Re: Resize Button
Carl Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:62576@palm-dev-forum... Does anybody have any insight into resizing a button dynamically? Or should I just use CtlNewControl? Calling these three API calls should let you resize your button. FrmHideObject FrmSetObjectBounds FrmShowObject The hide and show are needed to have the button be redrawn with the new parameters. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re:Serial Ir on PalmOS = 3.3
John, Thank you very much, this clue was just what I needed. The old serial manager works fine on my Visor and my Palm IIIc. It is not working on the Palm 505 (PalmOS 4.0) though, because serCtlIrDAEnable is no longer supported. This is at least what the SerControl call tells me. The new serial manager does not complain about srmCtlIrDAEnable, but it is appearently not working. I don't think it is a hardware problem with my 505 as IrComm is OK. The new serial manager returns serErrBadParam when I try to set srmCtlRxEnable. So maybe this is where the problem is. - Henrik Dalgaard d. 15/09/01 0:23 skrev Schettino, John på [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've implemented Ultra-IR as part of the HP open-source coolbase release. It's using the old serial manager, but sends/receives without problem using raw serial as you are attempting here. It frames data as ultra packets (limit of about 380 bytes of data per packet) with error checking per packet but no connection/session management (per Ultra specs). That means you don't know if a sent packet is received, but the receiver does know that a packet is valid (or not) when it comes in. You could of course just blast data out/read data in and hope for the best ;) The code is at: http://devnet.hp.com/projects/coolbase/ or more specifically http://devnet.hp.com/cvsweb.php/Esquirt/PalmOS/?cvsroot=coolbase The source file you want is sir.c. - John Schettino -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Form display inside a HACK - strange !
Im trying to display a form within a hack. Its not going very well. By
experimentation Ive come up with the simple code below (Ive left out the
standard hack stuff which traps on sysProcessSoftKeystroke).
On detecting the keystroke it displays my alert 666 till I hit OK, then
displays
the form 4000 for 6 seconds. But after that things get strange.
If Im in another app then the buttons on the screen dont work. If Im in
the
standard CALC then the buttons work, but display rather strangely
indeed. If Im
in the apps screen itself then I get this (in POSE) on hitting the apps
button again :
applications just read from memory location 0x801A. This access
usually
indicates that the aplication is calling a Window Manager function
without first
establishing a valid Draw Window.
Clearly Ive upset something by not understanding what I should really be
doing.
Can anyone enlighten me please ?
pres = DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator('HACK', 'test', dmModeReadOnly);
FrmAlert(666);
pfrm = FrmInitForm(4000);
FrmDrawForm(pfrm);
SysTaskDelay((Int32) SysTicksPerSecond() * 6);
FrmEraseForm(pfrm);
DmCloseDatabase(pres);
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how to set TABLE item FONT
Hi, Could anyone guide me on where in my table handling code could I place the API for setting the font of a particular table item (TblSetItemFont()). I have used it before TblSetItemPtr() and tried after it too before TblDrawTable()...but it does not work in any of the cases. Any clue as to where exactly in the code will the API work will be appreciated. thanks and regds, Priti. Information Technologies (India) Ltd. (www.itil.com), an SEI CMM level 5 company, provides high quality, cost-effective services to meet the challenges of the new economy. ITIL specializes in a wide spectrum of technology domains, including Web application development, Mobile Computing and WAP. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
ANSI Lib support for Palm
Hi folks, I read the Code Worrior documentation and in the file Targeting_Palm_OS.pdf in the section named MSL for Palm OS there is an statement which says: Metrowerks Standard Libraries (MSL), which provide ANSI-standard library routines for C and C++ programming, is not yet available for use with Palm OS. But in the code worrior IDE there is this folder called MSL.which contains various include and header files for ANSI C/C++ support. My doubt/question is that while developing an application for Palm OS are we supposed to use those include files.As the doc says for Palm there is still no ANSI standard library routines. If that is the case i am little confused as why the MSL folder is provided with the CodeWorrior IDE for Palm. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
problem with a editable table.
hi all, i have run into a problem with a editable table. i am using a texttable item i have set the field attribute Editable to true. i hv written a loaddata savecallback function also. now my problem is eventhough i hv a made an editable field within the table, i am not able to enter anything into the field.Even if i put the cusror on the field,i dont see the cursor there. also the execution does not enter into savecallback function (i hv tried setting the breakpoint there) i hv tried calling drawfield after setting attibutes. am i missing something? please let me know. thanx regards, Ajit -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Creating a Event to shutdown app
- Original Message - From: Johnathan Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 11:01 PM Subject: Creating a Event to shutdown app Can someone please tell me how to make a event that will shutdown my app! __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Hide control
Hello All, Everybody now, how i can hide labels and fields from form. I try to use functions CtlHideControl and CtlSetUseble(false) - it work only for checker, but not for label and field Thank you -- Best regards, RedStar -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Hide control
FrmHideObject At 15:32 17.09.01 +0400, you wrote: Hello All, Everybody now, how i can hide labels and fields from form. I try to use functions CtlHideControl and CtlSetUseble(false) - it work only for checker, but not for label and field Thank you -- Best regards, RedStar -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: ANSI Lib support for Palm
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Gaurav Palvia wrote: My doubt/question is that while developing an application for Palm OS are we supposed to use those include files. As the doc says for Palm there is still no ANSI standard library routines. I'm not sure about CW, but my experience with GCC may be useful anyway. I've found that, in that case, at least several ANSI standard functions could be used, but they increase code size since apparently they're in a library that implements them in terms of equivalent PalmOS calls. It's better to use the direct calls in that case, unless you need it to be platform-independent. It's the same idea behind the Berkeley socket call wrapper around the Palm OS NetLib calls (something I use because of ORA's recommendation... you can write and debug the network code on another platform and then easily port it to the Palm that way). -- Brian Smith // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // http://www.arthurian.nu/ Software Developer // Gamer // Webmaster // System Administrator fortune: cannot execute. Out of cookies. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
editable field
Hi,
I'm trying to edit a string in a field. The string is part of a struct
read as a database record:
typedef struct
{
UInt32 otherUint32;
Char theString[30];
UInt16 otherUint16;
DateType otherDate;
} myrec;
myrec *recP;
myrec *nilP=0;
The string is initialized:
recP-theString[0]=0;
Note that the field max characters is set to 30 in constructor. Then,
the record chunk is locked and its handle passed to the field:
FldSetText(fldP,recordHandle,(UInt32)
nilP-theString,sizeof(myrec-theString));
All this works well except that when the field is edited, the characters
are inserted in the memory, and hence moving all elements that follow
the string in the record by a number of bytes equal to the number of
characters input. Is there any way to have the field replace rather than
insert the characters, or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks,
Massimo
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Re: I hate to say I told you so but..
