a palm question

Hi Guys: You see I really love to spell palm with lower case and refer to all Palms and their clones as palm or palm computing device. Do you think Palm would mind if I did that in pedit's manual? Do you know if there is a legal guy at Palm who could advise me? Who should I contact? Best

Launch Codes - advice is needed - SOS

According to Palm OS Companion, page 57 # Global variables are generally only allocated after an application receives sysAppLaunchCmdNormalLaunch (see Listing 3.2) or sysAppLaunchCmdGoto; so if the application hasn't

peditPro [beta] is here...

X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Gals/Guys: I realize that I should not push peditPro here BUT a large % of our peditors are YOU so I feel somewhat less guilty. Anyway, a very stable peditPro beta is

a TealPrint question...

I am the author of pedit. I am trying to support TealPrint from pedit. However, no matter what I do, I get a fatal exception crash. I have Vince's [TealPoint] developer kit but it did not help to solve the problem. Did you have any problems trying to incorporate TealPrint in your application?

a question to shareware authors

Hi Guys: Don't you feel guilty when you price your products like $xx.95 instead of $yy.00 [yy = xx + 1]? I am curious why .95. I know that almost every business does it in real life with a few exception such as Brookstones but aren't shareware authors supposed to be [more] honest and [more]

a CW project target compilation question

How can I compile all targets in a CW project in one fell swoop? Best regards, Paul [pedit: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~nevai/palm/ ] -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/

FldInsert - does Palm OS Reference lie?

Hi: FldInsert - according to the Palm OS Reference docs This function sets the field's dirty attribute and posts a fldChangedEvent to the event queue. If you call this function repeatedly, you may overflow the event queue with fldChangedEvents. BUT, according to Field.c in the released

multi segment project in CW

Please advise me... I have a well working multi segment project in CW 6 consisting of 3 segments and I use the smart code model. So far I never made functions calls from segment 1 to segment 3. I wonder if it would be OK to to this? Is it as safe as calls to adjacent segments? The total of the 3

TxtGlueCharAttr - broken?

Hi: I came to the conclusion that TxtGlueCharAttr is broken whether or not it is used with Char or WChar. When I have macros like TxtGlueCharIsAlNum (wch) and run GREMLINS [OS 3.3],then POSE keeps complaining after every 3 or 4 thousand GREMLINS, whereas if I replace them by stuff like IsAlNum

Re: a great Tip - literally

Not just the font but the form itself too! Best regards, Paul -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/

Re: a great Tip - literally

# Would it be possible to post a screen shot of what this looks like? Yeap. See http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~nevai/ETC/pedit.jpg. -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/

a great Tip - literally

job on your project, install your application, and enjoy. Am I the first one to discover this? Ain't this great? Is this safe? Any comments? Best regards, Paul P.S. The same principle can be applied to many other components of the palm OS. Paul Nevai[EMAIL PROTECTED

[Pilot-Unix] cbdMaxTextLength

Hi Guys: How can I increase cbdMaxTextLength locally within my own program? Is it possible to do this? Thanks! Best regards, Paul -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/

read 'tSTR' in CodeWarrior

It appears to me that if you do a read 'tSTR' (2000) myText; job, then, depending on the length of myText, CodeWarrior my add some padding characters to it before the final chrNull. Also, it appears to me that the addition depends whether the length of myText is divisible by I don't know what

a very naive question...

Suppose I use C in CW and I have UInt32 a, b; How can I determine if a and b are huge then (a + b) is not beyond 0xF [max UInt32]? Is there a standard way of doing it? E.g, can I check if (a + b a || a + b b)? Does this make sense? Does my question make sense? Best regards, Paul

FrmGetControlGroupSelection

Did you know that extern UInt16 FrmGetControlGroupSelection (const FormType *formP, UInt8 groupNum); is a lie! In fact it is extern UInt8 FrmGetControlGroupSelection (const FormType *formP, UInt8 groupNum); [tested in OS 3.5.0] Why did they do this? Best regards, Paul -- For information

Flash RAM size

How can I find out the size of the Flash RAM used by FlashPro [total and free]? Best regards, Paul -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/

MemCardInfo ()

Is there a bug in MemCardInfo () as it retrieves romSizeP? It shows over 3Mb on all my Palms. Best regards, Paul -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/

