Bryon-

Yes, that may be part of the problem. The C++ support for Palm includes a
lot of runtime stuff, some of which requires globals support (which plugins
don't have, unless hacked) and CW doesn't support C++ code resource
projects.

This may have changed recently, but I don't think so.

Alan

>       I had planned on one database per plug-in and I know I have to do
>the design stuff, the thing I don't know is the how of that.  I have found
>a sample app at 3com that may help, but it has the plug-in in the same
>project.  I was hoping to be able to make the plug-ins in seperate
>projects.  I am also trying to use C++ which may be part of the problem I
>am having (that being that the __Startup__ define doesn't do anything and
>the compiler returns an error).
>
>
>bryon
>
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>On 4/15/99 at 10:19 AM Alan Pinstein wrote:
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>>You've got to set up your own structures to manage all of this plugin
>>information. I use one database per plugin. You've got to set up and API
>>for the plugin entry points, and manually grab CODE resources. lock them
>>down, and use that ptr as your API entry point. That's the gist of the
>>idea. YOu can lay on as much additional functionality as you like.
>>
>>
>>Alan Pinstein
>>Synergy Solutions, Inc.
>>http://www.synsolutions.com
>>1-800-210-5293
>>
>>
>>>     I am wanting to create an application that uses plug-ins to allow
>>>users to have the functionality they want so that I do not have to create
>>>a huge application that does everything.  Initially, these plug-ins will
>>>be listed in a text mode, but icons will eventually be supported.  I
>>>thought of using hacks as a model and create resource code objects.  I do
>>>not know, however, how to get the info out of the object (name, icon,
>>>etc).  Anyone have some ideas?  Pointers?
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>bryon lape
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