For what it's worth, I don't like his tone either. But though the original post indeed smells like a troll, what better place is there to discuss Palm's shortcomings? Too many posters view this forum as some kind of Palm booster club, and they jump on everyone -- even thoughtful writers -- who criticizes Palm. This stifles what could be a very useful debate. As someone whose career is now mixed up with this device, I don't think this sentimentality is a good idea. Palm has made mistakes and they apparently continue to make them -- who knows this better than this group? And who has more to lose if things don't change? Anyway, here's the reason I bought an iPAQ: they are vastly easier to program. Palm's API makes even the simplest programming tasks arduous. And yes, I know why it's like that -- I don't need to be reminded. Some people don't see this as a problem, but I assure you, my employer does. The fact is, hardware constraints are no longer -- or at least, no longer have to be -- what limits us. Microsoft, despite my loathing for them, has demonstrated that they understand this. Palm hasn't. Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:62476@palm-dev-forum... I hadn't actually intended to respond to the original msg, but since it has continued I guess I will. I don't really have a problem w/ honest criticism. Palm certainly _is_ a bit slow on the enhancement track. HOWEVER ... Mr, Davis' message was and is almost certainly more intended as flame-bait, to judge by it's tone. To begin with, the subject line (I hate to say I told you so) is BS -- he certainly seems to enjoy it thoroughly in the body of the msg. His tone is not one of warning, but more that of a kindergartener saying nyah nyah when someone he doesn't like is getting his comeuppance. Finally, I am not entirely certain I agree w/ his analysis. Palm has had wireless longer than just about anybody ... how well did the VII do in the market? What about color? Even sticking w/ Palm and not going to the licensees we have the IIIc and the 505. Finally, even sound is really not that much in demand for a PDA. It is a cute novelty, but even the people I know who have a WinCE device don't use the gimmicky little audio memo feature. Memory. Battery life. Ease of use. Speed. Those are what Palm has focussed on, and they've done a pretty good job. They're adding the rest as they can. A bit slower than some of us think they should, perhaps, but they're adding them. I think the next generation w/ the ARM processor is going to address a lot of the horsepower issues. With that horsepower will come the ability to play MP3s (if you really want to waste that much of your memory on them ...) Wireless will probably remain a high-end option (unless Bluetooth finally takes off). Color is, of course, necessary in the future models. I don't really think it will be long before BW is no longer offered. So yes, Jeremy, I _don't_ like Mr. Davis' tone. And if you want people to seriously consider what you are saying, that is something you have to take into account. -- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
menu / AysAppLaunch problem
Hi, in my app I launch a other via SysAppLaunch from a menu, if I use the shortcut (e.g. /L) it works, if I open the menu by tapping the titlebar or the menu button and select the item from the menu list - the app called with SysAppLaunch crashes. The code wich handles the menu item looks like this: --- snip --- casecmd_runApp: handled = true; runApp(); break; --- snip --- What could be the problem ? thanks ... Collin -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
OT--RE: I hate to say I told you so but..
Perhaps PocketPC might be easier to program, but difficult to use. I would much rather have programmers (including myself) suffer and let the users enjoy the simplicity--not the other way around. I had a professor in college forced me to write a one-page paper on Plato. Believe me I suffered through a couple of weeks on this. I thought it would be a lot easier to write multiple pages to say what I want to say, but such format forced me to think about what's essential and not essential. Also, the final product looked a lot better as a result of my sufferings. Also, one of the important things about Palm is backward compatibility, and so far I have suffered minimum inconvenience for Palm, while I have stopped using my own WinCE devices altogether. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Can someone show me how to get this table example working with text
Can anyone show me how to get this table working with
text and not labels
/**
*
* Copyright (c) 1999 Palm Computing, Inc. or its
subsidiaries.
* All rights reserved.
*
* File: Starter.cpp
*
*/
#include PalmOS.h
#include StarterRsc.h
/***
*
* Entry Points
*
***/
/***
*
* Internal Structures
*
***/
typedef struct
{
UInt8 replaceme;
} StarterPreferenceType;
typedef struct
{
UInt8 replaceme;
} StarterAppInfoType;
typedef StarterAppInfoType* StarterAppInfoPtr;
/***
*
* Global variables
*
***/
//static Boolean HideSecretRecords;
/***
*
* Internal Constants
*
***/
#define appFileCreator 'STRT'
#define appVersionNum 0x01
#define appPrefID 0x00
#define appPrefVersionNum 0x01
// Define the minimum OS version we support (2.0 for
now).
#define ourMinVersion
sysMakeROMVersion(2,0,0,sysROMStageRelease,0)
MemPtr myPtr;
/***
*
* Internal Functions
*
***/
/***
*
* FUNCTION:RomVersionCompatible
*
* DESCRIPTION: This routine checks that a ROM version
is meet your
* minimum requirement.
*
* PARAMETERS: requiredVersion - minimum rom version
required
*(see
sysFtrNumROMVersion in SystemMgr.h
*for format)
* launchFlags - flags that indicate
if the application
*UI is initialized.
*
* RETURNED:error code or zero if rom is
compatible
*
* REVISION HISTORY:
*
*
***/
static Err RomVersionCompatible(UInt32
requiredVersion, UInt16 launchFlags)
{
UInt32 romVersion;
// See if we're on in minimum required version of the
ROM or later.
FtrGet(sysFtrCreator, sysFtrNumROMVersion,
romVersion);
if (romVersion requiredVersion)
{
if ((launchFlags (sysAppLaunchFlagNewGlobals |
sysAppLaunchFlagUIApp)) ==
(sysAppLaunchFlagNewGlobals |
sysAppLaunchFlagUIApp))
{
FrmAlert (RomIncompatibleAlert);
// Palm OS 1.0 will continuously relaunch this app
unless we switch to
// another safe one.
if (romVersion ourMinVersion)
{
AppLaunchWithCommand(sysFileCDefaultApp,
sysAppLaunchCmdNormalLaunch, NULL);
}
}
return sysErrRomIncompatible;
}
return errNone;
}
/***
*
* FUNCTION:GetObjectPtr
*
* DESCRIPTION: This routine returns a pointer to an
object in the current
* form.
*
* PARAMETERS: formId - id of the form to display
*
* RETURNED:void *
*
* REVISION HISTORY:
*
*
***/
static void * GetObjectPtr(UInt16 objectID)
{
FormPtr frmP;
frmP = FrmGetActiveForm();
return FrmGetObjectPtr(frmP, FrmGetObjectIndex(frmP,
objectID));
}
/***
*
* FUNCTION:MainFormInit
*
* DESCRIPTION: This routine initializes the MainForm
form.
*
* PARAMETERS: frm - pointer to the MainForm form.
*
* RETURNED:nothing
*
* REVISION HISTORY:
*
*
***/
static Char *drow[10];
static void MainFormInit(FormPtr frmP)
{
Int16 i;
TablePtr tableP2 = (TablePtr)FrmGetObjectPtr( frmP,
FrmGetObjectIndex(frmP,MainMyTable) );
for (i=0; i10; i++)
{
TblSetItemStyle( tableP2, i,0, labelTableItem );
drow[i] = (char *)MemPtrNew(7);
StrPrintF( drow[i], Row %d, i+1 );
TblSetItemPtr( tableP2, i, 0,
Re: OT--RE: I hate to say I told you so but..
Also, one of the important things about Palm is backward compatibility, and so far I have suffered minimum inconvenience for Palm, while I have stopped using my own WinCE devices altogether. Maybe this is where Palm has truly missed the boat. What better way to boost hardware sales than to introduce a shiny new model with all the bells and whistles but no backwards compatibility? Slowly, developers only release for the new models and users are forced to upgrade or face obsolescence. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
NetServiceAPI and Log-in-Scripts
Hi, I want to write a program that adds a new network entry in the network panel using the NetServiceAPI. ( I mean the NetServiceAPI you can found there: http://oasis.palm.com/dev/kb/samples/2370.cfm ). The problem is, that I need a Log-In-Script for the new network-connection. I can write a Log-In-Script manually from the network panel, but I want to do that from my program. Is there any way to do that with the NetServiceAPI, or is there any other way to add a Log-In-Script to my connection within my program? Thank you for any help, Jochen Stappert -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Create custom font
Hi, can anybody explain me how to create custom font and use it in your application? any example is there? Thanx, in advance Geeta Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
French translation from English
I am using a .R resource to hold all the strings etc for my application. I have translated the visible text from English into French for a French version of the application. When I run the application on the Palm emulator with a French ROM installed, some of the letters are not displayed correctly. ie an upper case 'E' with a slopping line above it is displayed as three dots eg '...' None of the French letters with accents are displayed correctly on the Palm, but are fine in the resource. Is there a setting within Codewarrior or Constructor that I need to change ? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Can someone show me how to get this table example working with text
...could somebody please write my program for me... Please, state a question. Sending a complete code file like this, without resources, is completely useless. Specially since your code is totally devoid of table related calls. What you have sent is nothing but the CW starter project's starter.c, and you have done absolutely NOTHING with it. Seriously, you have been asking table questions for quite a while now, and gotten quite a number of very nice and relevant answers. How about stop insulting the intelligence of everybody out here and take the time to actually sit down and try to understand the tips you have got and the sample code. Creating tables, with scroll bars, given the help you have got so far would take you max 4 hours, given average intelligence, some reading of the docs and playing with the sample code. Give it a try and us a break. Karl-Koenig Koenigsson -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Can someone show me how to get this table example working with text
People are a little more inclined to help when it appears that you are actually making an effort to understand yourself. If you don't care enough to read peoples responses, or read the docs/samples, we sure won't care. Jamie -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Can someone show me how to get this table example working with text
I am trying my best but I am new to C/C++ and palm programming. I got my sample working with labels but I need text! --- Jamie Macleod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People are a little more inclined to help when it appears that you are actually making an effort to understand yourself. If you don't care enough to read peoples responses, or read the docs/samples, we sure won't care. Jamie -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ __ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: OT--RE: I hate to say I told you so but..
