Re: Notepad Source code?

2002-01-29 Thread Vineet Gupta
hi all, which application codes are available with SDK 4.0 thanks in advance - Original Message - From: Akhilesh Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:59 PM Subject: Notepad Source code? Is source code for Notepad

Re: IntlDispatch

2002-01-29 Thread Eric
hi Florent, how to get the invisible (to you) parameter so that can know which function is called? Thanks a lot !!! Eric Florent Pillet ¼g¤J¡G on 26/01/02 2:20, Eric at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: anyone can tell me what is the use of IntlDispatch? it does not return result and have

Re: DmFindSortPosition

2002-01-29 Thread Philip Sheard
When I add or modify a DB record, I use DmFindSortPosition to find the right record position. This function was working properly. I did not change any parameters in DmFindSortPosition or the compare function. Now, DmFindSortPosition gives the POSE error: executed an illegal or unknown

Re: Last cry for help

2002-01-29 Thread Ralph Krausse
Thanks Bob, don't know if we will join, I will look into it. Ralph -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

How to get faster VFS file listings???

2002-01-29 Thread Mike McCollister
Hi, I have been having a heck of a time trying to figure out a fast way to find a file in a VFS directory. However, it is extremely slow when there are a lot of files in said directory. I've been using the sample code found on page 230 of the Palm OS Companion, Volume 1. The search, or

Re: Howto convert Windows true color bitmaps to .2bpp/.4bpp

2002-01-29 Thread Tom Frauenhofer
I haven't found an adequate tool that handles the 2bpp bitmaps. In all honesty, trusting a program to get the color conversion right is a pretty big assumption. I end up spending a lot of time crafting my bitmaps for the different resolutions using Paint Shop Pro 7. To get the colors right,

Re: Using Serial Manager for GPS/PDA Application

2002-01-29 Thread Dave Lippincott
If the GPS is a serial device, the serial manager would be the only way. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 6:19 PM Subject: Using Serial Manager for GPS/PDA Application Hi, I am interested in

Hidden Shortcut Command

2002-01-29 Thread John Crouch
How might I go about adding a hidden shortcut command to my program. I don't want it on my menu or anywhere that the user would see. Our in house users would know the shortcut so they could use it but the end user would not. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

ROM ID'S still in the later models?

2002-01-29 Thread Cott Stephen J CONT PSNS
We have been using III's and Vx's for a long time now but are now moving to m105's and possibly m500's. I have been validating the palms before they sync with the Rom ID and was wondering if there still was one in the more recent models. Thanks Stephen Cott Network Administrator SRA

Pointers, arrays, and DmStrCopy

2002-01-29 Thread David Beers
A member of my Palm developers group in Houston asked a question on our board that we haven't been able to answer. None of us is very versed in C or the OS (yet!) so I guess I shouldn't be surprised! Here's the question: Hi everyone, I'm trying to learn palm programming on codewarrior and

Re: Pointers, arrays, and DmStrCopy

2002-01-29 Thread Simon Drabble
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, David Beers wrote: char name[1] CharPtr name; char *name; I thought these 3 things were the same thing. But when I use DmStrCopy to populate a field in the database with one of these types only char name[1] seems to work. The rest seem to result in garbage in the

Re: ROM ID'S still in the later models?

2002-01-29 Thread Dave Lippincott
The M105 won't have a ROM ID http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/hardware/compare.html Its not whether or not its a new unit but if the unit has Flash or masked ROM - Original Message - From: Cott Stephen J CONT PSNS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Hidden Shortcut Command

2002-01-29 Thread Scott Johnson
From: John Crouch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] How might I go about adding a hidden shortcut command to my program. I don't want it on my menu or anywhere that the user would see. Probably difficult, since the shortcut mechanism is based on the current form's active menu. Let me ask what are

error display message

2002-01-29 Thread Low Pui Kuen
Hi I use the ErrAlert(err) to print out the err, but what i saw was on the Dm(0001) what does it stands for? Or how to display the err message that is more meaningful and can convert into word. Thanks in advance From Low Pui Kuen

Finding the current remote HotSync configuration

2002-01-29 Thread Gearoid Murphy
Hello everyone, My application launches HotSync programmatically after asking the user to choose between a remote or direct serial connection. if (commsMode==REMOTE_COMMS) { err=SysUIAppSwitch(cardNo, dbID, sysAppLaunchCmdSyncRequestRemote, 0); } else if (commsMode==LOCAL_COMMS) {

Re: Notepad Source code?

