Ben Combee a �crit :

> At 07:51 AM 1/12/2005, you wrote:
> >In general, Nay. This IS suitable if you are doing custom enterprise
> >software where you are responsible for the basic handheld content and
> >configuration. I stopped doing this because of user complaints similar
> >to your wife's.
>
> One more perspective... the whole 'tAIC' resource was added in Palm OS 3.5
> to make it easier for Palm to build ROM images.  Before, we had to supply a
> custom launcher DB in the ROM on a device that got copied to RAM on a hard
> reset in order to set the categories of the built-in applications.  Adding
> this resource meant that the launcher could be more easily changed, and we
> didn't have to waste ROM space with another DB image.
>
> What's good for programs built into the device may not be good for programs
> that get installed afterward.

But wouldn't it be smart if Palm OS at least re-installed programs in the same
category they're currently in? i.e if you install version 2 of program ABC
whose version 1 is already in category Main, why does Palm OS put it in
Unfiled?


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Luc Le Blanc



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