Perhaps PocketPC might be easier to program, but difficult to use. I half-heartily agree with the first part of this statement. Two of my customers, one is deploying on PPC, the other on Palm OS. The PPC project is months from deploying because of lack of 3rd party components and half-completed MS technologies. The Palm OS project has barely begun and is expected to be deployed in the next 4 weeks. While the PPC has better C/C++ RAD tools, the backend support is immature. Generally, once you're done with the main app, Palm has PPC beat hands down for total system integration, for now. The second part of the statement I completely agree with. PPC may be feature rich but Palm is just plain easier to use and has a lower total cost of ownership (as per my own findings). I deal with few tech-savvy customers, PPC is too difficult for them to learn and use. Palm is correct for adding features to the OS as long as they maintain ease of use. BTW: haven't sold a single color Palm yet. - Original Message - From: Kenneth S. Rhee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:53 AM Subject: OT--RE: I hate to say I told you so but.. Perhaps PocketPC might be easier to program, but difficult to use. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: ANSI Lib support for Palm
Gaurav Palvia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:62585@palm-dev-forum... Hi folks, I read the Code Worrior documentation and in the file Targeting_Palm_OS.pdf in the section named MSL for Palm OS there is an statement which says: Metrowerks Standard Libraries (MSL), which provide ANSI-standard library routines for C and C++ programming, is not yet available for use with Palm OS. But in the code worrior IDE there is this folder called MSL.which contains various include and header files for ANSI C/C++ support. My doubt/question is that while developing an application for Palm OS are we supposed to use those include files.As the doc says for Palm there is still no ANSI standard library routines. If that is the case i am little confused as why the MSL folder is provided with the CodeWorrior IDE for Palm. On CodeWarrior for Palm OS release 7, MSL is provided for two reasons: 1) On Mac OS, if you build a program with the Palm OS Simulator, some of the Palm OS headers include ANSI C header files. 2) It is possible to use the freestanding subset of the ANSI C headers on Palm OS. These are the headers which are only macros and type definitions and provide information about the compiler. These include stdarg.h, stddef.h, and limits.h. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
floating point format
hi, could somebody describe the exact floating point format (at bit level) for a 32 bit float used on the palmOS with codewarrior 4? How would the mantissa, exp, sign be for a number such as 2.5? Thanks very much. Chris Chayka [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Hide control
RedStar wrote: Hello All, Everybody now, how i can hide labels and fields from form. I try to use functions CtlHideControl and CtlSetUseble(false) - it work only for checker, but not for label and field Labels and fields are not Controls, some of the Ctl* functions work for other types of GUI elements more or less accidentaly. As mentioned in the Palm OS Reference at CtlHideObject you should use FrmHideObject instead. Same thing for FrmShowObject. With kind regards / Mit freundlichem Gruß Holger Klawitter -- Holger Klawitter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.klawitter.de -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
multiple choice quiz
hey palm-dev. i.m new to palm development (yeah, yeah... heard that before, leave us alone... heh) and i.m in the situation of having to develop a multiple choice quiz, for palm... now, i don.t want any code... i got my c++ palm bible for that... i.m just gonna outline very quick how i thought to go about it and you could please tell me with your palm-experience if i.m gonna do any no-nos and if so please tell me the apropriate yes-yes(s)... allright... the game.s gotta be 30 questions with thre answers each... so first i thought, a form for each question... then i thought, no way... second thought :: a form with three checkboxes and dynamic labels + 5 lists with the question ,answer1, answer2, answer3, correct answer... get a random number, display the question + dynamically label the labels with the answers... if the user checks a box, get the right answer, display and delete the items from the 5 lists... next round... is this doable..!? should i go home an play with the kids again... tear into me, please... --- martin.k -- -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: multiple choice quiz
I would go w/ door #2 and use dynamic labels and use some random number generators and populate the form w/ questions/answer data from a DB. My 2c. -DGA so first i thought, a form for each question... then i thought, no way... second thought :: a form with three checkboxes and dynamic labels + 5 lists with the question ,answer1, answer2, answer3, correct answer... get a random number, display the question + dynamically label the labels with the answers... if the user checks a box, get the right answer, display and delete the items from the 5 lists... -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: I hate to say I told you so but..
whose career is now mixed up with this device, I don't think this sentimentality is a good idea. I never tried to imply that my comments were based on sentiment. Nor do I have my head buried in the sand as some others have suggested. If either one of those were true, I'd be trying to make some sort of claim that Palm made a mistake in supporting color or expansion slots. I said, Palm is working on adding things to their device and OS. At the same time, Microsoft is working on reducing the complexity of PocketPC. Just like you can't take the Wright Brothers' plane and turn it into a Cessna overnight, you can't take a Jumbo jet and make it a Cessna either. This is where I see the two devices. One is currently simple and becoming more complex and the other is complex trying to become simpler. The real difference I see is priorities.. Palm is trying to make sure that backward compatibility is maintained (with the similar 99% that the PC has tried to keep over the years) and Microsoft has apparently not cared. I remember when Windows NT 3.1 was originally announced to a select group of developers (this was in 91 or 92, well before it was public knowledge).. they said they planned to do away with support for DOS applications in that version and they were almost shouted out of the room by the developers.. they learned with that product, I'm suprised its never been a priority with them for the Pocket PC. But this isn't so much about Microsoft as it is Palm. Anyway, here's the reason I bought an iPAQ: they are vastly easier to program. Palm's API makes even the simplest programming tasks arduous. I have to disagree with you here. I have found the CE approach to be extremely difficult. Multiple targets for different processors and screen sizes, complex installation scripts using Microsoft's packaging, and the tedious way in which they implemented the synchronization technology all combine to make programming nearly as complicated as using one. And explaining to a barely technical client that its not a bug that the iPAQ image they took from another user didn't work on their Journada is more than even my patience can take sometimes. Palm's API could be easier, to be certain.. but only at risk of that priority of backward compatibility. What would I like to see Palm add? Better sound, yes.. and a more aggressive campaign to have third party developers create expansion modules (I would rather have seen them support an existing standard such as CF, but that horse is already out of the barn). But it comes back to what you think the user really wants to use their Palm for.. a personal digital assistant or a Pocket PC. Its the same question I ask family, friends, and clients when they ask me what device I would recommend for them.. what do they want to use it for? Wireless may be the killer technology addition, but before you start clamoring about what they have in Japan and Europe, do a better analysis of what wireless infrastructure is available there vs. here. Broadband wireless is virtually non-existent in the US not because of a lack of devices, but because of a lack of a standard. Too many wireless companies competing for their standard instead of a single, government controlled approach... not to mention the sheer difference in the amount of geography. But please don't turn this into a political discussion on which is the better approach for infrastructure.. you can argue until your skin turns blue and it won't change a thing on that front. The only way to do that part right is to have expansion technologies (SD, MMC, CF, etc) in your device and leave it up to the 3rd party groups to make the devices for the current wireless technologies. Also to echo what someone else said.. I haven't had a corporate client ask me for a color device yet, either. I've seen the opposite for the areas in which I tend to work and Symbol released a monochrome CE device to support that.. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: floating point format
hi, could somebody describe the exact floating point format (at bit level) for a 32 bit float used on the palmOS with codewarrior 4? How would the mantissa, exp, sign be for a number such as 2.5? Thanks very much. I believe that's covered in the CodeWarrior docs--Inside CodeWarrior Targeting Palm OS. If not, it's ANSI-standard formats. That information should be on the Internet somewhere. Also, you might try looking at the Mathlib header files. Regards, Steve Mann -- Creative Digital Publishing Inc. 1315 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3117 --- 805.784.9461 805.784.9462 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cdpubs.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: multiple choice quiz
second thought :: a form with three checkboxes and dynamic labels + 5 lists with the question ,answer1, answer2, answer3, correct answer... Based on the minimal information you've provided, this makes sense to me. Regards, Steve Mann -- Creative Digital Publishing Inc. 1315 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3117 --- 805.784.9461 805.784.9462 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cdpubs.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: BeOS Response to RE: I hate to say I told you so but..