2002-01-29 Thread Steve Mann
Is source code for Notepad application available? If you search the archives, I think you'll find that the answer is no, it's not available. Regards, Steve Mann -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

RE: Pointers, arrays, and DmStrCopy

2002-01-29 Thread Robert McKenzie
This is a basic C programming question. Let me put on my CS101 hat and take a swing at it. char name[1]; is completely different from CharPtr name; and char* name. The later two are the same (assuming that CharPtr is typedef'd as char *, which earlier versions of Palm header files did). char

Symbol SDK Support

2002-01-29 Thread Lubomyr Humetsky
Hi, I am developing Application for Palm OS 3.0 with POL 3.23. I am using Palm OS 3.5 Exceptions project stationary with enabled MAINTAIN_COMPATIBILITY flag. To this moment I did not have any compilation, linking or running problems. But, when I started to use Scan Manager API (Symbol SDK)I am

Re: Symbol SDK Support

2002-01-29 Thread Jim Schram
At 7:41 PM +0200 2002/01/29, Lubomyr Humetsky wrote: I am developing Application for Palm OS 3.0 with POL 3.23. I am using Palm OS 3.5 Exceptions project stationary with enabled MAINTAIN_COMPATIBILITY flag. To this moment I did not have any compilation, linking or running problems. But, when I

RE: DmFindSortPosition

2002-01-29 Thread Danny Epstein
Blair Kingsland wrote: Now, DmFindSortPosition gives the POSE error: executed an illegal or unknown machine language instruction. The opcode executed was 0xFF00. Philip Sheard wrote: Which version of PalmOS are you using? And which version of Poser? If you don't have the latest, upgrade and

Re: Last cry for help

2002-01-29 Thread Gavin Peacock
Ok, I can't resist a last cry for help... So there is a way to list and select the active network panel connection. This API has existed ever since OS 2.0 when netlib was introduced. The API does not allow you add a new network connection, but you can make an existing one active. There are

Re: Hidden Shortcut Command

2002-01-29 Thread John Crouch
Thanks for the input. I want to keep the user from exiting the app. One of our technicians could use the secret shortcut command (or some other method) to get out of the app. The hardware and software is our's and under our total control and we don't want our users to get out of the app, but

Re: IntlDispatch

2002-01-29 Thread Florent Pillet
on 29/01/02 11:05, Eric at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi Florent, how to get the invisible (to you) parameter so that can know which function is called? Thanks a lot !!! Eric All the things you want to know are in the IntlMgr.h file in the Palm OS SDK headers... Look at the INTL_TRAP

Re: DmFindSortPosition

2002-01-29 Thread Philip Sheard
Now, DmFindSortPosition gives the POSE error: executed an illegal or unknown machine language instruction. The opcode executed was 0xFF00. Philip Sheard wrote: Which version of PalmOS are you using? And which version of Poser? If you don't have the latest, upgrade and see if that

Re: IntlDispatch

2002-01-29 Thread Paul Nevai
how to get the invisible (to you) parameter so that can know which function is called? The fine details of the IntlMgr functions are a closely held secret by those who figured it out. When I needed it for superFinderHack, I had a terrible time. Many developers refused to help. Many could not.

Continuous Fatal Excpt on Install, fine on Pose others...

2002-01-29 Thread Phil
Hi, I have an app (does some things with web clipping) that upon installation on my Samsung i300 produces a fatal exception error. If I reset the device I get a continuous fatal exception error and have to do a hard reset to erase the app. The thing that I'm stumped on is it only does this on

RE: Continuous Fatal Excpt on Install, fine on Pose others...

2002-01-29 Thread Peter Epstein
If it crashes on a soft reset, it's probably the code that runs when your app receives the reset launch code. If it also crashes on an install, it's probably the code that runs on a sync notify launc code. That tells me the most likely cause is some code that runs on all launch codes, probably

RE: Continuous Fatal Excpt on Install, fine on Pose others...

2002-01-29 Thread Robert McKenzie
To debug an app that fatal errors on install, you must identify the code that is executing on install and make it run -- in the same state -- under the debugger when the debugger loads the application. Normally this is code that runs in response to sync notification launch code. My standard

RE: Continuous Fatal Excpt on Install, fine on Pose others...

2002-01-29 Thread Peter Epstein
As usual, Bob comes through with an excellent practical approach to debugging a problem! I'll try your approach the next time the opportunity presents itself. -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

Re: Continuous Fatal Excpt on Install, fine on Pose others...

2002-01-29 Thread Ben Combee
Robert McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:75012@palm-dev-forum... To debug an app that fatal errors on install, you must identify the code that is executing on install and make it run -- in the same state -- under the debugger when the debugger loads the application. Normally

Beaming Data Bases

2002-01-29 Thread Dave Mottorn
Can you use ExgDBWrite to beam a txt database? There is quite a lot of documentation on this but I can't find a clear statement that says you can use it for anything but files with prc, pdb or pqa extensions. What is the best way to beam large text databases? regards, Dave

RE: Beaming Data Bases

2002-01-29 Thread Danny Epstein
Can you use ExgDBWrite to beam a txt database? What's a txt database? You can use ExgDBWrite to flatten any database into a data stream that can be beamed. It knows how a databases is organized into an app info block, sort info block, records, resources, etc. It doesn't know anything about how

Re: Last cry for help

2002-01-29 Thread Bob Whiteman
Gavin Peacock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:74994@palm-dev-forum... Ok, I can't resist a last cry for help... So there is a way to list and select the active network panel connection. This API has existed ever since OS 2.0 when netlib was introduced. The API does not allow you

