RE: SSL for PalmOs

2000-05-10 Thread Wiehager, Sofia
Hi chris I've also been looking at certicoms products (it's really expensive) I have found a page with "pilotSSLeay-2.01" with SSL libraries for palm.But to use it you have to use gcc (gnu)a free product. So if you are using gcc you should try this. I'm using codewarrior and I can't use the lib f

RE: Powering a device from the Palm III - knew I missed somethi

2000-05-10 Thread Fitzpatrick, Joe
Are you sure you mean .1 farad? Generally a digital bypass cap would be somewhere around .1 micro farad. I don't keep up on passive technology, but a 5 volt electrolytic .1 farad cap would need to be about the size of a paint can. Actually, I'm not sure if it could be built. In not up on the l

Re: CondCfg.exe - CDK 4.0 Java Edition

2000-05-10 Thread David Charlesworth
At 23:18 2000/05/10 -0400, Michael Yam wrote: > What Java compiler are you using? I recently > searched for Symantec's Visual Cafe but couldn't > find it on their website. Visual Cafe seems to have gone into hibernation and then been sold. Here's the p/r from last year (the new company i

RE: CondCfg.exe - CDK 4.0 Java Edition

2000-05-10 Thread Craig Thrall
> What Java compiler are you using? I recently searched for Symantec's > Visual Cafe but couldn't find it on their website. Yes...it appears somebody else has bought the product. You can download a 30-day free trial of VJ++ 6.0, which has worked for me, and can be found for cheap on EBay (like

Re: palm VII - avantgo and wired

2000-05-10 Thread Richard Burmeister
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm very new to palm development, and I'm wondering if anyone can tell > me if Palm VII still uses Avantgo browser software. And secondly, if > you can also hot synch your palm VII to your computer to an ISP and Yes, you can use AvantGo with a Palm VII. You have to go

Re: CondCfg.exe - CDK 4.0 Java Edition

2000-05-10 Thread Michael Yam
What Java compiler are you using? I recently searched for Symantec's Visual Cafe but couldn't find it on their website. Michael Yam www.ytechnology.com Craig Thrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:11176@palm-dev-forum... > > > Is there anyone that have created Conduits in Java? Well,

palm VII - avantgo and wired

2000-05-10 Thread karen
Hi there, I'm very new to palm development, and I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if Palm VII still uses Avantgo browser software. And secondly, if you can also hot synch your palm VII to your computer to an ISP and work that way. The palm.net is out of range from where I live, but I need to d

RE: CondCfg.exe - CDK 4.0 Java Edition

2000-05-10 Thread Craig Thrall
> Is there anyone that have created Conduits in Java? Well, when I try > to run "CondCfg.exe" to register my conduit it dosen't show any field > for VM. No, the doc seems to be incorrect. There are "Class Name" and "Class Path" fields...just put the name of your conduit class in the first one, a

Re: Powering a device from the Palm III - knew I missed somethi

2000-05-10 Thread Chris Faherty
On 11-May-2000 Jose Rodriguez wrote: > 1000 uF is quite big (bad news), even for a low voltage (10V?) capacitor. > But you get the idea of the tradeoff between voltage drop and capacitor > value. Just use one of those 5.5V memory capacitors -- like the one in the Palm. At 1 Farad they are still

Re: Powering a device from the Palm III - knew I missed something!!

2000-05-10 Thread Jose Rodriguez
Kris, There is one possible way you could do it, without the voltage drop! The trick is based on the fact that normally your module is off and NOT drawing any current. During that time, you could be charging a capacitor with the VCC's 3.3V. The voltage at the cap will eventually reach

Re: MemHandleNew vs MemPtrNew

2000-05-10 Thread Peter Epstein
Using a handle (and unlocking it) allows the memory manager to move it to make room. This is important if the memory is going to stick around for a while. Over time, with allocations and deallocations occurring out of sequence, memory gets fragmented into lots of little pieces. Eventually, an a