General question: is that BeOS's response or yours? Mine. One point that your analysis tends to overlook is the desktop/enterprise server to handheld connection. This has been increasingly important. As more and more data exists in a Microsoft world, the PocketPC has an opportunity to gain a significant advantage. PDAs need to share data, transfer media, and perform functionality (sometimes limited) along with other computers in order to truely be useful. Palm has done an alright job with HotSync thus far. The ability to easily transform data will increasingly play a key role. Agreed. M$ dominance of the desktop and their recent release of SQLServer for CE gives them leverage to pull in SQLServer customers to WinCE. However, an interesting note is that many shops don't use SQLServer, it's not on their standards list, and won't be in the forseeable future, and since SQLServerCE needs SQLServer on the desktop, WinCE isn't an option... My experience leads me to believe Palm and its partners (specifically IBM/ExtendedSystems, PumaTech, and Sybase) have a more compelling solution than the M$ from server-to-desktop-to-pda mantra of SQLServer. I'll also echo Dave Lippencott's comments about not selling color devices: most enterprise customers I've run across don't give two shakes about color. They want a device for a specific function, and it's all about ROI. 8MB BW PalmOS devices are cheap, have great battery life, and have more than enough memory. For all the individual early adopters out there who have to get the latest and greatest (paraphrasing someone else on this: to play w/ for a few months and then leave on the shelf) sure, they're all buying iPAQs because that's cool and sarcasmYou can watch movies on it!/sarcasm but they're the ones carrying a bulky PDA everywhere, while my Palm V humms along in my pocket. -DGA -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Can someone show me how to get this table example working with text
My suggestion is to take the time to learn and understand C/C++ programming outside of the Palm OS. The Palm OS not a very good platform for the beginner. Too many caveats and non-standard C APIs. Its kind of like trying to drive a tractor-trailer before you learn to drive a car or even know the rules of the road. - Original Message - From: Johnathan Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 11:04 AM Subject: Re: Can someone show me how to get this table example working with text I am trying my best but I am new to C/C++ and palm programming. I got my sample working with labels but I need text! --- Jamie Macleod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People are a little more inclined to help when it appears that you are actually making an effort to understand yourself. If you don't care enough to read peoples responses, or read the docs/samples, we sure won't care. Jamie -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ __ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Can someone show me how to get this table example working with text
Thanks, but I have to get this project done. Do you think that anyone can help?? --- Dave Lippincott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My suggestion is to take the time to learn and understand C/C++ programming outside of the Palm OS. The Palm OS not a very good platform for the beginner. Too many caveats and non-standard C APIs. Its kind of like trying to drive a tractor-trailer before you learn to drive a car or even know the rules of the road. - Original Message - From: Johnathan Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 11:04 AM Subject: Re: Can someone show me how to get this table example working with text I am trying my best but I am new to C/C++ and palm programming. I got my sample working with labels but I need text! --- Jamie Macleod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People are a little more inclined to help when it appears that you are actually making an effort to understand yourself. If you don't care enough to read peoples responses, or read the docs/samples, we sure won't care. Jamie -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ __ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ __ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re:Serial Ir on PalmOS = 3.3
At 11:08 AM +0200 2001/09/17, Henrik Dalgaard wrote: Thank you very much, this clue was just what I needed. The old serial manager works fine on my Visor and my Palm IIIc. It is not working on the Palm 505 (PalmOS 4.0) though, because serCtlIrDAEnable is no longer supported. This is at least what the SerControl call tells me. The new serial manager does not complain about srmCtlIrDAEnable, but it is appearently not working. There is a bug in Palm OS 4.0.0 which prevents SrmControl from passing the srmCtlIrDAEnable/Disable selectors down to the serial driver plug-in. It's not a hardware problem, but it is limited to only those devices running that exact version of the Palm OS. This issue has been resolved for future devices, but I do not know if a 4.0 System Update will be released for existing devices. Regards, Jim Schram Palm Incorporated Partner Engineering -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Create custom font
i don't know what tools you're using i'm
using CodeWarrior 6 and here's how i did it:
1.) download xFONT
2.) go through and create a font and save it, etc.
this part's not too tough. it will save as a
*.pfn file.
3.) downloaded the pilRC plugin for CodeWarrior from
aron ardiri's website. it takes a bit of navigation
but you should find it.
4.) install the plugin, pretty easy.
5.) then, make sure the *.pfn file is in one of your
folders for you project. i put it into my Rsc folder
6.) create a *.rcp file and include the line:
FONT 'FONT' FONTID 128 *.pfn
where * is whatever name you want
7.) cross your fingers and compile. it will generate a
*.r file which will have a number like this:
data 'NFNT' (20052) {...
8.) now to use it: i use it before a field like
this:
///
VoidHandfontHandle;
FontPtr font;
FieldPtrpField;
int nFieldIndex;
int nLength;
// get a handle on the font resource, the number in
// the second parameter is the number that is
generated
// by the pilrc compiler, and it is located in the
// *.r file. The number represents the ID of the
// font
fontHandle = DmGetResource('NFNT', 20052 );
// lock the handle
font = MemHandleLock ( fontHandle );
// define our font, the first parameter
fntAppFontCustomBase
// is the value 128 = 0x80, which represents the
number we chose
// to define our font ID as; look in the *.rcp file
for
// the value 128; to locate fntAppFontCustomBase
look in the
// Metrowerks Font.h header file
FntDefineFont ( fntAppFontCustomBase, font );
// unlock our handle after the font has been
defined
MemHandleUnlock ( fontHandle );
///
9.) i think that's it if i didn't miss anything.
if you don't have CodeWarrior, you can search the
forum and find something related. there's lots of stuff you just
have to piece the threads together like a puzzle.
bon chance!
-Original Message-
From: geeta more [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 7:23 AM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Create custom font
Hi,
can anybody explain me how to create custom font
and use it in your application? any example is there?
Thanx, in advance
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How do you use FrmGetTitle
Hi, I want to do something if a certain form is created. So, I want to get it's title, do a string comparison and then do something if it is that particular form. By doing this: g_pCurTitle = FrmGetTitle(FrmGetActiveForm()); what gets returned is a null string. How do I get the active form? Thanks. John -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: How do you use FrmGetTitle
I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to do, but probably the easier
thing to do is use FrmGetActiveFormID to get the ID of the active form, then
you can compare that against the ID for the form you need.