Palm OS bug report

In Form.c's void FrmHelp (const Word helpMsgId) else if (event.eType == ctlRepeatEvent) { switch (event.data.ctlSelect.controlID) ... event.data.ctlSelect.controlID should be event.data.ctlRepeat.controlID Right? Best regards, Paul -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums,

copying resources

How do I copy a resource, say 'tFRM', from one resource DB to another? Do I use DmWrite or what? Thanks! Best regards, Paul -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/

CW and linking

I use the latest CodeWarrior on a Mac. When I do a read 'tSTR' (8493) Help_8493; job then I end up with some extra charcters in 'tSTR' (8493) which were not in the text file Help_8493. Can you explain what I am doing wrong? Best regards, Paul -- For information on using the ACCESS

a Palm OS bug report

fine [void EvtAddEventToQueue (const EventType *event)]. Tested: 3.1 is OK [Palm 3x and Visor] 3.5 is OK [Palm Vx, TRGPro] 3.3 is NOT OK with Palm 3 but OK with Palm Vx. Is this new? What the heck is going on? Please advise me. Best regards, Paul Name: Paul Nevai E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

the size of a WChar - how to cimpute it w/o TxtCharSize ()

SOS Is there a way to compute the size of a WChar w/o usig the function UInt16 TxtCharSize (WChar inChar) or its sister TxtGlueCharSize ()? I need a direct way of doing it. Is there any? Best regards, Paul -- For information on using the ACCESS

HackMaster's 15 crash syndrome

Y'all: I just read on comp.sys.palmtops.pilot that HackMaster crashes after every 15 launches. Is that right? I certainly have these crashes on a regular basis [I am developing hacks on my TRGPro] and I wonder if I am experiencing the 15 crash syndrome. Has this been documented? Any pointers?

a Palm bug...

comments? Best regards, Paul Name: Paul Nevai E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Products: pedits, dbDleanerUpper, LapTopHack, TimeSetter, Sporty [TBA], EventAnalyzer [TBA] pedit's home: http://www.PaulComputing.com pedit's manual: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~nevai/palm/pedit_man.html

DropRSR

I checked dout ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/tools/palm_extras/utilities/DropRSR.sit I'd like the exact opposite. A Mac application which recombines Mac files which were flattened out on PCs. E.g, if someone e-mails me a zipped up CodeWarrior project from a PC then it's a total pain in the

CW and Mac OS X

Will CW work in the Mac OS X public beta? Best regards, Paul [pedit: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~nevai/palm/ ] -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/

the cursor location - an amazing discovery

Do this: In, e.g., Memo Pad, create a long enough document so that there is a scroll bar. Now create a long enough line so that it spreads over more than one screen line. Now you put your cursor to the beginning of the 2nd line of the screen line. Scroll away so that the line is not visible.

the creator ID of the currently running application?

I know how to find the the creator ID of the currently running application BUT I don't know what is the fastest and most efficient way of doing it. Can you please help me? Best regards, Paul [pedit: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~nevai/palm/ ] P.S. BTW, peditPro is out. -- For information

a 5-way question

This is only the tip of the iceberg and let's stick to, say, a TX. Could someone please explain it to me when the 5-way up sends vchrPageUp and when it sends vchrRockerUp. I've seen both and have a theory but I can't really do much about it since the Palm OS5 source code has never been made

how to update the control bar

Dear All: If, say, I change the WiFi settings programmatically, how can I update the control bar [aka status bar] icons? Posting winDisplayChangedEvent or sysNotifyDisplayResizedEvent didn't help. StatHide (); StatShow (); didn't help either. This worked const UInt16 sysOrientationState =

a PenBtnInfoType problem

Using a bug report by one of my users, I have just discovered a very annoying bug in the Palm TX. Namely, after a screen orientation change, the boundsR in PenBtnInfoType doesn't get updated until the next application is launched. QUESTION. Has this been known before? QUESTION. What other Palms

MemHeapCompact()

Out of curiosity: has any of you ever used MemHeapCompact()? If so, what's the name of the program? Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

SysSetOrientationTriggerState() on the LifeDrive

Can someone please confirm to me that SysSetOrientationTriggerState (sysOrientationTriggerDisabled); doesn't work on the LifeDrive? The trigger is is always enabled except for some system dialogs. /PaulN -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe,

Re: the LifeDrive simulator

Yes, it works for the standard PIMs such as Memos. Try a 3rd party application please. OK? /PaulN -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

Re: the LifeDrive simulator

I see that my previous message is in contradiction with my original posting. Sorry about that. When I posted the original message, my simulator crashed all the time when trying to call PhoneNumberLookup(). Now I went to Memos and it didn't. I am running Windows XP Pro. /PaulN -- For

the LifeDrive simulator

Dear All: Has any of you managed to use the standard Address Lookup menu command [aka PhoneNumberLookup()] found in most PIM apps on the LifeDrive simulator? Mine crashes immediately. Could you please test this on your simulator, say, on Memos? /PaulN -- For information on using the

a DIA question...

