Re: connecting POSE to a network

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
orks fine. Cheers, Jim Cooper Tabdee Ltd TurboSync - Writing conduits in Delphi -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/

Re: newbee: What tool(s) do I need to use in order to...

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
Palm apps. You could easily modify it to save the data however you like. You might also want to join the conduit development forum. Feel free to email me privately if you like. Cheers, Jim Cooper Tabdee Ltd TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits in Delphi -- For information on using the ACCESS De

Re: Pdb generation windows tool

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
will do There has also been mention on the conduit forum of some compression code, so you might want to search the archives there. Sorry, but I can't remember off the top of my head what it was called. Cheers, Jim Cooper Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm cond

Re: connecting POSE to a network

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
>> Yep. See http://oasis.palm.com/dev/kb/faq/1674.cfm > I have HotSync v3.0.4 and I do not have the Network entry > in the hot-sync options . > > What did I missed ? You need to install netsync.prc (http://www.palm.com/custsupp/downloads/netsync.html) onto POSE. Cheers,

Re: connecting POSE to a network

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
s me to surf the net, access IIS on my laptop etc all via the serial cable/hotsync cradle. It's pretty groovy stuff! And only 10 chickens!! Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSy

Re: Pilot Build-In Application Databases Access

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
boSync trial shows how to access them in Delphi (which may or may not be useful to you). Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits with

Re: Question: Help!!

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
>Is there a way this can be done? I the Install conduit has > the exact feature I want. That dialog is called from the ConfigureConduit entry point of your conduit dll. You can call whatever you like from there. Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim

Re: I have a file that needs to be converted to PDB

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
> So ... just what is it you want to do? If you want to do any of the things Richard mentioned, then you probably need a conduit. Conduits that don't sync a far easier to write than ones that do, BTW. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper

Re: simple help, I think

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
> I can not get the emulator to hotsync. On the HotSync manager menu you've checked "Network", and you've created a service dialing number 00, and you're clicking on Modem HotSync? Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper

Re: Sell source license?

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
stance. Some people prefer to have two levels (usually Standard and Pro), the higher priced one of which includes source code. Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduit

Re: Bewildered Beginner

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
that's not true (you can even write one in VB). Even with CW, palm apps aren't THAT difficult to write. Go for it! Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm cond

Re: EHand Connect fo Palm

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
nt was quite solid, but I found using an ActiveX control a bit of a pain, and because no-one seemed to have used it in Delphi before me, it took some working out. If you want to do a similar thing in Delphi then you can use our components (US$60 including source and no royalties). Cheers, Jim

Re: where can i learn ...

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
http://www.envicon.de TurboSync http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk There are also C++ and Java options, but as you say, the CDK isn't the easiest thing in the world to work out. Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.ta

Re: XML support

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
ompanies developing SyncML (http://www.syncml.org/), I would expect this ability sooner or later on Palms. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits wit

Re: Dynamic DB size.

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
You can also use file streaming to get bigger block sizes, but then you can't write a conduit. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm co

Re: C++ or Java???

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
Pascal :) Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits with Delphi _ Learn how to program Palms in Pascal with the

Re: Sync Application name

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
ry point of your conduit dll. I can't remember off the top of my head whether setting the Name field in CondCfg does it as well. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Pa

Re: Dynamic DB size.

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
As I say, there is also file streaming, which you may want to consider if you have really large chunks of data. As you say, you're better off keeping your app small. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://

Re: Sync Application name

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
uits (that are set to do something) when it runs. The conduits are all DLLs. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits with Delphi ___

Re: Time - hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds?

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
ou're in is a tad tricky, though. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits with Delphi _ Learn how to program

Re: Time - hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds? (Way OT)

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
> I am guessing that you too are a displaced expat. Yep. In the UK. Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits with Del

Re: VB liked Palm development

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
they must use Palm databases. I have users who have written conduits to SF databases. However, SF only document the Enterprise version field formats. If these guys don't document their formats it complicates matters. I'm downloading at the moment so I'll hav

Re: bounds checker for Palm (and other ideas)

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
> and languages like Pascal are not avaliable for Palm, It will be from early next year, see http://www.pocket-technologies.com PocketStudio is currently in beta and looking good (see also the link in the signature below). Cheers, Jim Cooper _

Re: Request for opinion on avoiding conduits

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
environments, so that will make the Windows side easier (VC++ is not the easiest way to write Windows apps). You still need to learn the Palm (hotsync) side of things, but it's not as bad as all that. You can get loads of help on the conduit forum too. C

Re: Request for opinion on avoiding conduits

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
I agree with Brian, a non-conduit solution usually looks kludged. There is also the point that using the pdb method may fail to properly sync the Palm and PC databases. Surely the users can change things on the Palm between backing up a database and installing the new one? Cheers, Jim Cooper

