"If your program is already the "foreground" task when you get the alarm, then you have globals."
yep it always will be. so in this case I can just put a case in the switch statement of pilotMain and code as usual, switching forms, etc without worrying? "Once you understand launch codes, which are a powerful aspect to Palm OS programs, this should not be a big deal. Look at the sample source code > for programs that handle alarms." Would you mind passing along a link or resource that might be good to read for this? The receipes didn't say much. I understand how the actual code is supposed to look but there are certain issues that I'd like to read more about. For instance, when an alarm is received by an application while that application is currently running, does the program counter simply jump immediately to the first line of PilotMain? What if the application is currently mid-task? What if it might or might not be mid-task? or does it do something other than simply jump to main? I would like to read more about this sort of thing and am not sure where to look... thank you very much! meg -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