Since I don't seem to find an answer for this, please help me and tell me if the collapsing/expanding DIA is still officially supported by Palm in modal forms. My experiments with reproducible problems and this statement makes me think that the answer is no.

DIA documentation in pdf form

Hi: What is the latest DIA documentation in pdf form and where can I get it? I have the sdk-5r3 version -rwx--1 nevai 338193 Feb 23 2004 Dynamic Input Areas.pdf but I also see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/docs/palmos/PalmOSCompanion/PIMConcept.html which might be newer

a simulator discovery

I made an incredible discovery today: when I run my PC via MicroSoft's free RDC on my Mac, the simulators are less buggy. Specifically, my simulated 5-way keys work fine as opposed to using the keyboard attached directly to my PC. Has any of you noticed this before? BTW, I run Windows XP Pro on

pressing buttons on the simulator

Hi: For instance, ESC turns on/off the simulator. However, I have no idea how to simulate long button presses of the simulator. Is it possible, say, to do a 2 seconds long press of the power button? Please help. Thanks, Paul N. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

5-way vs rocker

Dear All: How do I know if the Palm has a rocker? I can do a 5-way test with FtrGet (navFtrCreator, navFtrVersion, ftrValue); However, the Treos give an error [of course, since they have a rocker]. On the other hand, the T5 which has a rocker mechanism and not a 5-way, gives

another 5-way simulator issue

Hi All: I never used the Tungsten E simulator before so this is news to me. The problem is that my stuff does not process the 5-way in the TE simulator although it does on every other simulator I used such as TT TC T3 T5 Treo 600 Treo 650 etc. EXAMPLE. Run the TE and T3 simulators next to each

re: another 5-way simulator issue

I may have found the answer to the mystery. On my Tungsten E simulator we have FtrGet (navFtrCreator, navFtrVersion, ftrValue) != errNone as opposed to the real device Tungsten E and the other simulators. At least, this happens on my simulator. Can someone please confirm it? Thanks, PaulN --

Re: Custom event

There is one major defect with custom events. Two or more applications and/or OS extensions may use the same custom event number. With virtual chars, companies, I guess with mucho money, could reserve certain virtual chars to themselves. To be honest, I use dozens of custom events and I have

sysNotifyInputAreaPendownEvent on the Tungsten T5

Does the Tungsten T5 use sysNotifyInputAreaPendownEvent? It appears to me on the TT5 simulator that this is not the case. I wonder if I made a mistake or indeed sysNotifyInputAreaPendownEvent is not used. BTW, all the other notifications, which I tried, seem to work just fine. Thanks, PaulN --

a Tungsten T3 digitizer question...

Are there any known problems with the Tungsten T3 digitizer? I am aware of the Tungsten C issues. Could I please have a few pointers to places where this might have been discussed? Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

is StatGetAttribute() defective on the T5?

Hi: Is it known that StatGetAttribute() is defective on the T5? I think they forgot to do a ByteSwap job. Run this on a T3 and T5 [portrait and landscape] UInt32 controlBarData; RectangleType ctlBarRT = {0, 0, 0, 0}; StatGetAttribute (statAttrDimension, controlBarData) ctlBarRT.extent.x =

the coordinates of the control bar...