Re: Request for opinion on avoiding conduits

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
gt; they don't require a $5,000 Hotsync server license) Your customers are programmers? Or is your app customisable by the users? Sounds like an interesting solution, if you're allowed to share any details with us? Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim

Re: Request for opinion on avoiding conduits

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
Dave, Thanks very much for the info. Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits with Delphi _ Learn how to program

Re: Request for opinion on avoiding conduits

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
Chris, > so the approach we use is Thanks for the info. I'm interested to know what other people do, so that I can advise our users on other approaches. Do you find backing up a database runs quicker than a one-way conduit, BTW? Cheers, Ji

Re: Request for opinion on avoiding conduits

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
ber if this was when we were still using the conduit. It probably was. That's the most usual area to look at when trying to speed up conduits, in my experience. > It's all a bit hazy... Thanks for taking the time. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________

Re: Strange ??

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
a creator ID to register a conduit. If I ran the world, you wouldn't, but nobody listens to me. This may be just as well, of course. :-) Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync -

Re: Questions from a beginner

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
either, unless you already have experience with them. I'd use VB or Delphi instead. Cheers, Jim Cooper > > 1. query stock levels from a database > 2. display levels in table form on the palm. > 3. modify stock levels via the palm. > > Regards > Tim -- ________

Re: free conduit packages

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
; Using the emulator POSE, is it possible to emulate a HotSync? Yes, this is how to do it : http://oasis.palm.com/dev/kb/faq/1674.cfm Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - W

Re: free conduit packages

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
Nearly forgot. You can ask for more help on the conduit forum when you know how you want to build your conduit. Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits with

Re: hotsnyc

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
> You still need to physically connect your 'software' Palm with > Hotsync (via the cable). You can use TCP/IP instead. I have to 'coz I've only got one serial port on my laptop. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper [E

Re: hotsnyc

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
Or this : http://oasis.palm.com/dev/kb/faq/1674.cfm Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits with Delphi _ Learn

Re: PC App from a Palm App.

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
use between the PC app and the conduit (you can use both Delphi and VB to write conduits). Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits

Re: palm serial number

2006-05-08 Thread Jim Cooper
Your best bet is to assign one yourself Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm

Re: anyone using Objects 2006 for Palm ?

2006-04-20 Thread Jim Cooper
Better, start using TDD, mock the needed Palm features and you'll have no need for a debugger...=) That's rather a lot of mocking :-) Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee L

Re: Runninng applications in the context of another application

2006-04-20 Thread Jim Cooper
trouble than it's worth), or not support those devices. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting D

Re: Dynamically Displaying Help Icon

2006-04-13 Thread Jim Cooper
convey to the users that they might want to tap it. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm ___

Re: Querying a database

2006-04-02 Thread Jim Cooper
experience. Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm _ -- For information on using the

Re: Media Player on Palm

2006-04-02 Thread Jim Cooper
I'm a begginner programmer, trying to build a media player for palm. That seems a very tough project for a beginner Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.l

Re: Palm database size limits?

2006-03-22 Thread Jim Cooper
64K records are teorethical I think. They are, there is some space taken up with various bits and pieces. I think the actual number is 65505 bytes, but that's off the top of my head Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROT

Re: Windows Mobile or Palm OS

2006-03-19 Thread Jim Cooper
does that mean that both platforms have the same capabilities? No, the OSes are quite different in some ways. The answer also depends on what models you are going to support. Older ones in general are less capable than newer ones (on both platforms). Cheers, Jim Cooper

Re: Palm TX Emulator ROM and Landscaping

2006-03-12 Thread Jim Cooper
I'm fairly new to palm development and was wondering if there was a Palm TX rom out there. You don't use ROMs for the latest devices, you use a specific simulator instead Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How can I build a simple prc for weight calculations in the jet I fly?

2006-03-07 Thread Jim Cooper
This is about the simplest tool to use : http://www.pdatoolbox.com/ Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm

Re: New to palmos

2006-02-23 Thread Jim Cooper
The Palm docs are also pretty good Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm

Re: New to Palm - Need advice on how dev project

2006-02-23 Thread Jim Cooper
solution. Cheers, Jim Cooper _________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm _ -- For information on u

Re: How to read PalmDB records with variable fields ?