Problems with Multi-Segment C++ Application

2000-05-10 Thread Nick Anderson
I have a multi-segment C++ application framework built upon Palm OS 3.5 SDK. I am running Metrowerks CW 6.0 on Mac (g3, 320 Meg). I am using PalmOS.pch and MSL Runtime Palm OS (2i).lib, and am building with the C++ Stationary. For some reason, the project has just stopped debugging. It compil

RE: Palm OS SDK 3.5 Update 1 is available

2000-05-10 Thread David Fedor
At 3:12 PM -0700 5/10/00, Bryan Nystrom wrote: >The .zip file include PalmOSGlue.lib.bin, and PalmOSGlue(Debug).lib.bin. >Are these files supposed to replace the PalmOSGlue.lib (no .bin) files, etc? That was a bad version of the zip file; it was corrected a few minutes after it was posted. Downl

Re: PalmDebugger & GCC

2000-05-10 Thread Gabo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Marshall) wrote in <10827@palm-dev-forum>: >See news://news.massena.com/q5orcqvt$[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >John I try to copy the file ( in my case cookbook ) to the specific format but the palm debugger still give me: "Error: SymFileAdd: Invalid symbol file: C:\desarro

MemHandleNew vs MemPtrNew

2000-05-10 Thread srm
I know this is a basic question and has popped up many times on this board. But still I like to get this thing cleared up before I use them. In what situations do you use MemHandleNew and what situations guide the use of MemPtrNew? I have read some documents which say use MemHandlePtr for data

Re: Powering a device from the Palm III - knew I missed something!!

2000-05-10 Thread wilk
Yes, that's dumb of me. I'll have to think of something else... Kris At 06:32 PM 5/10/00, you wrote: >Kris, > > If the 3.3V VCC output has a 330 ohm series resistance, then you can > not get much current out of it without a significant voltage drop. > > The VCC you would get is > Vcc = 3.

device id of a palm

2000-05-10 Thread Steve Austin
Hello everyone, I know this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it in the Knowledge Base, or n my old emails. Which Palms have device unique ids? Also what is the best way to get these ids? Thanks very much Steve -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscr

Compiling Hacks

2000-05-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, I'm trying to write my first hack. I've read all the documentation, and written my code using the new data types and headers. What I can't seem to figure out is what my makefile should look like. Assuming I have the following files: myhack.h myhack.rcp code03e8.c code07d0.c using the -palmo

Re: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Michael S. Davis
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Tom Zerucha wrote: > I don't think it would be unfair, but the hardware is still costly. > The "entry" pocket PC is a large percentage of the cost of a real > laptop, and you aren't going to like working with excel on the small > screen (and it simultaneously kills anything l

sending deviceID from iNetLib PRC?

2000-05-10 Thread Steven Lawson
I need to submit a standard DeviceID (as a PQA would) from a PRC I'm writing. It appears that simply adding this as one of the POSTed fields doesn't cause the proxy to do anything special. How -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.

Re: Powering a device from the Palm III

2000-05-10 Thread Jose Rodriguez
Kris, If the 3.3V VCC output has a 330 ohm series resistance, then you can not get much current out of it without a significant voltage drop. The VCC you would get is Vcc = 3.3V - (current draw)*330 So for 3mA the VCC output is 2.31V. Also, I am not sure if the internal 3.3V regulato

Re: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Tom Zerucha
On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 01:13:24PM -0400, McCollister, Mike wrote: > What if Microsoft offerend a free Pocket PC and development kit to Palm > developers who have developed three (or insert number here) more Palm apps > with no obligation to write applications for Pocket PC? How many of us > wou

Re: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Michael S. Davis
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Jose Rodriguez wrote: > I can tell you that Microsoft is doing exactly what it needs to get out of the >catch-22 trap referred to by a previous email. > The free dev system is very tempting to us developers, to "adapt" our Palm >applications to WinCE. > This strategy will d