Hi: Is there anyway to find out programatically the coordinates of the topLeft corner of the currently displayed control bar? A related issue: is there any way to find out the size of the entire screen, not only what's given by WinGetDisplayExtent(), but the size of the screen including the

a StatGetAttribute() mystery

Hi: If I have this UInt32 ftrValue; UInt32 controlBarData; ( (FtrGet (pinCreator, pinFtrAPIVersion, ftrValue) == errNone) (ftrValue = pinAPIVersion1_1) (StatGetAttribute (statAttrBarVisible, controlBarData) == errNone) (controlBarData == true) (StatGetAttribute

a controlBar [aka statusBar] question

Hi: How do I find out the controlBar [aka statusBar]'s location [the topLeft]? StatGetAttribute() gives the width/height only. EvtGetSilkscreenAreaList() is not only System Use Only in OS5 but it even gives the wrong info on the GraffitiArea rectangles. Now we have different orientations and

focus navigation and ctlEnterEvent

Hi: I may be wrong but it seems to me that very few of the non-trivial focus navigation questions get settled on this Forum. My guess is that the majority of developers think that focus navigation is just a nuisance. This is just a guess and I may be wrong. I am definitely struggling with the

vchrHardRockerCenter

Hi: The documentation of vchrHardRockerCenter is different from how vchrHardRockerCenter works on my Treo650 and TT5 simulators. More precisely, in modal forms vchrHardRockerCenter works diferently from the documentation and in non-modal forms and alerts it works as documented. At least, this

the TT5 simulator revisited

Hi: This is about the TT5 and the TT5 simulator. According to the documentation, the 5-ways keys can be simulated with the numlock OFF and then with the keypad, and as this Forum has already discussed it, this is incorrect. One needs to use ALT-keypad for the 5-ways. However, the simulator also

a DIA complaint...

Hi: Some applications remember their own DIA state and some don't. This leads to a total chaos. E.g., try switching between Memos [aka Memo Pad] and the Launcher and DateBk5. It's like total chaos. The DIA keeps expanding and collapsing w/o the user even touching the DIA trigger. Why can't

Re: HotSyncing the Treo 650 simulator

Thanks, Peter. I guess that everyone HotSyncing the Treo650 simulator learned to live with the message Missing Bluetooth components. Please reinstall software. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

HotSyncing the Treo 650 simulator

Due to the help from this Forum, mostly from Ben, I finally managed to HotSync the Treo 650 simulator. However, I keep getting the message Missing Bluetooth components. Please reinstall software. How can I install these missing Bluetooth components into the simulator? Thanks, PaulN

Simulator HotSync blues

Hi: I religiously followed the instructions how to HotSync the simulator on my Windows XP Pro PC and, amazingly, it worked with the Tungsten C simulator. I installed the CDK 6.0 coming for PalmSource as instructed. However, I can't HotSync the Treo 650 simulator since it demands that I install

Virtual PC and the simulators

Hi: I know I had almost zero success rate running the simulators with VPC on my Macs but it could be that the culprit was my old Windows 98 OS. So the question is: would the simulators run with Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac 7.0 with Windows XP Professional? I do have a real PC, but with VPC, I

a Treo 650 HotSync crash question

On a Treo 650 there is a a crash right after HotSync is completed, following the cleaning up screen message. The Messsage: A reset was caused while running HotSync: Emul68KMain.c, Line 403: illegal instruction 7768 at address 731AED86 Any ideas? Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the

the Treo 650 simulator

I finally installed the [latest version of the] Treo 650 simulator on my fancy-shmancy Dell XPs. In short, I deeply apologize to my Tungsten T5 simulator for complaining about it. Compared to the Treo 650 simulator, it was the Cadillac, I mean Lexus, of simulators. In short, I can't even make it

POSE 3.5 on a Macintosh G5 with OS X 10.3.6

I just tried POSE 3.5 on a new Macintosh G5 with OS X 10.3.6 and I get nothing but a frozen POSE wherever I try to save the session. I never had such problems on older Macs. Are there any known issues with the G5? /PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe,

TT5 simulator and 5-way

I figured out that on the TT5 simulator alt-keypad-arrows do the 5-way left/up/righ/down buttons. Is this correct? How do I do the 5-way select? Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

SOS - HsNavObjectTakeFocus() vs FrmNavObjectTakeFocus()

I had HsNavObjectTakeFocus() for supporting the Treo 600 but the new header files have FrmNavObjectTakeFocus() instead. Does this mean that I need to replace every HsNavObjectTakeFocus() with FrmNavObjectTakeFocus()? Will it still work on the Treo 600? I guess I need FrmNavObjectTakeFocus() for

Tungsten T5 Simulator

Please forgive1 me if I am asking what I should know. Is the Tungsten T5 Simulator same as the OS 5.4 simulator found at http://www.palmos.com/dev/dl/dl_tools/dl_simulator/? If not, please tell me where to get it. Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

