A formatting (not content) suggestion: have a list of the questions
up front so you don't have to read through the whole thing to find
out whether your question is dealt with. -Then- do the Q & A section.
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Adam Wozniak wrote in message <20792@palm-dev-forum>...
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>> Sounds like someone just volunteered...
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>Here is a start. Comments are welcome.
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>===
>
>PalmFAQ.txt
>Version 0.0
>07-AUG-2000
>
>This is the Palm Dev Forum Frequently Asked Questions List,
>posted monthly to the palm-dev-forum mailing list.
>
>Questions / comments / criticisms can be sent to
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>This document is maintained as a flat text file for widest accessability.
>
>==== Section 0: Questions about this list ====
>
>Q0.1 Where is this list archived?
>
>A0.1 Archives are incredibly useful sources of information. If you have a
> question, it is a good idea to search the archives first before
posting.
> Most of the time the problem you're staring at blankly has been stared
> at blankly by others, and is somewhere in the archives. Archives are
> maintained at the following locations:
>
> http://www.escribe.com/findgroup.html?query=palm
> http://www.egroups.com/list/palm-dev-forum/info.html
>
>Q0.2 What other sources of information exist?
>
>A0.2 There are several resources on the web which can help you.
>
> Palm's "Getting Started" web page
> http://www.palmos.com/dev/started/
>
> Wade's Pilot Programming FAQ
> http://www.wademan.com/Pilot/Program/FAQ.htm
>
> The Palm Developer Knowledge Base
> http://oasis.palm.com/dev/kb/
>
>==== Section 1: Questions about Development Environments ====
>
>Q1.1 What development environments and toolchains exist?
>
>A1.1 Many. http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/tools/ contains a comprehensive
> list.
>
>Q1.2 What does the CodeWarrior error "The registry key 'BDWM' cannot be
found"
> mean?
>
>A1.2 There was a problem with connecting to the emulator or device for
> debugging. This can have many causes. Fortunately, Metrowerks
> has fixed many of these problems so you don't see this error very
> often any more. See http://oasis.palm.com/dev/kb/faq/1790.cfm
>
>Q1.3 I've just downloaded the Palm emulator POSE. Where do I get a ROM
image?
>
>A1.3 The quickest way is to download them from a real device using the
> RomTransfer.prc that came with POSE. You can get other ROM images by
> registering as a developer at http://www.palmos.com/dev/program/
> and then going to the ROM Image Clickwrap area of the Provider
Pavilion.
>
>==== Section 2: Questions about C / C++ ====
>
>Q2.1 How do I declare a variable? How do I make a string? What's a
pointer?
>
>A2.1 The palm-dev-forum is not the best place to ask generic questions
> about the C or C++ programming languages. There are plenty of good
> sources of information. I recommend the following:
>
> Books:
>
> "The C Programming Language"
> Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M Ritchie
> "The C++ Programming Language"
> Bjarne Stroustrup
>
> Online:
>
> Introductory C course by Steve Summit
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/cclass/cclass.html
> Comp.lang.c USENET FAQ
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html
> Comp.lang.c newsgroup
> news:comp.lang.c
>
>
>==== Section 3: Questions about the PalmOS API ====
>
>Q3.1 What does the error value 5647 mean?
>
>A3.1 Error values are two byte values. The most significant byte tells
> you what class the error came from. The least significant byte
> tells you the specific error in that class. Working through this
> example:
>
> first convert 5647 to the hex value 0x160F
> look for the corresponding class entry 0x1600 in ErrorBase.h
> note that this is the fileErrorClass
> find the header file which uses that error class
> (FileStream.h in this case)
> Convert the least significant byte 0x0F back to decimal 15
> Look for the error in the error list of that header file. It should
> look something like this:
> #define fileErrIOError (fileErrorClass | 15)
>
>
>
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