UInt16 formID = FrmGetActiveFormID();
if (formID == myFormID)
{
// Do stuff
}
Cheers,
-DGA
-Original Message-
From: Nesselhauf, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:09 PM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: How do you use FrmGetTitle
Hi,
I want to do something if a certain form is created. So, I
want to get it's
title,
do a string comparison and then do something if it is that
particular form.
By doing this:
g_pCurTitle = FrmGetTitle(FrmGetActiveForm());
what gets returned is a null string. How do I get the active form?
Thanks.
John
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Screen show app
Hi, all! I've been asked to build a demo application that will alternate messages with screen shots from the real application. (This is not a training device, it's more of a sales tool.) I was initially asked to have an OK and an Exit button at the bottom of each screen (OK to go to the next screen, Exit to, well, exit). I got it working with the buttons, and now they're asking instead for a way to have it automatically flow from one screen to the next on a timed basis, without the user pressing OK. So I reworked some things, and I'm now processing the message form and the app forms in my event loop without actually using event handlers or dispatching events. (I found a presentation on palm.com talking about animation, using TimGetTicks() to figure out when the next action should occur, and using EvtGetEvent() with a 0 or 1 to keep control while time was passing.) After all that, here are my actual questions (sorry it took so long!): 1) When I display a form, I use FrmGetActiveForm() to get the form that's currently on the screen, then FrmEraseForm() to Erase a form from the display. (Quoting from the SDK reference.) Trouble is, FrmEraseForm() doesn't erase the form, and my forms bleed-through each other. In other words, if form A is currently on the screen, and I then display form B, I see the controls for form B, but form A shows through between the controls for form B. 2) If I'm to do a screen show, automatically moving from one screen to the next, I'd still like to have an Exit button. (Yes, I know that they could simply select the system icon and get back to the launcher, but this is for people who may not have any experience with a PDA.) I can't figure out how to get it as a push of the exit button. I get the penDownEvent, but I don't get a ctlSelectEvent, the way I do when I'm processing forms normally. Any suggestion on how I can tell if they've clicked on the Exit button? Thanks very much, --Scott Sumner-Moore -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Connection attempt failed
Hi All, I checked the knowledge base for the error but didn't find any answer. Did any encounter the problem when trying to debug with device. I'm trying to debug using the device and when i enter shortcut..2 i get connection attempt failed. please try again. Does anyone have an idea as to why i'm getting this(Where i'm making a mistake) and how i can successfully set up device debugging... Thanks in adavance Praveen -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Favorite Palm Programming book: looking for an intermediate book for CW
What is your favorite palm programming book? I am looking for Codewarrior compatible and for the book to be at a level that it would be useful for someone who has already written a small palm program. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Can someone show me how to get this table example working wit h text
The most obvious way to get where you want to go is to start at the beginning of the tutorial and run through it, taking the time you need to absorb what it has to teach. Buy yourself a good reference manual for C, such as C - a reference manual, by Harbison and Steele. Use it to get answers to basic C questions. When you're done with the tutorial, you should have no problem finding the answers to your questions in the source code provided for the built in applications. Both the To Do List and Datebook apps have editable text inside a table. For read-only text, check out Memo Pad (or the tutorial). -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: multiple choice quiz
Check boxes aren't appropriate for choosing from among three options. For that, you should use push-buttons, which are the PalmOS equivalent of radio buttons. Another alternative is a list, in which the user taps on one of three list items to select the answer. Lists have borders around them, and this helps make it clear to the user that selecting an item in the list won't go in to that item, as is often the case with tables. -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Screen show app
My suggestion is to maintain a normal PalmOS event flow, just like the app had before you added automatic timed screen advancing. That is, each form should have an event handler that knows how to handle button presses and such, and the main event loop should look like the starter app's. Then, when each form is loaded, set a global variable with the current time plus whatever delay you think is appropriate. This represents the time to switch to the next form. Now, change your main event loop slightly so that it computes a suitable delay rather than using evtWaitForever. This delay should be such that the time after the delay ends up being the time to switch to the next form, as you stored in a global earlier. Finally, add a nilEvent case in each form's event handler to check whether it's time to switch to the next form, and if so, to do the same thing as pressing the OK button would have (or just post a suitable ctlSelectEvent). You might also want to allow the user to press the up or down hard scroll buttons to jump to the previous or next screen. -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Screen show app
Well, I figured out question (1): I checked the Save Behind attribute for the forms, and that somehow stopped the bleed- through. --Scott Sumner-Moore 1) When I display a form, I use FrmGetActiveForm() to get the form that's currently on the screen, then FrmEraseForm() to Erase a form from the display. (Quoting from the SDK reference.) Trouble is, FrmEraseForm() doesn't erase the form, and my forms bleed-through each other. In other words, if form A is currently on the screen, and I then display form B, I see the controls for form B, but form A shows through between the controls for form B. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Calling an app within an app
Yeah, I had a bit of a tough time getting back into C after years of higher level language programming. My one piece of advice is to get your hands on a good C reference manual. This helps answer questions such as operator precedence, that are obvious to anyone who's been doing C, but not for people in our situation! I used, and still use, C - a reference manual, by Harbison and Steele. If you have the time, I also recommend running through the tutorial. It'll get you up to speed on the basics of Palm application programming pretty quickly. -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Screen show app
I expect that if you try running on a modern debug ROM (3.5 or later), you'll find the bleed-through problem persists. You need to handle frmUpdateEvents in order to make this work reliably. The debug ROMs are exposing a failure of your application to work properly when memory is low. -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: This target is not registered
(Sorry it took me so long to get back on this - I've been quite busy...) On September 9, 2001, Ben Combee wrote: Tom Frauenhofer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:62049@palm-dev-forum... I have this same problem - both were Pentium (not Pentium II/III/IV) class machines. This was with CodeWarrior 7.0 or 7.1, any version of PalmOS ROMs for debugging (3.1/3.5/4.0). At 12:00 AM 9/9/2001 -0700, Laurie Davis wrote: I can use CodeWarrior POSE to debug on PalmOS 4.0 and 3.5. When I try to use PalmOS 3.0 I get the message This target is not registered when I try to debug. Hmmm, I've not personally seen this error --- a few questions: 1) Is the target not registered dialog being produced by CodeWarrior or by POSE? I'm pretty sure that this is coming from CodeWarrior - I will play with Pose 3.3 tonight to see if this matters. 2) What host OS? Win95, Win98, WinME, NT, 2000? I've had this on Win98 and 2000 - the only common thread for me is that these were Pentium class machines (not Pentium II/III, Celeron, or any of the AMD chips - one was a 200MHz Cyrix chip (Win98), the other a Pentium 233 (Win98 and 2000)). 3) Have you tried to change the Use TCP/IP setting in the Palm Debugger Settings panel? Yes, I've tried this with both settings - got the same results either way. Thanks for the help, Ben! Tom Frauenhofer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: multiple choice quiz
From: martin.k [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] i.m new to palm development [...] now, i don.t want any code... i got my c++ palm bible for that... Welcome Martin, I just want to express appreciation that you have obviously done your homework and lurked on the forum before posting and have therefore posted a very appropriate and Palm-literate newbie question. I bet there are plenty of others who appreciate it as well, and you'll certainly be rewarded with constructive help from any number of people. (No, I don't have any actual design advice at the moment. :-) -slj- -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Favorite Palm Programming book: looking for an intermediate book for CW
Unfortunately, there is no programming book that isn't loved by some in this group and hated by others. For my part, I strongly endorse the 'Palm OS Programming Bible' (not to be confused with the 'Palm OS Bible'). It's reasonably current and complete, the prose is efficient, and the exposition very thoughtful. It covers both CodeWarrior and GCC. DavidK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:62628@palm-dev-forum... What is your favorite palm programming book? I am looking for Codewarrior compatible and for the book to be at a level that it would be useful for someone who has already written a small palm program. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Download Databases into Emulator