Tungsten T5 Simulator problems

I finally installed the Tungsten T5 Simulator and the first thing was that I went to Memos [aka Memo Pad], opened up a memo, put my mouse pointer arrow on the Done button, then slided it outside the button frame, that is, I tried to generate a ctlExitEvent, and the simulator immediately froze.

characters reserved for use by licensees

There are some characters reserved for use by licensees which are history such as TRG [see vchrCFlashMin - vchrCFlashMax]. I wonder if these characters are permanently reserved for the licensees or they may be reallocated in the future. If so, then the reallocation will happen or just might

a TxtCompare() question

Can someone please explain me these two paragraphs? I don't get this celery vs. Cauliflower thing. Why is c before C, and if it is, then why is the result different in OS 4.0+? # Prior to Palm OS 4.0, TxtCompare and

is 'B' going to be always right after 'A'?

I wonder how safe it is to assume that 'B' is going to be always right after 'A' as far as the Palm OS universe goes. /PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

a question on StrNCat()

Please explain me why n in StrNCat() is Int16? Is this intentional or an oversight? The way it is, it is impossible to append to strings whose size is already bigger than 32K even though strings can be as big as almost 64K. Char * StrNCat (Char *dst, const Char *src, Int16 n) Thanks,

MemMove() vs StrCopy(), StrCat(), etc.

In terms of efficiency and speed, are there any pros and contras in using MemMove() vs StrCopy(), StrCat(), etc.? I am aware of potential multi-byte character encoding issues involving StrNCat() and StrNCopy(). Also, MemMove() will require an additional chrNull termination if using it as

a mystery with FrmSetFocus() - is it maybe a bug?

Please help Why does this or any variation of it crash when called from a SysAppLaunch()-ed code where no global variables are available and the current focus is on a frmTableObj? I observed this years ago but could never figure it out why. frmP = FrmGetActiveForm (); FrmSetFocus (frmP,

Palm CodeWarrrior on a G5 Mac

Does Palm CodeWarrrior run on a G5 Mac? /PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

Window 68K.c, Line:92, No shadow window found

Can someone tell me where this Tungsten T3 crash message is coming from and what it means: Window 68K.c, Line:92, No shadow window found Is Window 68K.c part of the OS or part of a Palm appl? Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

getting running app id from sublaunched apps - revisited

I know very well how to get the running app id from sublaunched apps [use SysGetAppInfo()]. The problem is that it doesn't work with OS5 native apps such as HotSync. So the question is how to do it with the latter. Please help. Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer

Re: my error or a POSE bug?

Dear Ben: # Since this is an array of character pointers, the strings a and b are # actually anonymous global objects Thanks for the response. Alas, I don't know what anonymous global objects are [well, I can guess them]. I use C and not C++. None of my dozens of books on C have anything on

my error or a POSE bug?

I have static void myFunction(void) { const Char * myStr[2] = {a, b}; ... } which is a legit C expression. It is in a Palm application which is called via SysApppLaunch() so that no globals are allowed. Then POSE crashes claiming that globals are accessed. I don't understand. How are globals

what is the 'pinM' feature number creator ID

Do you know what the 'pinM' feature number creator ID means? The Tungsten T3 has it. Is it related to 'pins' [pen input manager]? /PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

Emul68KMain.c, Line:420

Under certain conditions using PhoneNumberLookup() caused an Emul68KMain.c, Line:420 , unimplemented instruction 0E00 at address crash in my pToolSet [an OS extension] on a real device TT3 but not on the TT3 simulator. Also, the same thing works fine on all other Palms, including the

Memos prefs format on the Tungsten T3

Can someone tell me the format of the 'PMem' 0 preference which belongs to the Tungsten T3 version of Memo Pad? Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

Re: Sharing preferences

Do what I do. I have a bunch of different pedits and they come with an additional peditFixer application whose job is to delete any of the pedits and/or their prefs and/or any other auxiliary file. Then the user can decide what and how to delete. /PaulN -- For information on using the Palm

