"Joe Programmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:67809@palm-dev-forum... > > > > "murali mohan vylur" wrote: > > > What I meant was activex/ocx controls which > > > can be used during runtime > > --- Palm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I beg to differ with you on this. I don't think > > limited memory or lack of multitasking has > > anything to do with the lack of components. > > I think common components would actually save > > memory and I think multitasking > > has very little to do with components. > > The "components" inquired about, such as ocx controls, > do in fact require a system with significant memory. > These types of components require an underlying > component architecture in the OS that the Palm OS does > not currently support. Sure, if you don't mind adding > (wild guess here) 1/2 MB to the OS itself, plus > additional KBs to the run-time requirements of the OS, > then you can add a real spiffy component object model > which will support the development of components by > individual software developers. Once you agree to > live with the additional memory overhead in the OS, > then components save memory. Without that bloat, such > components are not really possible. >
Well, I think you snipped the last part of the original question which said "It could be something like charts or other such things used for display puposes as on desktop applications". I interpreted that to mean that the original question was for "something like" activex/ocx controls. In addition there is another post by murali mohan vylur just after that post that says "it is not exactly ActiveX/OCX controls, but something similar to them." I would never suggest that support for ActiveX controls in the Palm OS wouldn't have a prohibitive cost in memory. Mark Ginsberg DependTech,LLC -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