Hi, Does anyone have an idea as to how we can download databases into Palm Emulator. The application i'm debugging needs databases to be downloaded. Thanks in adavance Praveen -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Screen show app
In article 62641@palm-dev-forum, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... I expect that if you try running on a modern debug ROM (3.5 or later), you'll find the bleed-through problem persists. You need to handle frmUpdateEvents in order to make this work reliably. The debug ROMs are exposing a failure of your application to work properly when memory is low. I'm not sure that that's the case in my particular app -- memory is decidedly not low, and the events I'm getting are the following (in various orders, depending on what's going on): winEnterEvent winExitEvent frmCloseEvent frmLoadEvent frmOpenEvent So I'm not getting frmUpdateEvent. Also, I *think* I'm using a 3.5 ROM. Do I still need to worry about bleed-through if I don't go the event handler route? Any other dangers of not using an event handler? Thanks for your suggestions, --Scott Sumner-Moore -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Screen show app
In article 62638@palm-dev-forum, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... Well, I figured out question (1): I checked the Save Behind attribute for the forms, and that somehow stopped the bleed- through. --Scott Sumner-Moore 1) When I display a form, I use FrmGetActiveForm() to get the form that's currently on the screen, then FrmEraseForm() to Erase a form from the display. (Quoting from the SDK reference.) Trouble is, FrmEraseForm() doesn't erase the form, and my forms bleed-through each other. In other words, if form A is currently on the screen, and I then display form B, I see the controls for form B, but form A shows through between the controls for form B. I also figured out question (2), by examining the coordinates of the penDownEvent and seeing if they were in the bounds of the exit button. Definitely NOT the normal way of doing things. Probably not the best way either. I'll try your suggestion as well, Peter, but in the meantime, I've got this kludge working if time grows short. Thanks again, --Scott Sumner-Moore -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: menu / AysAppLaunch problem
in my app I launch a other via SysAppLaunch from a menu, if I use the shortcut (e.g. /L) it works, if I open the menu by tapping the titlebar or the menu button and select the item from the menu list - the app called with SysAppLaunch crashes. ...snip... case cmd_runApp: handled = true; ...snip... I don't see a call to MenuEraseStatus. Just a guess, but try adding this call and see if the problem goes away. -- Danny @ Palm -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Version Number
I am using CW7 and I am trying to change the version number in my program to version 1.0. See my post from Friday for a description of the two different kinds of version numbers, and how they should be used: http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/m47007.html -- Danny @ Palm -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Looking for palm penpals
my AIM name is redhatpusher and I am looking for other palm programmers to talk to and network with. If you would like to talk please IM me at redhatpusher __ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Download Databases into Emulator
Does anyone have an idea as to how we can download databases into Palm Emulator. Dropping a prc, pdb, or pqa file onto Poser's window will install it into the emulated Palm. This is probably covered in the Poser docs... -- Danny @ Palm -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: I hate to say I told you so but..
Mssrs. Barton and Lippincott make excellent points. My intent, however, is not to advocate Pocket PC; my purchase and use of the iPAQ is the only advocacy I think is necessary. Rather, my point is that it's perfectly reasonable for posters to say 'WinCE has this feature or that advantage; why doesn't Palm have it?' To mock the poster -- even when their tone is annoying -- or to laud Palm's many advantages is to completely miss the point. These questions loom in my mind, and if someone can answer them, I will be genuinely grateful: 1) Why is PalmOS hardware so anemic compared with the iPAQ? The standard answer seems to be, 'Pocket PC devices have to be faster because their OS is so inefficient.' This partially -- only partially -- addresses the speed difference. What about the screen resolution, the sound, the RAM? Is battery life the reason for this discrepancy? Price surely isn't. 2) What is Palm doing to make development faster and easier? Some might say this isn't Palm's problem, but I say it is. CodeWarrior and Constructor -- in my humble opinion -- suck. I like GCC, but a lot of people are intimidated by it. What is to be done? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: I hate to say I told you so but..
Granted these are only my opinion, so take them with a grain of salt.. I have been a Palm user for years and I currently have 4 different devices on my desk.. with a half dozen more of various model numbers scattered about my office.. and among all of those is one lone Journada 545 that I curse at every time I have to pick it up... but again, that is IMHO.. 1) Why is PalmOS hardware so anemic compared with the iPAQ? The standard answer is, at least in part, true. However, I think it also has a lot to do with my analogy previously.. the Palm hardware is anemic (I would prefer to say simpler) because that is all it needs to get its target job done. It makes for a cheaper device with lower battery consumption. Palm's approach has always been to keep it simple.. is this the right approach today? Probably not, given the drop in prices of the underlying hardware.. this is one of the reasons Palm is moving toward the ARM based technology. That, by the way, will also allow them to branch into some of those other areas of complaint. 2) What is Palm doing to make development faster and easier? A difficult and loaded question. I have used CW from the early days of Release 4.. I am currently still on Release 6, but plan to upgrade it soon. There are numerous things that bug me about it.. not the least of which is its seeming need to override standard Windows controls in favor of things that look the same, but behave differently. After 4 years or so of it, I've gotten used to those little quirks... you think it stinks now? Do a search in the knowledge base for BDWM and see all the complaints that older versions used to get... like Palm itself, CW is improving.. if only at a sometimes maddeningly slow pace. This whole thread started with someone stating that they were screaming for these things a year ago and now they still don't have them.. and tried to turn that as some sort of mistake on Palm's part because they didn't listen to his expertise. Was he right? Maybe on some points.. Palm has got to look toward Enterprise users now (which is where CE got its real foothold).. but where Palm is today vs. where Palm was a year ago? They are a lot healthier and have a lot more plans than the general public may believe. In the last year, the Palm OS (not entirely at Palm's labs) has improved resolution, the total number of colors, created a dynamic graffiti area, and added an additional expansion slot ability... and they did ALL of this without impacting 99% of existing applications. Now that's what I call innovation. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Favorite Palm Programming book: looking for an intermediate book for CW
What is your favorite palm programming book? I concur with the recommendation for Palm OS Programming Bible by Lonnon Foster. Advanced Palm Programming by Steve Mann (who frequents this list), is also good, if you happen to be doing one of the advanced things that he discusses in his book. You can probably find a list of chapter titles at amazon.com, etc. You should, of course, have the current editions of the Palm OS Programmer's API Reference and the Programmer's Companion, available from fatbrain.com. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Installation Problems
Palm developers, Having just installed PRC tools etc, I am having some trouble with header file inclusions with the sample projects that come with prc-tools v2.0. I have included as much info as I can to help with solving this $ echo $PATH //D/Perl/bin/:/WINNT/system32:/WINNT:/WINNT/System32/Wbem:/prc-tools/H-i586- cygwin32/bin:/PalmDev/cygnus/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin:/PalmDev:/PalmDe v/pilrc:/PalmDev/pose30a7 $ mount Device Directory TypeFlags c:\temp /tmpnative text!=binary c:\PalmDev\PRC-Tools /prc-tools native text!=binary c:\PalmDev /PalmDevnative text!=binary C: / native text!=binary $ make m68k-palmos-gcc -O2 -palmos2 -c multiapp.c -o multiapp.o multiapp.c:1: System/SysAll.h: No such file or directory multiapp.c:2: UI/UIAll.h: No such file or directory make: *** [multiapp.o] Error 1 Anybody know why I get these header file errors. Am I missing something with my installation! I have tried all of the sample projects and get other errors like $ make m68k-palmos-gcc -c -O2 -Wall -palmos3.5 palm.c In file included from palm.c:15: palm.h:19: PalmOS.h: No such file or directory make: *** [palm.o] Error 1 Kind regards Carl -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
DATE
Hi list, could you tell me how can I get the current date and time?? Thanks Daniel -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: How do you use FrmGetTitle
John, use : UInt16 FrmGetFormId( FormType* ) or UInt16 FrmGetActiveFormID( ) to determine which form is currently active. (Can anyone tell me why one call is Id while the other is ID?? I see a lot of this in the headers) Much faster (no string compare) and it allows you to change your form titles without having to change your code; just compare the resource ID from constructor. E/. This message sent using the Infowave Wireless Business Engine(tm) Evan Wise Sprite Herder infowave E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T: 604 473 3779 F: 604 473 3633 -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: I hate to say I told you so but..
