On 3/13/06, colmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am preparing to write a Palm application to handle VFAT files on a CF card. > Are there any traps for newbies? > > If I purchase a PDA with a CF card installed can I assume that VFS and > Expansion managers together with the necessary libraries will already be > resident in the device. Having tested for their presence can I then just > follow the instructions in the OS Programmer's Companion for VFS Create, > Write, Save, Read, Delete etc.?
What device are you planning on getting? There are no currently shipping Palm OS devices that use Compact Flash; in the past, CF as available on the TRGPro HandEra 330 and on a few Sony CLIE devices. The CLIE devices required a separate driver which provided a VFS layer, while the HandEra 330 did VFS access. None of those devices handle FAT32 formatted devices, although I think they should be able to deal with VFAT-style directory listings. -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
