I've got a few questions about the 16 bit colour on the prism, and the
future of PalmOS. Perhaps someone knows the answers?
- On the new visor prism devices, what is the gain of using a Direct Colour
bitmap? Is the only feature of using a direct colour bitmap the ability to
specify a transparent
Palmos 3.5.* listboxes don't seem to respect the hasScrollBar flag, or
clipping regions.
The end result:
The listboxes draw the little scroll up/down indicators, (that don't
work) when you have the hasScrollBar flag on. Worse still, the up/down
indicators are draw all over the place, because
?
If not, is there other palm debuggers working with armlets ?
Thank you,
Francis Picard
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Hi,
I have some problems using the dmHdrAttrRecyclable database attribute.
When I set that bit to the currently executing database, I get a Free
Handle error on the Palm OS 5 simulator (or a crash on a device), after
the execution of my database completed (exits from PilotMain). An
interesting
As title
thanks!
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Jeff Diamond wrote:
This seems to be a well known problem, but I can't find the solution. I
got the T3 simulator from pluggedin.palm.com, but launching it with
either of the included roms causes an instant crash. Does anyone have a
work around?
Thanks!
- Jeff
It seems that is
is there any free jpeg decoder library for palm?
or if any jpeg to bmp converter for palm?
thx a lot
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is there any technique for me to create software that will be expire after
some time, e.g. 30 days?
thx a lot
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May any one tell me?
thanks a lot.
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thanks first...
When i draw bitmap using windrawbitmap,
the bitmap is shown under low resolution on screen
What should i do in order such that the bitmap is shown
in high density mode?
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Francis wrote:
May any one tell me?
Call
Using emulator 3.5
Using gremlins, I've isolated an event which produces an undesirable effect
in my program. How do you go about figuring out which event was run leading
up to that point. I have a psf file saved a few events before the problem.
I can't figure out what was pressed that leads to
In an attempt to use the free math library: I brought the necessary files
into my project subdirectory.
Added them to my project
fdlibm.h
w_log10.c
e_log10.c
e_log.c
Referenced the header in my c file that uses the log10 function AND in the
above c files, #include fdlibm.h
I get these 3
Is there a way to keep the gremlins from using the Palm keyboards? In my
application I have turned both graffiti and the keyboard feature off to
protect errant entries in a text field. The only characters allowed are on
a push button layout in my application. Trouble is the gremlins somehow
Is this shared library only accessible by loading the mathlib.prc file on
the palm? I've got it working but didn't know if there was a way to utilize
the library without it actually being loaded on the palm but rather
incorporated within the project. MathLib = 50K.
Thanks Jay
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Thanks Ben,
Just so I'm understanding the situation...
Option 1: Using mathlib as packaged with metrowerks would involve
installing the prc file on a palm.
Option 2: Another option is to directly link my source code to use the
mathlib but under the constraints of the licensing LGPL or GPL
Palm's documentation reads:
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To associate a custom dictionary with a reader or writer, you need to
first create the dictionary with the You can then call the
PdiDefineReaderDictionary function to associate that
dictionary with a reader object or call the
When I use PdiWriteParameterStr to write a parameter string the string is
changed to all uppercase unless I enclose the string in double quotes.
I would like to write a parameter string directly from a record, and not
have the case changed.
How can I do this?
Could I use PdiWritePropertyValue
Can someone from PalmSource respond please.
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I believe the problem is that there is not a large enough chunk available
on
the dynamic heap for the save behind bits, or in OS 5, with 64K colors and
high density
I have a situation where the release version of the Simulator fails to
restore the screen behind a modal form, and does not send a frmUpdateForm
event to the application, leaving the screen with some missing portions.
The same application, when used with the debug version of the Simulator,
Is there a way to prohibit the user from
using/activating the built in keyboard in my program?
Also and maybe related, I've noticed that if you
double click an empty field it places a decimal point
in that field if that field is numeric.
This must be a system thing because I've not code
this.
Thanks Joe and you're right I should have looked
through archives first.
Hadn't been on the forum for awhile and just posted
outright from my email.