Jeremy Neal Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:62592@palm-dev-forum... For what it's worth, I don't like his tone either. But though the original post indeed smells like a troll, what better place is there to discuss Palm's shortcomings? Too many posters view this forum as some kind of Palm booster club, and they jump on everyone -- even thoughtful writers -- who criticizes Palm. This stifles what could be a very useful debate. As someone whose career is now mixed up with this device, I don't think this sentimentality is a good idea. Palm has made mistakes and they apparently continue to make them -- who knows this better than this group? And who has more to lose if things don't change? Anyway, here's the reason I bought an iPAQ: they are vastly easier to program. Palm's API makes even the simplest programming tasks arduous. And yes, I know why it's like that -- I don't need to be reminded. Some people don't see this as a problem, but I assure you, my employer does. The fact is, hardware constraints are no longer -- or at least, no longer have to be -- what limits us. Microsoft, despite my loathing for them, has demonstrated that they understand this. Palm hasn't. Actually I do think there are definate shortcomings w/ the Palm platform the way it's been handled. Unfortunately Mr. Davis doesn't seem to be interested in any sort of discussion, he responds to everything with feel free to keep your head in the sand. As for finding that the iPaq is easier to program ... you really think the Windows API is easy? You've probably been programming for it for quite a while and have forgotten the learning curve ... And we _are_ limited by some hardware constraints. The biggest among them is battery life. Sure, you can pile on the hardware, but until we get a practical micro fuel cell you're going to end up w/ very limited battery life. -- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
formID changes after ctlEnterEvent? (causing read from unused portion of stack)
POSE emulating a PalmVx tells me my app just read from memory in the unused portion of the stack whenever I tap on a certain popup trigger in a certain form. All other popup triggers lists on that form work fine, as do all other forms in the application. On actual PalmVx devices, this does not cause a percievable problem, but it bothers me that there might be silent problems building up. Also, POSE does not complain about taps on this popup trigger when it's emulating a PalmIIIx. The event on the queue immediately after the tap is a ctlEnterEvent. If I ignore ctlEnterEvents or make the event handler return false for them, the crash happens after the form's event handler exits and before any other event gets sent. Right after my event handler returns false for handling the ctlEnterEvent, the formID of this form changes in the stack (I can still see the formID on the stack under PilotMain). It goes from 1700 to 58868. Is it supposed to change? I would think not. If I hit play in the debugger, the program then crashes with the error about reading from the unused portion of the stack, and if I choose debug from that message, the formID under PilotMain has then been changed to 90 -- another weird value. I simply cannot think of what might be causing this. Any ideas? Thanks, Stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Favorite Palm Programming book: looking for an intermediate book for CW
You should, of course, have the current editions of the Palm OS Programmer's API Reference and the Programmer's Companion, available from fatbrain.com. Aren't those included with cw? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Screen show app
You should expect a frmUpdateEvent (instead of automatic restoring of the saved-behind bitmap) in the following situations: - On a debug ROM version 3.5 or newer, all the time, regardless of memory use - On a release ROM, only when dynamic memory is too low to allocate space to save behind. Use the emulator to test your app with a modern debug ROM, and you'll learn how it'll work when memory is low. -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
fonts
Are there palm fonts for word processors such as MS Word? I have editors who need to see what the spacing, indentation, line-wrap, etc., will be prior to creating corresponding palm database records. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: editable field
If set up properly, the field will make room for the extra characters, shifting the stuff after it as necessary. This is a good thing. However, one of the requirements of the 68000 core is that 16 bit objects must be aligned to even addresses. It is possible to use byte accesses to reconstruct an odd aligned 16 bit quantity, but this requires extra code, code that the compiler will not generate for you. So, rearrange your record structure to put all fixed length objects at the start, and make sure the 16 and 32 bit objects are aligned to even addresses, adding padding, or reordering them as necessary. The field provides a normal edit environment that inserts characters at the insertion point. There is no overwrite mode, as old DOS and 8-bit editors used to have. Of course, you can handle keyDownEvents to try to create an overwrite mode, but I don't see any easy way to do it. Remember that the user can pop up a keyboard dialog box and enter text there. This text is given to your field all at once, with no chance to intervene on a character by character basis. -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: fonts
Are there palm fonts for word processors such as MS Word? I have editors who need to see what the spacing, indentation, line-wrap, etc., will be prior to creating corresponding palm database records. You can use Constructor to get a pretty close to WYSIWYG view. That's what I usually do. - Danny @ Palm -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Can someone show me how to get this table example workingwith text
At 9:32 AM -0700 9/17/01, Johnathan Smith wrote: Thanks, but I have to get this project done. Do you think that anyone can help?? Sure, lots of us. You can use http://mobilecoders.com/profile/default.asp to search for contract developers according to the hourly rate you're willing to pay, or put your project out for bids. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
ANN: DB Scope version 3.0
Tapperware is pleased to announce a new release of DB Scope, version 3.0. This is a free upgrade for registered users. DB Scope is a database editor for developers. It lets you define the layout of a database, and then view each record in the database, divided into fields according to the layout. The contents of each field are displayed in a format appropriate for that field, as opposed to simply displaying everything in ASCII or HEX. DB Scope supports 14 different field types, including integer types, float, double, string, and date/time types. You can also modify the contents of a field, add/delete records, create/delete databases, and much more. Please see: http://www.tapperware.com/DBScope for a list of features, sample screens, a users manual, and a free trial version. The biggest change in version 3.0 is expansion card support. With version 3.0, you can: - Navigate through the file system hierarchy - View the files and directories at each level - View and modify the names and attributes of files - Move or copy databases between main memory and an expansion card - Create and delete files and directories Please see the updated users manual for complete information. Tom Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tapperware.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Favorite Palm Programming book: looking for an intermediate book for CW
I just checked fat brain and they are $114. Is there any difference between those and the PDF documents that are downloadable from Palm? Brian Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:62678@palm-dev-forum... You should, of course, have the current editions of the Palm OS Programmer's API Reference and the Programmer's Companion, available from fatbrain.com. Aren't those included with cw? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: formID changes after ctlEnterEvent? (causing read from unused portion of stack)
You might want to try testing your app on various debug ROMs. These might complain about a problem earlier. The value changing in the debugger is probably a result of the optimizer sharing the space for that variable with that of another variable. Try setting up a debug target in which all optimizations are turned off. This helps the debugger present a more accurate view of the program execution. Reading from an unused portion of the stack can happen if you return something (as a function result or parameter) that points to a local variable declared within that function. -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: French translation from English
This is really not my area, but since noone else has answered, I'll give you what little I can. In the target settings in CodeWarrior, got ot the PalmRez post linker panel, and check the Transliteration setting. I think it should be set to Palm OS 3.1 and later. Turn on the Show Warnings checkbox. In Constructor, open your resource files and look at the project settings at the bottom of the window. If they're hidden, you may have to click somewhere to expose them. The last line is Palm OS Target. Again, make sure this is Palm OS 3.1 and later. From what you say, it sounds like your strings aren't being entered in Constructor, but rather in a text editor. You might need to use Constructor to get it to transliterate these characters. It's easy enough to create a resource file with nothing but string resources in it. If you use a .R file, I don't think the necessary transliteration occurs. I could be way off base, but that's my best guess. -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Camera to Palm Device
Hi, Could you help me!!!, please. How do I call a program .prc (palmpix.prc) within another program .prc ___ Does the camera have palmix the apis to these be called within an application palm :__ Saludos, Marco A. Barrionuevo T. Servicios Profesionales - UNIPLEX S.A. Dirección: Alpallana E7-212, Quito - Ecuador Teléfonos: 593 508593, 4, 5, Fax: 593 500806, Celular 5939 228720 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], website: www.uniplex.com.ec -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: French translation from English
From: Peter Epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] You might need to use Constructor to get it to transliterate these characters. It's easy enough to create a resource file with nothing but string resources in it. If you use a .R file, I don't think the necessary transliteration occurs. Here is the deal, at least on Windows. To get Constructor resources to transliterate correctly, indeed you must set the post linker to one of the Palm OS 3.x settings. But for Rez (.r) text resources, you must set the post linker to None because the characters are already in the right code page. This basically means you cannot mix Constructor and Rez files in the same project and get proper transliteration for both. Too bad, because using Rez for text-only resources is highly desirable. Sending text files to offsite translators is far preferable to sending a whole copy of Constructor and the .rsrc files. Constructor is hard enough to use for those of us with years of experience. One solution is this: put all Constructor resources in one CW target and all Rez resources in another. Have each target set the post linker transliteration appropriately. Build both. Then have a post-post-link step where you combine all the resources into the final .prc file. You can do this in a batch file or build script using Par from http://www.djw.org. -slj- -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: fonts
Is that a 'No'? You've heard of MS Word, right? -Nullife Danny Epstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:62686@palm-dev-forum... Are there palm fonts for word processors such as MS Word? I have editors who need to see what the spacing, indentation, line-wrap, etc., will be prior to creating corresponding palm database records. You can use Constructor to get a pretty close to WYSIWYG view. That's what I usually do. - Danny @ Palm -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
RE: Camera to Palm Device
This is the way to call one application from with in another application
LocalID dbID = DmFindDatabase(0,prcName);
if(dbID)
{
SysUIAppSwitch(0,dbID,0,0);
return true;
}
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To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Camera to Palm Device
Hi,
Could you help me!!!, please.
