Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-22 Thread Ben Combee
At 03:15 PM 9/17/2003, Regis St-Gelais wrote: You extend this technique to avoid the runtime load and separate file by using the PRC Merge capabilities of the Palm OS 68K linker... take the two targets that you've setup, say Foo1.prc and Foo2.prc, then add the two PRC files to a Palm OS

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-22 Thread Regis St-Gelais
-- Ben Combee [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit dans le message de news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] At 03:15 PM 9/17/2003, Regis St-Gelais wrote: You extend this technique to avoid the runtime load and separate file by using the PRC Merge capabilities of the Palm OS 68K linker... take the two targets

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-17 Thread Regis St-Gelais
You extend this technique to avoid the runtime load and separate file by using the PRC Merge capabilities of the Palm OS 68K linker... take the two targets that you've setup, say Foo1.prc and Foo2.prc, then add the two PRC files to a Palm OS 68K Linker target with the PRC Merge target

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-11 Thread Todd Walk
Neat! Seems that we've now got a full workaround for constructor users hitting the limit. Todd. Ben Combee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 11:12 PM 9/10/2003, Todd Walk wrote: Here's another option that's easy, and it's the one I use. Create an empty project. (ie, no

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-10 Thread Roger Stringer
by culling obsolete resources. I'd much rather have a fix for the standard linker than switching tools. However, that doesn't seem likely, so I'm going to have to convert my resources from RSC to RCP format and adjust to a new tool. Subject: Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9 From: Regis St-Gelais

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-10 Thread Todd Walk
Here's another option that's easy, and it's the one I use. Create an empty project. (ie, no code besides a PilotMain.) Move a bunch of resources to this project. Change the output file name to ###.pdb, change it's creator to the same as your program, and change the type to something other than

RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-10 Thread Todd Walk
Ben Combee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 01:21 PM 9/9/2003, Jamie Macleod wrote: Just to clarify. Is Metrowerks planning to move future development completely to PilRC? Will this be the resource editor of choice now? I don't mind switching my resources, but I don't

RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-10 Thread Ben Combee
At 11:14 PM 9/10/2003, Todd Walk wrote: Ben Combee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: We have no plans to support any other resource formats for Palm OS 5 (and earlier) development. The architecture of the V9 Palm OS 68K linker would allow other resource compilers, as long as

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-10 Thread Ben Combee
At 11:12 PM 9/10/2003, Todd Walk wrote: Here's another option that's easy, and it's the one I use. Create an empty project. (ie, no code besides a PilotMain.) Move a bunch of resources to this project. Change the output file name to ###.pdb, change it's creator to the same as your program, and

RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-09 Thread Roger Stringer
don't think he's getting close to the Mac = OS limit, even with any hidden Constructor meta resources. -Original Message- From: Regis St-Gelais [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:26 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ? I have

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-09 Thread Regis St-Gelais
: Regis St-Gelais [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:26 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ? I have a fairly big resource file: .rsrc file size: 582K in the resource.frk folder 71 Forms 1 Alerts 2 Menu Bars 8

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-09 Thread Luc Le Blanc
:26 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ? I have a fairly big resource file: .rsrc file size: 582K in the resource.frk folder 71 Forms 1 Alerts 2 Menu Bars 8 Menus 1 String Lists 2 App Icon Families 305 Bitmap

RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-09 Thread Ben Combee
At 07:52 AM 9/9/2003, Roger Stringer wrote: Keith, I think your calculation of resource count is really low. You didn't allow for the resources on the forms (an average of just 20 per form would give an extra 1400 resources). And then there's the resource count cost of bitmap families. I

RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-09 Thread Jamie Macleod
Ben, Just to clarify. Is Metrowerks planning to move future development completely to PilRC? Will this be the resource editor of choice now? I don't mind switching my resources, but I don't really want to do it again. Jamie At 07:52 AM 9/9/2003, Roger Stringer wrote: Keith, I think your

RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-09 Thread Keith Rollin
At 8:52 AM -0400 9/9/03, Roger Stringer wrote: Keith, I think your calculation of resource count is really low. You didn't allow for the resources on the forms (an average of just 20 per form would give an extra 1400 resources). And then there's the resource count cost of bitmap families. I

RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-09 Thread Ben Combee
At 01:21 PM 9/9/2003, Jamie Macleod wrote: Just to clarify. Is Metrowerks planning to move future development completely to PilRC? Will this be the resource editor of choice now? I don't mind switching my resources, but I don't really want to do it again. We have no plans to support any other

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-09 Thread Regis St-Gelais
Hi Ben, Just to be shure I understand correctly: Using PilRC included with cw 9 will allow me to break this resource count wall. Not just the limitation of constructor but also the limitation with the linker. am I right? Also, Is there an upgrade price to switch from cw 8 to cw 9? I know there

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9

2003-09-09 Thread Ben Combee
Using PilRC included with cw 9 will allow me to break this resource count wall. Not just the limitation of constructor but also the limitation with the linker. That is correct. Also, Is there an upgrade price to switch from cw 8 to cw 9? I know there was when a switched from 6 to 7 and also from

Limite of Constructor 1.9 ?

2003-09-08 Thread Regis St-Gelais
I have a fairly big resource file: .rsrc file size: 582K in the resource.frk folder 71 Forms 1 Alerts 2 Menu Bars 8 Menus 1 String Lists 2 App Icon Families 305 Bitmap Families 471 Bitmaps 1 icons As soon as I add 1 item un any of my forms, constructor is not able to save the file. I get Unable

RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ?

2003-09-08 Thread Eric Cloninger
have a working Mac so I can't tell you for certain. -E -Original Message- From: Regis St-Gelais [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:26 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ? I have a fairly big resource file: .rsrc file

RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ?

2003-09-08 Thread Keith Rollin
with that. -- Keith -Original Message- From: Eric Cloninger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:49 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ? I seem to recall that the MacOS resource manager (upon which Constructor is built) has a soft limit

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ?

2003-09-08 Thread Regis St-Gelais
brain came up with that. -- Keith -Original Message- From: Eric Cloninger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:49 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ? I seem to recall that the MacOS resource manager (upon which Constructor

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ?

2003-09-08 Thread Alan Ingleby
Regis St-Gelais [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it possible to use 2 resource file in the save projet? I use CW8.3 under windows 2k. As the problem seems to be Constructor-Related, have you considered switching to PilRC? I'm using CW9, and it works really well.

RE: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ?

2003-09-08 Thread Eric Cloninger
Once I get the error message, I am no longer able to save, even if I delete a few item. When this error occurs, the file is no longer readable. I need to get a backup copy. :( Most likely the problem is damaging or destroying the resource map. This is one of those artifacts of using the

Re: Limite of Constructor 1.9 ?

2003-09-08 Thread Ben Combee
At 05:39 PM 9/8/2003, Alan Ingleby wrote: Regis St-Gelais [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it possible to use 2 resource file in the save projet? I use CW8.3 under windows 2k. As the problem seems to be Constructor-Related, have you considered switching to PilRC? I'm