I think this might handle the problem. Graffiti is
already turned off but maybe this will keep the
keyboard at bay. Thanks Jay
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I had the same effect. It took months and emails and phone calls to finally get
some response. If you email me I can give you a phone number that will produce
some results. Jay
Alexandre Kazantsev wrote:
Please give me a hand. I submitted the Palm prototype license and
confidentiality
I noticed in my project that there is an appD.prc and
an app.prc file. (app = application name)
They both appear to function correctly when uploaded to
the Palm. I suspect
one is a debug version however I have no idea what that
really means. I would appreciate
someone telling me the difference
I have several numeric fields in a record. Some are
required, some are not. If an unrequired field is left
blank, shouldn't I write to the field as NULL? When
I do, and then get the value from the databases after
the save, the structure member indicates that the value
is 0. I can always
Thanks Dave,
The data type is UInt16. Sounds like I'll need to save
a value that is a flag for no-entry. I'm guessing then
that the big database programs do the same thing. When
you query with statement such as IsNull then you are
searching for this special flag (no data entered).
Just don't
Has anyone noticed this behavior? You have several
fields on your form.
If you set the focus to one of the fields, with no text
selected
-press a button to change the text of the field
-the focus remains
-cursor continues to flash
This is as it should be
If you choose to have the text selected
I want to delete all the records in two databases in
one fell swoop.
I am not concerned about whether the records need to be
synched to a desktop. I
simply want them all deleted. Wouldn't it make sense
to delete the databases and then create them
again rather than iterate through them and
Thanks Chris, I was kind of thinking the same thing.
Jay
Chris DiPierro wrote:
DmDeleteRecord marks the record deleted, but it won't
be removed from the DB
until you sync with a desktop.
DmRemoveRecord removes the record immediately.
As for whether DmRemoveRecord or DmDeleteDatabase is
When a push button is depressed the face of the button
turns black and remains so until another
push button within the same group is depressed (a
toggle). Is there a way to have the face of
the button return to normal when user lifts pen from a
single push button? I want the functionality of
When I use 21 as the size for the new record I get an
error message
Application (1.0) called SysFatal Alert with the
message: DataMgr.c, Line 7025,DmWrite:DmWriteCheck
failed
When I use 22 everything works perfectly.
Am I not seeing something obvious?
typedef struct {
UInt16 waterbody;
Thanks Brian, Dave and Howard.
Brian Smith wrote:
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Jay Francis wrote:
When I use 21 as the size for the new record I get an error message
Application (1.0) called SysFatal Alert with the message: DataMgr.c,
Line 7025,DmWrite:DmWriteCheck failed
When I use 22
I'm reading a record from the database.
Some of the fields from the structure are strings and
some are integers.
Converting the integers to strings so I can populate a
form isn't working.
I am scratching my head. It's like the code doesn't
understand I'm trying to
convert. I get the same error
Thanks for your help Mahesh and Bill. Sometimes I
struggle with the simplest things.
Now I get not initialized error when clearly it is.
Warning : variable 'waterString' is not initialized
before being used
Information.c line 11Char * waterString;
Err DisplayRecords(DmOpenRef
This is a general question regarding a main database
(table) and a related child database (table).
If one were to create a relational database in a
database program such as Access one would make sure
that
the information gathered from the main table was
unique. I can create an auto incrementing
Creating a global variable:
I tried to create a global variable and test to see the
scope of that variable
in a custom alert. So I created a variable called
gJay.
Char * gJay = Jay;
When I put this code in the main.c file (the file that
has the MainFormInit function in it)
below the #
Thanks Brian,
Do you mean I declared it correctly and in addition I
need to put the code you suggested in each of the .c
files?
Jay
From Brian:
In the other sources (not main.c):
extern Char *gJay;
Creating a global variable:
I tried to create a global variable and test to see the
scope
Thanks to Brian and Paul.
I got it to work. However I am curious how you knew
this.
The only reference to extern I find relates to
libraries and that was in the Target Palm OS.pdf.
I searched all the pdf documentation included with
codewarrior and that was all there was.
I put the extern Char
I do not want users to be able to enter values in
fields using keystrokes.