2006-01-29 Thread Jim Cooper
the examples in books etc Cheers, Jim Cooper _ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Singapore mobile: +65 9345 0024 Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your P

Re: Whether or not the tools build application on palm and PocketPC

2006-01-17 Thread Jim Cooper
j2me A prime example of what I'm talking about. You do not get applications particularly suited to either platform. In the case of j2me you can also write non-portable code :-) Cheers, Jim Cooper _____ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROT

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2006-01-14 Thread jim . cooper
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Re: Whether or not the tools build application on palm and PocketPC

2006-01-14 Thread Jim Cooper
truly cross-platform code > Could you comment on that tool: weakness and strong point? They all suffer from the same problem : the platforms are really quite different. You end up with an app that does not fit properly with either. Cheers, Jim Cooper _____

Re: Whether or not the tools build application on palm and PocketPC

2006-01-14 Thread Jim Cooper
oss-platform code Could you comment on that tool: weakness and strong point? They all suffer from the same problem : the platforms are really quite different. You end up with an app that does not fit properly with either. Cheers, Jim Cooper __ Jim Coo

Re: [OT, kind of] Best way to convert Palm app to Pocket PC?

2006-01-09 Thread Jim Cooper
nt to talk to SQL Server on the PC/server end MS don't really want to know, either. Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to

Re: [OT, kind of] Best way to convert Palm app to Pocket PC?

2006-01-08 Thread Jim Cooper
r PPC development Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm __ -- For information on usin

Re: grey out for controls in palm

2006-01-07 Thread Jim Cooper
question never arises. I've always thought disabled controls were disallowed not because of B&W displays (you *could* still display them then), but because the UI was simpler to use without them. Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Co

Re: Palm Dev Books

2006-01-06 Thread Jim Cooper
There is also a text named, "Advanced Palm Programming", Wiley, not sure of the author. If it's the one I have by Mann and Rischpater, that's pretty old now. Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: grey out for controls in palm

2006-01-06 Thread Jim Cooper
Being a free spirit, try UIColorGetTableEntryRGB and UIColorSetTableEntryRGB in a post event handler. But that'll set all controls, not just one, yes? Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabde

Re: grey out for controls in palm

2006-01-05 Thread Jim Cooper
The user interface guidelines specifically say not to do this. And the API does not support it either :-) Cheers, Jim Cooper __ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync

Re: How do I read a Text file in Palm OS 5.4 ?

2006-01-05 Thread Jim Cooper
I am new to Palm programming, how can I place a Text file in the Palm There is no such thing on Palm devices. Read up on databases in the docs. Cheers, Jim Cooper __ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp

Re: What Palm Development software do I need ?

2005-12-22 Thread Jim Cooper
Also Pascal, with PocketSudio from http:/www.winsoft.sk Cheers, Jim Cooper __ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm

Re: Muliple palm devices - one PC

2005-12-22 Thread Jim Cooper
, and a couple of other things as well, but I haven't heard of any of them in some time now. You could always use a non-conduit solution if the Palm devices can connect another way. Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROT

Re: Exit application

2005-12-10 Thread Jim Cooper
ently open form/record etc. Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm __ -- For inform

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-08 Thread Jim Cooper
sing Visual Studio :-) Thanks for the response. No worries Cheers, Jim Cooper __ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm ___

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-08 Thread Jim Cooper
7;t prove to be the nightmare I had begun to anticipate given the way in which COM seems to be perceived by some. It's COM in general, not those COM components in particular that I was commenting about. It just sucks as a technology. As long as you have something worki

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-08 Thread Jim Cooper
ar enough :( ), and I think Del is confusing the two. Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-07 Thread Jim Cooper
r did anyone who has used Borland C++ Builder. Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm __

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-07 Thread Jim Cooper
umber of bytes it represents. Yes, you do. This may well explain the reference to a "COM quagmire" in a prior response. No it doesn't :-) I made that comment in regard to how poor a technology COM is in general. All conduits need to deal wit

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Cooper
ly be using MFC. All these calls are just calls to DLL exported routines. You can call them from any almost any programming language capable of writing software for Windows. Cheers, Jim Cooper __________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : ji

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-04 Thread Jim Cooper
f COM :-) Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm __ -- For information on usin

Re: Database dumb question?

2005-12-03 Thread Jim Cooper
r for Palm doesn't ), where they have a length byte first and no terminator. If you want variable length "fields" of other types then this is an easy option Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.coope

Re: SyncMgr.dll

2005-12-03 Thread Jim Cooper
tly load DLLs and get function pointers, and all of those routines are definitely in sync20.dll Cheers, Jim Cooper __ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi

Re: SyncOpenDB Equivalent?

2005-11-30 Thread Jim Cooper
This is not a command line compiler. It's Borland's. It actually is still a command line compiler (this is true even in Delphi 2006) :-) There is most likely an argument missing somewhere (whether you set that argument from the command line or from the IDE) Cheers,

Re: SyncOpenDB Equivalent?

2005-11-29 Thread Jim Cooper
[Linker Fatal Error] Fatal: Expected a file name: Sounds like you haven't specified all the necessary command line arguments Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltd

Re: SyncOpenDB Equivalent?

2005-11-28 Thread Jim Cooper
Does anyone have a very basic conduit structure within a C++ file, free from MFC materials, that they might be willing to send as sample code? There are Delphi (Pascal) samples on my website, and a whitepaper detailing the process. Cheers, Jim Cooper

Re: SyncOpenDB Equivalent?

