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 > > > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please > see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
