implementation of the DIA API is
> OS 5.3.  However, Garmin and Tapwave running on OS 5.2 have implemented, with
> our support, a compatible DIA API. And, as mentioned, the Palm Inc device
> will be compatible once the compatibility layer is put on there. As a
> developer you ought not think of OS version but rather check to see if the
> PinMgr feature is set.
> 
> The Sony API is, of course, different. But it is less different then you
> might suspect. The enabling of the DIA is done on an app by app basis on
> their API versus a form by form basis on the platform API, but the process of
> resizing and re-laying out the forms is the same. There is a sample code int
> he KB (article 507) that shows how to write an application that will work on
> both Sony and the platform API. Actually, many applications probably can use
> the utility functions in that sample which abstract the differences between
> the two APIs as is. I have tested the sample in attached to article 507 on OS
> 4 Sony, OS 5 Sony (tall and landscape), garmin, OS 5.3, tapwave and the Palm
> Inc device. But please do submit any feedback you have or any bug you may
> find with it to the feedback form available from the knowledge base article
> page (yes we do read them :)
> 
> As for future compatibility of the PinMgr API, 68K applications that use the
> platform API will continue to work in OS 6 through PACE. The native window
> manager is fundamentally different then in OS 5 (it has to be to better
> support the multithreaded UI in 6) such that native apps will use a slightly
> different API. But like I said, 68K apps can and should still use the same
> API as they would for OS 5.
> 
> BTW: The sample does not handle the status bar at the moment, but I will try
> and add that in the near future. It should be pretty easy to do so on your
> own.
> 
> -Ezekiel Sanborn de Asis
> PalmSource Developer Support
> 
> 
> 
> 
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