2005-11-27 Thread Jim Cooper
igned to be used on a PC. PDB files were not designed that way Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-25 Thread Jim Cooper
getting down towards that size, although they tend to get too hard to use once they get too small, IMO. FWIW, I would never consider buying a desktop system any more. Take up too much space, are too big to move around, have crappy keyboards (I've always preferred laptop keyboards)... :-)

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-24 Thread Jim Cooper
a PC app. Cheers, Jim Cooper __________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm __ -- For information on using

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-24 Thread Jim Cooper
em as well! That's called a laptop, isn't it? :-) Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm __

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-24 Thread Jim Cooper
The trouble here is that the term "Linux" is used for both. That explains why Jay and I were talking at cross purposes a bit :-) Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee L

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-24 Thread Jim Cooper
e fact is that most programmers prefer having those advantages. They might be prepared to work with sub-standard tools when doing hobbyist stuff, but in their working lives it's a different story. if the only reason I can put up with it is that I'm an

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
by now. Supplying a free dev tool for an OS is nowhere near as important as supplying a good one. It's annoying and frustrating. I use my old Palm m505 every day in preference to the much newer PPC I have, because I think it's a much better device. But as for how much longer a

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
ode is lukewarm even on the desktop. I don't know it's even that on mobile devices. Cheers, Jim Cooper __________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync -

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
ve little confidence in their ability to (a) produce anything, and (b) convince the world to use it if they do. Cheers, Jim Cooper __ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Con

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
Yes sure. Let me ask the question in a clearer way. What do you mean by "not SE"? I don't want to target CF and have all the reasons for that :) Sooner or later you might have to. Cheers, Jim Cooper __________ Jim Cooper[

Re: PDB files... Is there another way?

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
egers in the next one and a bitmap in a third. You will therefore have to write code to get at whatever is in your records, but all Palm applications do that, so there are lots of examples of how that is done. Cheers, Jim Cooper __________ Jim Coope

Re: PDB files... Is there another way?

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
ogic. Your user interface should almost certainly be completely different on any PDA than on a PC. Perhaps if you explain what your problem is. Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://w

Re: Palm Sync/Wireless Sync

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
-level TCP/IP code so I've always found a way to avoid it :-) However, others here do have relevant experience, but you will need to ask fairly targeted questions. Cheers, Jim Cooper __________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.co

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
well as having SQL Server licensing issues). Using XML is etc is possible, but very slow. I'm having trouble with far fewer records than that. I use PocketStudio too, BTW Cheers, Jim Cooper __________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype :

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
f a device using it. And this Palm on Linux rubbish - it's not going to be the OS, it's just going to be a GUI toolkit, isn't it? Assuming it ever gets built, of course. Cheers, Jim Cooper __________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
et. You have to install extra stuff to use Windows Mobile 5. Cheers, Jim Cooper __________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
just ship them a DVD with a harddrive image = ready for development. VMWare have a "player" option now, so you can ship people a VM and they can use it without having VMWare proper installed. It sounds nice but I haven't had cause to use it y

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
opment (in fact there is no other MS tool for Windows Mobile 5 - the free embedded Visual tools are no more) Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connect

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
e to develop for palmos. Absolutely. Better business cases probably exist for the others, in fact. Cheers, Jim Cooper __ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://

Re: Palm Sync/Wireless Sync

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
they ever get this PalmOS on Linux thing going that might change). The CDK is completely useless to you in that regard, though. I believe there are a couple of Linux options (pilot-link is one, IIRC), but a Google on this and the conduit-dev-forum will help. Cheers, Jim Cooper _____

Re: palm icons

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
t only use the top 22. I believe I've had wider than 22 showing in the launcher, although I try and stick to that, because like you, I'm not quite 100% sure it would work everywhere. Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: palm icons

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
l internal variations). Like Ben I mostly use Paint to make mine, but it sometimes seems to get a little weird on what is actually in the bitmaps, so I also run them through the converter here to avoid any problems : http://www.evolutionary.net/html/bitmap_converter.htm Cheers,

Re: palm icons

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
Palm OS icons should be 22x22 and 44x44 (for single and double density), There's also 16x9 used in the list view of the launcher, icon resource 1000 for the large and 1001 for the small, IIRC. Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROT

Re: After a non-conduit based download...

2005-11-20 Thread Jim Cooper
u're in business. User environments for developed software do include Windows 98SE. Yes they do. Cheers, Jim Cooper __________ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync -

Re: After a non-conduit based download...

2005-11-20 Thread Jim Cooper
to do that. Doing it because it is simpler than writing a conduit is most definitely not one of them! Cheers, Jim Cooper ______ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delp

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