RE: Powering a device from the Palm III

2000-05-10 Thread Fitzpatrick, Joe
I would avoid using DTR, since it goes through a voltage converter. As for how much you can safely draw from VCC, you are on your own... ;> -jjf -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 2:08 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject:

RE: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Michael S. Davis
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Paul A. Dugas wrote: > Yes, the display degrades *considerably* in direct sunlight but it's > still usable. "Completely unusable" is a it too harsh. As a previous > poster commented, I too am seldom in such a position so it's not such > a big deal to me. If you are outside

Upgrading Palm V and Palm Vx to OS 3.5

2000-05-10 Thread Samir Raiyani
Hi: I have a brand new Palm V here which runs the Palm OS 3.5. 1. Can I upgrade a regular Palm V to PalmOS 3.5? 2. If so, how? 3. Can I upgrade a regular Palm Vx (running PalmOS 3.3, say) to PalmOS 3.5? 4. Can I buy a brand new Palm Vx run PalmOS 3.5? If so, where can I buy them from? Thanks i

Re: Still OffTopic - Color Debate

2000-05-10 Thread Michael S. Davis
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Michael Yam wrote: > Good points made about Win CE. I think Compaq is the only vendor shipping a > ROM upgrade. The other companies are either thinking about it or has > dropped support. The lesson here is that even if Microsoft "eventually gets > it right," it'll cost you

RE: Palm OS SDK 3.5 Update 1 is available

2000-05-10 Thread Bryan Nystrom
David, The .zip file include PalmOSGlue.lib.bin, and PalmOSGlue(Debug).lib.bin. Are these files supposed to replace the PalmOSGlue.lib (no .bin) files, etc? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ --

Re: Events

2000-05-10 Thread Dave Johnson
Charles Rezsonya wrote: >is it possible to create your own event? ie, insteada having frmOpenEvent: >can i have 'myEvent' ? i am trying to have an event set to trigger an >action in a form that i wish to have it handled. Another alternative to creating your own event type is to use a custom u

Re: frameless listbox

2000-05-10 Thread Dave Lippincott
Thought about a table but decided to use that as a last resort. (The app is already written and debugged using a list, the removal of the frame is for ascetic purposes) -Original Message- From: Peter Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday

Re: frameless listbox

2000-05-10 Thread Steve Sabram
That is because that pixels that is in the frame are not part of the windows that the drawing callback addresses. Here's a few ideas off the top of my head: * Call WinEraseLine() right after the FrmDrawForm() function over all four sides of the rectangle. * Have blank bitmaps overlap the list

Palm OS SDK 3.5 Update 1 is available

2000-05-10 Thread David Fedor
Palm OS SDK 3.5 Update 1 is now available. You can get it at http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/tools/sdk35.cgi Please direct followup discussions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]; you can subscribe to this forum at http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ This update includes the following changes: Cha

Re: frameless listbox

2000-05-10 Thread Peter Epstein
At 02:05 PM 5/10/2000, Dave Lippincott wrote: >Anyone have an idea how to have a listbox drawn without its frame? >(WinEraseRectangleFrame in the drawcallback doesn't work.) Maybe this is a sledge hammer, but using a table instead of a list should do the trick. If you need scrolling, you'll need

Re: Events

2000-05-10 Thread Dave Lippincott
Sure can #define MyMessage ((events)(firstUserEvent + 1)) you could use the generic data structure to pass data (if you need to) and have your event loop look for the event just like any other switch (eventP->eType) { case MyMessage: // Handle you custom event break;

RE: Events

2000-05-10 Thread McMicken, Steven
Do you want to actually create an event, or react to a condition? If it's a condition, you could use a global Boolean (or integer if you have more than two conditions). To create an event, you could use the System Event Manager routines. EventAddEventToQueue will add it to the event queue. You

Powering a device from the Palm III

2000-05-10 Thread wilk
I've asked a question about this some time in the past, in a different context. The answers back then do not quite address my current situation. I have designed a small peripheral which communicates w/ the palm III series serially via the hotsync connector. The device needs 3.0-3.5 V supply, a

frameless listbox

2000-05-10 Thread Dave Lippincott
Anyone have an idea how to have a listbox drawn without its frame? (WinEraseRectangleFrame in the drawcallback doesn't work.) -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Another one of mine...

