large amounts of static data on external card

2004-05-19 Thread Eric Allen
I'm working on an application that comes with a 1MB+ dictionary database that is just a bunch of static data. I'd like users to be able to either put it in RAM or on an external card. According to the PalmOS docs, I can use VFSFileDBGetRecord() to deal with the database on the card almost like

pdbc is yielding bad databases

2004-05-16 Thread Eric Allen
I'm having a lot of trouble using pdbc 0.9.5 under linux, either compiled for linux or through wine. First of all, it throws syntax errors on examples I give it. I got through that but then databases that I created gave the following error when I tried to load them into pose Could not install

Re: pdbc is yielding bad databases

2004-05-16 Thread Eric Allen
I just discovered par after I sent my message and figured out about the size limit. 64000 with par worked like a charm! Thanks. Ben Combee wrote: At 04:44 PM 5/16/2004, you wrote: I'm having a lot of trouble using pdbc 0.9.5 under linux, either compiled for linux or through wine. First of all,

prc vs. pdb

2004-05-16 Thread Eric Allen
Is there some whitepaper or article out there detailing the respective advantages and disadvantages of prc and pdb formats? I'm trying to decided which format I want to use for my application and the best documentation I can find is at

direct vibrate access

2004-03-01 Thread Eric Allen
I am interested in creating a palm application that uses the vibration feature of many modern palms to send information. Does anybody know how to access the vibrator at a low level? I expect this is platform-specific, but I'd be happy with any info. My device is a Sony CLIE T665C. -- For

custom command bar buttons

2003-12-17 Thread Eric Allen
this work? -- Eric Allen Webmaster, Student, and Programmer http://svallens.com/epall/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/

custom notifications

2003-09-03 Thread Eric Allen
I would like to set up a program that uses special notification codes, specific to my app. What's the best way to go about this and what range should I use? -- Eric Allen Webmaster, Student, and Programmer http://svallens.com/epall/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums

Re: How to add new ISR in Interrupt table ?

2003-08-21 Thread Eric Allen
I would think that you may be able to use either the Notification or Hack API to accomplish this. What exactly do you want? Virendra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey All, I just wanted to know if there is any way ( desirably within the premises of Palm API ) via

Re: putting a CLIE into console mode

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Allen
Oh, okay. Thanks! Ben Combee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] At 10:39 AM 8/10/2003, Eric Allen wrote: How exactly do you do it? I have USBPort.dll in the bin folder, I have CodeWarrior 9, I've tried both dotdottwo and actually punching in the shortcut. Nothing

putting a CLIE into console mode

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Allen
How exactly do you do it? I have USBPort.dll in the bin folder, I have CodeWarrior 9, I've tried both dotdottwo and actually punching in the shortcut. Nothing worked. Is it even possible to get it to work on a CLIE? -- Eric Allen Webmaster, Student, and Programmer http://svallens.com/epall

Re: More on Zire Photos... JPEG Library?

2003-07-27 Thread Eric Allen
oops, I meant to make that public. From: Eric Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jacob Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More on Zire Photos... JPEG Library? Date: Sunday, July 27, 2003 9:43 AM Maybe the CLIE JPEG libs would work? Most likely not, instead maybe http://www.absoluteword.com/jpglib