Getting tidbits of information like PalmOSGlue's version checking is what
makes this a great resource. Hope we continue to see more inside info.....
Thanks to the group....
"David Fedor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:52290@palm-dev-forum...
>
> >If we're going to be restricted in what we can access, at least provide
us a
> >legal method to retrieve what we put there through legal methods.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions. I'm actually meeting later on today with some
> people to talk about how we can add more such accessor routines into the
> PalmOSGlue library, assuming that the attributes in question are ones that
> deserve to be supported on an ongoing basis. (That is, that the
> engineering team is willing to support forever, thus it has ongoing work
> implications.)
>
> This becomes particularly relevant as we move to ARM chips, since
> maintaining support for direct access to internal structures becomes
> time-consuming and error-prone and thus only something we'll support when
> we really have to.
>
> A solution based on PalmOSGlue, which can make sure to do the legal and
> supported thing on future OS versions, is far better. (For those who
> aren't familiar: many PalmOSGlue routines check the OS version number or
> some other identifying fact like that, and based on that information
either
> do the old hack way, or else call the new supported way.)
>
> -David Fedor
> Palm Developer Support
>
>
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