that question has been answered too by Aaron and me: yes it is possible but undocumented and unsupported unless you know what you're doing (which it seems you do not quite) do not do it.
On 12/12/06, Lin George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Roger, I appreciate your help and others as well. I understand your > points and they are helpful. But what I want to do it to port some Windows > Mobile applications, which use true multi-task (multi-thread more > accurately). > > The differences of multi-task senses between my application and the > solution you mentioned are, > > 1. Not a hacking way by using un-documented features; > > 2. Callback function is not working in all cases of a true multi-threaded > (for example, an elegant producer -- consumer case, backtest sample in > financial stock exchange simulation -- one thread to simulate one user to > make stock deal, other types of games ...). Because callback function works > on per notification basis, but multi-task application concept is beyond > that. > > What I concern is the *true* multi-task environment, which supports > generally all kinds of multi-threaded application (for example, the two > samples I listed above). Could Palm OS 5.2 be capable of doing it? > > > regards, > George > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Roger Stringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Palm Developer Forum <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:05:08 AM > Subject: Re: multi-threaded application in Palm OS 5.2 > > > You are trying to over-think the situation and you've received good > information in response to your prior e-mails. > > Palm OS has one foreground user task. But other programs can and do > get called in the background in response to Launch codes and > Notifications. So you need read the documentation on those two, and > understand them. > > Roger Stringer > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > > -- > For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to > unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- Best Regards, Dmitry Grinberg Software Engineer, http://PalmPowerups.com (847) 226 9295 AIM: DmitryGrinberg MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 165589894 Y! IM: dmitrygr2003 -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