How do I call a program .prc (palmpix.prc) within another program .prc
___
Does the camera have palmix the apis to these be called within an
application palm
:__
Saludos,
Marco A. Barrionuevo T.
Servicios Profesionales - UNIPLEX S.A.
Dirección: Alpallana E7-212, Quito - Ecuador
Teléfonos: 593 508593, 4, 5, Fax: 593 500806, Celular 5939 228720
e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], website: www.uniplex.com.ec
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RE: fonts
Is that a 'No'? A sheepish 'no', but a 'no' indeed. ;-) AFAIK, we haven't made our fonts available. I'm not sure what the legal issues would be. On a related note, I noticed that someone published a pretty good imitation of the Graffiti font on PalmGear. http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=16456 You've heard of MS Word, right? IMHO, 5.1a for Mac was the peak; it's been downhill since then. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: ANSI Lib support for Palm
That means that use of ANSI lib calls is not encouraged on Palm OS as they increase the code size. Secondly we can use some header files as they only provide some macros and type definitions. I ve one more doubt in that case whether we can use set_new_handler to set the memory handler. I tried this in a test app by including new but it gives me compile time error.So should i draw the onclusion that use of set_new_handler is not encouraged for Palm OS - Original Message - From: Ben Combee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:47 PM Subject: Re: ANSI Lib support for Palm Gaurav Palvia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:62585@palm-dev-forum... Hi folks, I read the Code Worrior documentation and in the file Targeting_Palm_OS.pdf in the section named MSL for Palm OS there is an statement which says: Metrowerks Standard Libraries (MSL), which provide ANSI-standard library routines for C and C++ programming, is not yet available for use with Palm OS. But in the code worrior IDE there is this folder called MSL.which contains various include and header files for ANSI C/C++ support. My doubt/question is that while developing an application for Palm OS are we supposed to use those include files.As the doc says for Palm there is still no ANSI standard library routines. If that is the case i am little confused as why the MSL folder is provided with the CodeWorrior IDE for Palm. On CodeWarrior for Palm OS release 7, MSL is provided for two reasons: 1) On Mac OS, if you build a program with the Palm OS Simulator, some of the Palm OS headers include ANSI C header files. 2) It is possible to use the freestanding subset of the ANSI C headers on Palm OS. These are the headers which are only macros and type definitions and provide information about the compiler. These include stdarg.h, stddef.h, and limits.h. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: ANSI Lib support for Palm
Gaurav Palvia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:62707@palm-dev-forum...
That means that use of ANSI lib calls is not encouraged on Palm OS as
they
increase the code size.
Secondly we can use some header files as they only provide some macros
and
type definitions.
I ve one more doubt in that case whether we can use set_new_handler to
set
the memory handler.
I tried this in a test app by including new but it gives me compile
time
error.So should i draw the onclusion that use of set_new_handler is
not
encouraged for Palm OS
In CW for Palm OS 7, set_new_handler should work, as should the include
of new. You will need to add a system access path to {Compiler}/MSL,
and you also need to call std::set_new_handler, since this is defined in
namespace std.
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Re: Create custom font
3.) downloaded the pilRC plugin for CodeWarrior from aron ardiri's website. it takes a bit of navigation but you should find it. Search Google for PilRC CodeWarrior, and you'll go right to the download page. Also, an earlier version of the plugin ships with CodeWarrior for Palm OS 7 in the Thrill Seekers folder. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Favorite Palm Programming book: looking for an intermediate book for CW
DavidK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:62693@palm-dev-forum... I just checked fat brain and they are $114. Is there any difference between those and the PDF documents that are downloadable from Palm? No; they are just printed out and bound into a easy to view form. BTW, the docs included with CodeWarrior have been superceded. Download the latest ones from Palm, as they cover the 4.0 SDK and have lots of documentation fixes. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: I hate to say I told you so but..
2) What is Palm doing to make development faster and easier? Some might say this isn't Palm's problem, but I say it is. CodeWarrior and Constructor -- in my humble opinion -- suck. I like GCC, but a lot of people are intimidated by it. What is to be done? As technical lead for the CodeWarrior for Palm OS team since May, I can't reveal exactly what we have in store, but I would like to say that we are working very hard to improve the toolset, and I feel the next version will be a major improvement for all of our Palm customers. We're committed to listening to the Palm community and implementing features to improve the scope of development you can do and to make building Palm software easier and quicker. That's all I'm saying for now. If you think CodeWarrior sucks, let us know and give us feedback. I think the core CW toolset for Palm is very solid: the compiler, the linker, and the debugger. The IDE has grown out of a very Macintosh-centric group, and they've missed some needed functionality in the pursuit of major features like code browsing, remote debugging, a comprehensive compiler/linker/pref panel plugin architecture, cross-platform compatibility, file and directory difference engines, version control interfaces, COM and AppleScript scripting, and RAD for Java and embedded frameworks. I'm working with them to try to get features that Palm developers need implemented for future versions. -- Ben Combee, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Developer weblog: http://www.edithere.com/palmoswerks/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Chat on palm room
The mailing and waiting for solutions is a really tedious and time consuming task if we are stuck . I have made a chat room on the Yahoo messanger. my id is manishjag _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Re: Looking for palm penpals
My aim is man5djpr and my yahoo id is manishjag lets chat now From: Johnathan Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Looking for palm penpals Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 12:20:42 -0700 (PDT) my AIM name is redhatpusher and I am looking for other palm programmers to talk to and network with. If you would like to talk please IM me at redhatpusher __ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
Not enough memory error
I have a palm m100 (2 mb) and m105(8mb) In my application i have an array of size 28k (It is large i know) my OS is 3.x+ . My application runs fine on the m105 but gives a Not enough memory error Does it is related to stack size. Is the stack size dependent on the memory available Please Help me out Manish Chat id yahoo manishjag _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