Is there any way to prohibit this. I set up push
buttons to enter data instead. My emulator accepts
keystrokes even though I have no Graffiti shift on the
form. Perhaps when I upload final project to Palm this
won't
Thanks for your help Joe, I don't get the response
back as emails. I read them on the forum so I can't
press reply. Do you get all the emails everyone
posts? My mailbox would fill up very rapidly. Maybe
I'm missing something. And yes, I incorrectly stated
the address. I left out an s.
I
I just searched all the pdf documents for
EvtEnableGraffiti()
and came up with nothing. Am I missing one? Thanks
John and Joe both. I don't feel quite so stupid for
the thread question now. Jay
I do not want users to be able to enter values in
fields using keystrokes.
Is there any way to
Thanks for the help. I realize that the textVar cannot
exceed values
that can't be held by a UInt16 var. It just seems
kind of weird that you are setting the value of a
UInt16var to a datatype
that is a 32 bit. Not so much the value part but the
fact that they are differing data types. Jay
I found it, thank you very much.
EvtEnableGraffiti.
Thanks to Joe, Colin and Oliver.
If someone were to send a personal thanks to the
contributor without bogging down
the forum how would you do that? I guess if they
wanted a personal email they would leave email address
correct?
New to this
all field handles hold text? Is that correct?
Assuming that is true, and you want to take the
contents of that field that holds a numeric value and
put it in an integer database field, you get it as text
from the handle-convert it to an integer using StrAToI
so it can be written to the structure
The StrAToI function returns an Int32. What do you do
if the value to be converted is an UInt16?
UInt16var = StrAToI(textVar);
Thanks Jay
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Can I display a number value in the custom alert? Do I
have to convert it to a string first? Apparently it is
designed to display only strings? Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks Jay
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Codewarrior says illegal implicit conversion from unsigned short * to
unsigned short in the DatabaseInfo call.
API docs says the return values you don't need can pass NULL.
Can anybody see the error here:
Thanks
void ejecutar(void){
MemHandle h;
Err err; DmSearchStateType infop;
LocalID
Sorry again for asking stupid things.
DmDatabaseInfo wants the card an id number, not the references.
Thanks anytime
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, depending upon the laws in your
county/state/country :)
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for Windows weren't in violation.
That said, I'm not a lawyer and my memory is somewhat fuzzy, so go ask an
attorney in your jurisdiction :)
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it's
hardly clear on what exactly it's doing :)
Searching the web and the knowledge base isn't really helping me either.
Does anyone know of a textual description of the datebook format on the
handheld?
Thanks
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For instance, MIN(x, somefunction()) would be a bad idea - because if
somefunction() is lower it would be called twice! And if you had
min(x++, y++) then the smallest value would increase by two.
If you want to avoid this then you can't use a macro... you'll need a
function.
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that that
creator id is used on Visors either. A new app is safest.
Thanks guys.
Is it possible for me to create an application that doesn't show up in the
applications menu on the Palm?
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ID that my conduit is
tied to.
I guess I could do this my having a dummy database with my creator ID
that's never actually used, but if there's a better way I'd sure like to
hear about it :)
Thanks
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palmdeMON:
http://palmdemon.cjb.net/
PRCedit:-- official homepage is down, so I can't get any documentation
it isn't working, i think i need more utilities 'under' it
http://www.visorvillage.com/software/pc/PRCedit-2001-5-30-palm-pc.html
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On Fri, 18 May 2001, Ng Wei Gee wrote:
Hi all!
This is not exactly Palm related, but hope someone can help me out.
I've a partially sorted list and I want to sort it out completely. Which of
these would be the most efficient in this case?
- quicksort (works well for random list, but
I've got a few questions about the 16 bit colour on the prism, and the
future of PalmOS. Perhaps someone knows the answers?
- On the new visor prism devices, what is the gain of using a Direct Colour
bitmap? Is the only feature of using a direct colour bitmap the ability to
specify a transparent
Palmos 3.5.* listboxes don't seem to respect the hasScrollBar flag, or
clipping regions.
The end result:
The listboxes draw the little scroll up/down indicators, (that don't
work) when you have the hasScrollBar flag on. Worse still, the up/down
indicators are draw all over the place, because
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