FrmSetTitle() via SysAppLaunch() and OS5.0

Is it known that if I have a form and and an frmP to it and then do a SysAppLaunch() job and FrmSetTitl(frmP,...) from inside the subroutine, then this resets the Tungsten T [OS 5.0]? In what OS 5.x was this fixed? It works fine in OS 4-. It must be one of those PACE issues. /PaulN -- For

when is FrmGetActiveFormID() == 0

It appears to me that in OS5+ [in fact even in all OS3.5+] we have FrmGetActiveFormID() == 0 in an interactive mode if and only if during LstPopupList(). Is this observation correct? I need it because I need to know if we are in LstPopupList(). This was easily doable

how do I know it's a Treo

Is there a feature number or such which tells me that I have a Treo (similar to _TRGVGAFeaturePresent())? Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

Re: how do I know it's a Treo

Thanks for the advice. QUESTION. How can I respond directly to a message if I read it via www.escribe.com? Is there any other depository which has more features? It was possible via http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palm-dev-forum/messages but that no longer is in operation. (I do get the daily

a Treo 600 Simulator mystery

This is the oddest thing I ever seen. I use the Treo 600 simulator and am running a somewhat elaborate function which works perfectly in every possible hardware, emulator, and simulator known to mankind [well, I didn't test all] except on the Treo 600 simulator just before I do an FrmDrawForm()

DayDrawDays() and OS5

Since DayDrawDays() was removed from OS5, is there a substitute which can be used? Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

Treo 600 SDK

Where can I get the Treo 600 SDK? Thanks. /PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

hacks and TRAPs

If I have a hack with many TRAP resources and I want to LIMBO one of them but I don't want to redesign the entire thing then what is the easiest way to proceed? EXAMPLE. I have resource 'TRAP' (1010) {sysTrapSclHandleEvent}; and I no longer want to trap SclHandleEvent(), at least for the time

5-way navigator on the simulator

I read about 5-way navigator on the simulator somewhere but I can't find it now. How do I emulate the 5-way keys in the simulator via my PC's keyboard? Thanks, PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

StrPrintF()

In OS 3.1 StrPrintF() is defective when used with %lu (it gives a signed result). In later OSs it was fixed. Does anyone know which OS fixed it? /PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

a Pilrc warning question

How can I make sure that Pilrc will not generate this type 'tSLT' in my .rcp file? I know I can suppress the warning in my CodeWarrior settings but I don't want to do that. Instead, I would like not to generate this 'tSLT' at all. Is it possible? Warning : The resource type 'tSLT' (0x74534C54)

ListViewInvertMoveIndicator() in MemoPad

Can someone please explain to me this line in ListViewInvertMoveIndicator() of MemoPad? for (i = 0; i sizeof (CustomPatternType) / sizeof (*pattern); i++) {pattern[i]= 0xAA55;} Here 0xAA55 = 1010 1010 0101 0101 What's the point of using 0xAA55 when pattern[i] is UInt8 only. Also, why not

TT3 simulator and the TT3 update

Can the TT3 update be installed into the TT3 simulator? http://www.palmone.com/us/support/downloads/tungstent3/t3_update.html I tried but I couldn't. Is there gonna be a new TT3 simulator with the update? /PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please

Re: Revisiting the dynamic scrollbars debate

Well, here is a way of adding dynamic scrollbars which should work in all OSs. First, create a form template which has one single object in it, a scrollbar. Use Constructor or whatever. This is the generic and non-dynamic part of the trick. Now whenever you need a scrollbar use

Re: Revisiting the dynamic scrollbars debate

Dear Ben: # You can't use sizeof(ScrollBarType), since that is private information and inaccurate when ALLOW_ACCESS_TO_INTERNALS_OF_SCROLLBARS isn't defined.

the new MemoPad source code

Is the new [Tungsten T3] MemoPad source code available? Where? /PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

MemoPad's EditViewLoadRecord()

Take a look at MemoPad's EditViewLoadRecord() from the SDK Examples. It has # // If the record is secret and secret records are hidden, then the record isn't // accounted for by MemosInCategory. Adjust it, and

HotSync via IR vs Cradle

Is there a difference in HotSync via IR vs Cradle as far as an application or hack or OS Extension are concerned? Why would an OS Extension generate a fatal exception with an IR HotSync but work fine with a cradle HotSync? Any ideas? /PaulN -- For information on using the Palm Developer

a SysNotifyRegister() question

If I do a SysNotifyRegister (cardNo, dbID, sysNotifyVirtualCharHandlingEvent, myProcessVirtualCharEvent, sysNotifyNormalPriority, myDataP); job and then handle a virtual character and do a theNotifyParamP-handled = true; job, then isn't it proper to assume that the event

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