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
>
>
>
>
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