It says it's free, but when it was first released, the dev sdk was for sale. I agree though, it doesn't have to be windoze-ish. It should look like a regular palm os form, with an option to skin it. For instance, a game developer might want to use a skin to make it have the same appearance as the rest of the game ui.
Jonathan King > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bounce-449421- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr. Vesselin Bontchev > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:02 AM > To: Palm Developer Forum > Subject: Common Dialog for PalmOS? > > > Yes there was one called Universal File Dialog, but it was not > > free to use. http://www.toysoft.ca/ufd.html > > Ah, that Web page says that it is free. It looks quite nice, too - but is > a bit on the large side for the kind of functionality it provides. At one > time I was thinking of using it in my application, because I didn't feel > like implementing a single database selection myself - but just the UFD > program itself is larger than my whole application, so I gave up on that > idea. > > It might be worthwhile to develop something compatible but smaller and > without the graphical bells and whistles that UFD has. I mean, it doesn't > *have* to look like a Windows file open/save dialog - all it has to do is > provide the ability to select an existing database or file. > > Regards, > Vesselin > -- > For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to > unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