RE: Beaming Data Bases

2002-01-29 Thread Dave Mottorn
I think you answered my question. I'm referring to a txt database as a file consisting of sequential records that have ASCII character strings. Thanks, Dave Mottorn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Danny Epstein Sent:

RE: Beaming Data Bases

2002-01-29 Thread Danny Epstein
I'm referring to a txt database as a file consisting of sequential records that have ASCII character strings. In the old days, Palm OS just had what we called databases. These aren't the databases you learned about in school; they're just lists of records or resources. They aren't files, but

RE: Beaming Data Bases

2002-01-29 Thread Dave Mottorn
I have the companion and I'll read that topic. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Danny Epstein Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 7:32 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: Beaming Data Bases I'm referring to a txt database as a file

Re: Using Serial Manager for GPS/PDA Application

2002-01-29 Thread Hal Mueller
If you're using a standalone GPS receiver, you'll need to use the Serial Manager. But if you're using a Springboard or SDIO unit, you might have other options. And if Garmin ever releases their PalmOS based unit things could get really cool. BTW, check your favorite archive for GPilotS,

Beaming Data Bases

2002-01-29 Thread Dave Mottorn
I tried using ExgDBWrite to transmit the databases. It goes through the motions of preparing and transmitting the databases. The receiving end asks to accept the databases, but after the beaming is done the databases aren't there. It looks like all the storage space is still available.

RE: Beaming Data Bases

2002-01-29 Thread Danny Epstein
I tried using ExgDBWrite to transmit the databases. ExgDBWrite doesn't transmit; it just flattens. Within your WriteProc callback, you should be calling ExgSend. That's what transmits. It goes through the motions of preparing and transmitting the databases. The receiving end asks to accept

screen capture within Palm

2002-01-29 Thread Kim Hock NG
Seek help for screen capturing and retaining the bitmap in database. How to question... Any help would be appreciated... I just tried to call WinGetBitmap and then from then.. I am kind of stuck... __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners

RE: Beaming Data Bases

2002-01-29 Thread Dave Mottorn
I'm calling this once for each file I transmit. There are five of them. static void BeamThisFile(char f[]) { ExgSocketType exgSocket; Err err = 0; Char*appName = f; LocalID id; UInt16 cardNumber = 0; // better not to hardcode this id =

Synchronizing with password-protected database

2002-01-29 Thread Oliver Steinmeier
Are there any recommended approaches for synchronizing Palm databases with 'real' backend databases (Oracle, SQL-Server, ...) that have user accounts secured by userid/password? It's obviously not very secure to store the password on the Palm, and neither does it seem better to store in on the

what tool to synchronize data between palm and Domino

2002-01-29 Thread Pham Nguyen Tung
Hi Everybody ! I want to synchronize data between palm and Domino server. Can you tell me what tools I can use to synchornize?Where I can download from? Thank you very much. Best regards. Tung. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com

installation folder

2002-01-29 Thread Michael Lim
Hi. Quick question. Is there a way that I can specify which folder my PRC is to be installed? If I can specify one, and that particular one does not exist, will the hotsync manager creates one for me? Can someone please kindly drop me some hints. Regards mich -- For information on using the

Re: screen capture within Palm

2002-01-29 Thread Ben Combee
Kim Hock NG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:75035@palm-dev-forum... Seek help for screen capturing and retaining the bitmap in database. How to question... Any help would be appreciated... I just tried to call WinGetBitmap and then from then.. I am kind of stuck... Do you need to

DmNumResources not working properly in case of SysCurAppDatabase

2002-01-29 Thread Kunal Taneja
HI All i am creating a self extracting archiver I copy all records in a handle of 65 K and then attach this handle to a Prc as a resource and then on the Palm device I extract these and create separate databases from them UInt16 num = 0; UInt16

Hotsync text

2002-01-29 Thread Derek May
I have the backup bit set on my application. Whenever I do a hot-sync, instead of seeing Synchronizing APPNAME, I see the text from one of my string resources. Is there some way to control what is shown on the Palm screen when doing a hot-sync? Thanks, Derek -- For information on using the

RE: Hotsync text

2002-01-29 Thread Scott Johnson
From: Derek May [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Whenever I do a hot-sync, instead of seeing Synchronizing APPNAME, I see the text from one of my string resources. See http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/m31433.html, http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/search.html?query=HotSync+1006 -slj

Re: screen capture within Palm

2002-01-29 Thread Kim Hock NG
I need to do that in my application and recall the bitmap where necessary from the database. Does it need to be resource database or can I keep it in the usual database. Bye. --- Ben Combee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kim Hock NG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:75035@palm-dev-forum...

Re: screen capture within Palm

2002-01-29 Thread Vineet Gupta
hi all, i have written a small application for palm . i am adding buttons to the form. i want another form to be displayed on the button click. ihave used ctlSelectEvent, but no action is performed when i click the button. can any one tell me how to do it. thanks in advance vineet mail