2000-05-10 Thread Peter Hribar
Sorry for English, take a breath and... Which is the last non-transparent color in non-transparent image? Is the answer in FireViewer, which uses just 0xFB num. of entries? Or in another way. Is the 256th (0xFF) color in color table type of NON-transparent image transparent on all color devices,

Events

2000-05-10 Thread Charles Rezsonya
is it possible to create your own event? ie, insteada having frmOpenEvent: can i have 'myEvent' ? i am trying to have an event set to trigger an action in a form that i wish to have it handled. can a small snippet on atleast how to setup the structure correctly be provide? thats all i'm figuri

sdk 3.5

2000-05-10 Thread Charles Rezsonya
is it possible to impliment sdk 3.5 into codewarrior R5? if so, what changes to the steps and or problems have people run into? Charles R -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

RE: Question about foreign language text

2000-05-10 Thread Borislav Kolev
You need additional localization software to do the trick. It monitors/maps the input characters (grafitti, visual keyboard) and replaces the standard fonts, thus enabling different alphabets. You will find several localization packets if you search on http://www.palmgear.com. Bobby -Origin

RE: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Peter Epstein
At 11:44 AM 5/10/2000, Eric Sun wrote: >Each record in the table has fields of information. And the foreign key is >basically a field in the table (i.e. part of the record's data). Since the >index is assigned internally (correct me if I am wrong), this is not part of >the data so I do not really

Re: Conduit Question

2000-05-10 Thread Butch Howard
No, its not. We chose to treat this as an opportunity to have advertising on the palm. We created a an that does nothing but show an about box with the product name and company info. >Is it possible to write a conduit and have it called by HotSync Manager that >does *not* have a corresponding ap

Question about foreign language text

2000-05-10 Thread Vazhkudai, Karthik
Hello all: I am beginner to this forum and so please excuse me if this question has already been answered. I would like to know if there is a way to read or write texts in languages such as Hebrew or Hindi on Palm. What type of fonts need to be used (truetype?) and how do I get them into Palm. T

Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot

2000-05-10 Thread Butch Howard
>Just for example, this morning Qualcomm and Sprint announced data service >trials at 144kpbs. I will not hazard a prediction when or where in the >world such service will roll out. My point was mainly that native TCP/IP >has a bright future for wireless and once you develop with it you can use >l

Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot

2000-05-10 Thread Butch Howard
As far as I can tell the Minstrell modems only work with CDPD cell systems and CDPD coverage if rather limited (the west coast, parts of florida, and some of the northeast coast). -Original Message- From: Nick Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: We

RE: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Alejandro Calvo
I am using a DB2 Everywhere with 14000 records (Primary Key defined). It takes less than a second to "SELECT" a register At 03:20 PM 5/10/00 -0400, you wrote: >I actually just did a bit of research into this (and still am researching >actually...) Oracle, Sybase, and IBM all have implementation

RE: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Paul A. Dugas
> I have heard that the readability of the PIIIc is fantastic indoors, > but that its completely unusable outdoors, in the sunlight. > > Have you not found this to be the case? ... Yes, the display degrades *considerably* in direct sunlight but it's still usable. "Completely unusable" is a it t

RE: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Eric Sun
Well, I personally like Oracle too. (Ooops, is that politically correct thing to say??) But one question I have is that in order to sync data into the Oracle 8i Lite, I will need Oracle 8i. But the client for the application does not use 8i and would be too costly to convert. I won't be insert

RE: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Noah Bast
I actually just did a bit of research into this (and still am researching actually...) Oracle, Sybase, and IBM all have implementations of their RDBMS products for Palm. For our requirements, IBM's DB2 Everywhere looks to be the most promising, but YMMV...

