On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 00:07:23 +1000, Mirza salama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello ppl > > My thesis is partly on palmOS. I need to make a program on a older > palmOS pda that wirelessly receives data from a pc program and displays > it, basically an "electronic messages" application. > 1. question; Could i get away by programming something like this on the > palmOs with Java only or will i need to use C?
I don't know for sure, but i think J2ME has all the classes necessary for working with Irda, so it wont be necessary to use C > 2. What development tools do i need? I downloaded the palmOS SDK suite > in the split files taht were on the website but i couldnt join them > together again. I also realised that that sdk comes with eclipse 2. > something. I've currently got eclipse 3.0 set up for java. Which > additional tools/libraries would i need to get to be able to start > programming? That PalmOS SDK is for Developing with C . Inside the SDK has everything you need to Start Programming normal C apps for PalmOS 5(Garnet) and 6 (Cobalt). But it's not what you need to program in Java. For programming in Java you will need a normal J2ME editor (Normal Eclipse + some plugins for J2ME) I Suggest you to do a research in J2ME before start programming. Alternatively you can try superwabba, that is also a virtual machine and it has a Programming Language very similiar to Java, but is less limited than J2ME. Note that you can't use your eclipse to program in C for Palm OS... Palm Os Developer Tools is a superset that contains all you need.. Trying to tune your eclipse for programming in C for palm os would be a bad ideia because of the compilers... But you CAN download some J2ME plugins and start working with your normal eclipse to make some J2ME apps Note there is a Palm OS Java SDK in palmsource site. I didn't try that Regards, Marcelo van Kampen -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
