Re: PC App from a Palm App.

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 with Delphi

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: 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd

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

Re: free conduit packages

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 - Writing Palm

Re: Questions from a beginner

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 -- _ Jim Cooper [EMAIL

Re: Strange ??

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 - Writing Palm conduits

Re: Request for opinion on avoiding conduits

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 _ Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee

Re: Request for opinion on avoiding conduits

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
Chris, so the approach we use is snip 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, Jim Cooper

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
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 Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd http

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
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. Cheers, Jim Cooper

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 _ Jim

Re: VB liked Palm development

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 have a look. Cheers, Jim Cooper

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 Delphi

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

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 Palms in Pascal

Re: Dynamic DB size.

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Writing

Re: Sync Application name

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 _ Learn how

Re: Sync Application name

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 Palm conduits

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

Re: Dynamic DB size.

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 conduits with Delphi

Re: XML support

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 with Delphi

Re: EHand Connect fo Palm

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 Cooper

Re: where can i learn ...

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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.tabdee.ltd.uk

Re: Bewildered Beginner

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
, 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 conduits with Delphi _ Learn how

Re: Sell source license?

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
. 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 conduits

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 [EMAIL

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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tabdee Ltd

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 Cooper

Re: Pilot Build-In Application Databases Access

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 Delphi

Re: connecting POSE to a network

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 TurboSync - Writing Palm

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, Jim Cooper Tabdee Ltd

Re: Pdb generation windows tool

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 conduits in Delphi

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

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
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 Developer Forums

Re: connecting POSE to a network

2008-05-28 Thread Jim Cooper
. 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: 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: Runninng applications in the context of another application

2006-04-21 Thread Jim Cooper
worth), or not support those devices. 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 ?

2006-04-21 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 Ltdhttp

Re: Dynamically Displaying Help Icon

2006-04-13 Thread Jim Cooper
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 _ -- For information

Re: Media Player on Palm

2006-04-03 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.ltd.uk

Re: Querying a database

2006-04-03 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

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 PROTECTED

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] Skype

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 Palm - Need advice on how dev project

2006-02-23 Thread Jim Cooper
. 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 PalmSource

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: 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 Palm

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 PROTECTED

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

2006-01-14 Thread Jim Cooper
-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 Cooper

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

2006-01-14 Thread Jim Cooper
-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 Cooper

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2006-01-14 Thread jim . cooper
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Re: [OT, kind of] Best way to convert Palm app to Pocket PC?

2006-01-09 Thread Jim Cooper
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 your Palm

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

2006-01-08 Thread Jim Cooper
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 using

Re: grey out for controls in palm

2006-01-07 Thread Jim Cooper
arises. I've always thought disabled controls were disallowed not because of BW displays (you *could* still display them then), but because the UI was simpler to use without them. Cheers, Jim Cooper __ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype

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 Tabdee Ltd

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] Skype : jim.cooper

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: 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: 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 PROTECTED

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: Exit application

2005-12-10 Thread Jim Cooper
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 information

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-08 Thread Jim Cooper
:( ), 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 your Palm

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-08 Thread Jim Cooper
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 working, that's the main thing. Cheers, Jim Cooper

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-08 Thread Jim Cooper
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 PalmSource

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-07 Thread Jim Cooper
. 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 with the fact that records are blobs. Cheers, Jim Cooper

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-07 Thread Jim Cooper
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 __ -- For information

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Cooper
. 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 : jim.cooper Tabdee

Re: Linker Error

2005-12-04 Thread Jim Cooper
:-) 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: SyncMgr.dll

2005-12-03 Thread Jim Cooper
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: Database dumb question?

2005-12-03 Thread Jim Cooper
for Palm doesn't g), 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.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp

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, Jim Cooper

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 Ltdhttp

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
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 Palm

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-25 Thread Jim Cooper
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)... :-) Cheers, Jim Cooper

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-24 Thread Jim Cooper
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 expert Unix user/programmer, then things are really bad. ;-) :-) Cheers, Jim Cooper

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 Ltdhttp

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-24 Thread Jim Cooper
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
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 PalmSource Developer

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

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
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://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi

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

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
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 Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED

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[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
it if they do. 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

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
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 - Connecting Delphi to your Palm

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-23 Thread Jim Cooper
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 Palm is going to be a choice... Cheers, Jim Cooper __ Jim Cooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp

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 PROTECTED

Re: palm icons

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
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, Jim Cooper

Re: palm icons

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
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] Skype

Re: Palm Sync/Wireless Sync

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
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 __ Jim

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
exist for the others, in fact. 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
(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 - Connecting Delphi

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
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 yet. Cheers, Jim Cooper

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
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
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] Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee

Re: Palm OS Development is a mess

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
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 : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltdhttp

Re: Palm Sync/Wireless Sync

2005-11-22 Thread Jim Cooper
/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.cooper Tabdee Ltd

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

2005-11-20 Thread Jim Cooper
for yourself. 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: After a non-conduit based download...

2005-11-20 Thread Jim Cooper
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 Delphi

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