Re: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Tim Astle
By the way... I'm just acting disgruntled because my buddy got a Sybase keychain sent to him, and I didn't get one :-( Maybe I might starting thinking Sybase before Oracle if I had a keychain too. -- Tim Astle -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, ple

Re: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Tim Astle
Yeah, I heard Oracle was pretty good :-) *rubs it in more* -- Tim Astle -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

RE: Variable Problems

2000-05-10 Thread McMicken, Steven
In your project settings, under Code Generation - Global Optimizations, make sure optimizations are turned off, or set low, if you want to debug. The compiler will optimize your code below so that you cannot stop on the if statement. The compiler also optimizes your variables and will use the sa

RE: Variable Problems

2000-05-10 Thread Fitzpatrick, Joe
I haven't noticed the 'same variable' thing much under CW, but I see it a lot with other compilers. Basically, the optimizer recognizes that there is no overlap in scope and reuses the same register or stack memory for more than one variable. The debugger just reports the memory/register value f

RE: Where have you gone AbtShowAbout (a programmer turns its lone ly eyes to you)

2000-05-10 Thread Scott L. Johnson
> From: Martin F. Packer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > 2) What happened to AbtShowAbout? Am I using the wrong function or > should I be looking elsewhere for its documentation? Don't use AbtShowAbout. It's basically a mistake that it is used in the stationery code, since this function is documen

RE: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Graham Mitchell
> One particular database vendor comes to mind Oracle perchance?:) Graham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eugene Chin Sent: 10 May 2000 19:52 To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Question about database sizes Eric, If budget per

RE: INetLib Questions

2000-05-10 Thread Fitzpatrick, Joe
#1: Yes, turn library compression off. #2: About 7600 bytes is the maximum for a single post, but I would strongly recommend breaking a transaction that large into a sequence of smaller transactions. You have to partially URL encode the data or going through Palm.net will cause you problems, s

Re: Conduit Question

2000-05-10 Thread Brian Mathis
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Bradly J. Barton wrote: > I asked this question on the conduit forum yesterday and did not get a > response, so I thought I'd take a shot that the brain trust here might be > able to answer my question... > > Is it possible to write a conduit and have it called by HotSync Man

Re: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Eugene Chin
Eric, If budget permits, consider using a commercial database product that has indexing implemented for you. This way you can have all the foreign keys you want, and referential integrity will be taken care for you. One particular database vendor comes to mind :) "Eric Sun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Eric Sun
Thanks, Each record in the table has fields of information. And the foreign key is basically a field in the table (i.e. part of the record's data). Since the index is assigned internally (correct me if I am wrong), this is not part of the data so I do not really have control over this. Hence I

Variable Problems

2000-05-10 Thread Jeff Allen
Here's a small snipit of the code that I'm having a problem with: static void UpdateList(Word selectedRecord) { FormPtr pFrm = FrmGetFormPtr(MarksForm); ListPtr pLst = (ListPtr)GetObjec

RE: Bear River C++ Framework.

2000-05-10 Thread Bryan Nystrom
Ben, Thanks for the update! I just wanted to know that it was at least still a consideration and hadn't died somewhere along the way. I know you probably can't comment on this, but is this expected to be a free "tool", or is there a cost for using it. Regards, Bryan Nystrom Natara Software, Inc.

Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot

2000-05-10 Thread Laurence Lundblade
At 01:03 PM 5/10/00 -0400, Butch Howard wrote: >'Over Time' is the problem for us. We are trying to demonstrate our >technology over the wireless system now in expectation that the use of >wireless for basic internet access (more than just web browsing) will be >widespread in a year or so. Just

Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot

2000-05-10 Thread Butch Howard
Is it straight TCP/IP socket code or something else? -Original Message- From: B. Flaumenhaft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 2:29 PM Subject: Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot > >It's *very* sensitive. This is true of Palm soft

Re: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Alejandro Calvo
Eric, Sort de Database and use Binary Serach. If you have a databse with 1024 records, you will find your specific record at a max of 10 reads. At 10:44 AM 5/10/00 -0400, you wrote: >Hello everyone. This is not a problem but more of a size question. > >I have three databases, first one has abo

Re: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Richard Hartman
>Peter Epstein wrote in message <11082@palm-dev-forum>... > >Eric Sun wrote: >>My question is, are these database sizes normal (i.e. are other people >>programming with such large databases?). I ask this because I am having >>some trouble with going through each record for the first 500 records

RE: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot

2000-05-10 Thread Nick Rossi
sure. the minstrel from Novatel provides a "real" ip stack and address via the wireless provider such as AT&T... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Laurence Lundblade Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 12:26 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: R

Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot

2000-05-10 Thread B. Flaumenhaft
It's *very* sensitive. This is true of Palm software in general, in my experience. It's extremely touchy, and the error-handling is not especially helpful. This is the usual Palm scene: anything screws up, and you get a fatal exception, but not until twenty minutes later, and not consistently. O

Re: Where have you gone AbtShowAbout (a programmer turns its lonely eyes to you)

2000-05-10 Thread Ben Combee
AbtShowAbout is in the 3.5 SDK documentation, but it is listed among the set of calls reserved for the operating system and Palm-supplied software. This is documented in Appendix A of the 3.5 Reference PDF. You probably should be making your own about box and displaying it with a FrmDoModal or F

Re: Bear River C++ Framework.

2000-05-10 Thread B. Flaumenhaft
Sorry for the delays! We realize this was announced at the last Dev conference, but unfortunately, it's taken a lot longer than anyone expected to sort everything out. We're expecting to announce something by the end of the month. Regards, Ben Flaumenhaft Bear River Associates >By the way, an

Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot

2000-05-10 Thread Butch Howard
What are the annoyannces? -Original Message- From: B. Flaumenhaft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 1:38 PM Subject: Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot > >You can also purchase one of the wireless-enabled Palms, e.g. the Symbol >

Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot

2000-05-10 Thread B. Flaumenhaft
You can also purchase one of the wireless-enabled Palms, e.g. the Symbol SPT 1740, which includes transparent wireless Ethernet. Works quite nicely, once you get past the annoyances. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev

Bear River C++ Framework.

2000-05-10 Thread Bryan Nystrom
By the way, anyone ( Palm! ) know what happened to the announced ( Palm Source ) C++ framework that Palm was going to supply, written by Bear River ??? Been a long time without any news on that, and the Bear River web page has nothing that I can see about it. ( Sorry if I'm miss-quoting the suppo

Stupid CodeWarrior! Stupid Problem

2000-05-10 Thread GuangHe Pan
I meet the following stupid problem thousand times, can any one point out what's wrong here, and how can I avoid such stupid problem: I create a A.rsrc file which contains several Forms. Then I copied some objects from a Form in B.rsrc file and then pasted into a Form in A.rsrc, the stupid proble

Re: Launcher loses icon in launchable data database

2000-05-10 Thread Lee Fyock
Jim said: >I am using attribute dmHdrAttrLaunchableData in OS 3.5 to get a data >database to appear in the launcher and to launch the associated >application. That works, but if the application writes to the data >database, the launcher then displays a blank icon until the device is >reset. We

RE: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread McCollister, Mike
What if Microsoft offerend a free Pocket PC and development kit to Palm developers who have developed three (or insert number here) more Palm apps with no obligation to write applications for Pocket PC? How many of us would take the offer? Would this be unfair? I've had a number of vendors give

Where have you gone AbtShowAbout (a programmer turns its lonely eyes to you)

2000-05-10 Thread Martin F. Packer
Warning: I am new to CW for the PalmOS, so if the question seems wacko, it probably is. I have started a little test project using the "C Stationary" as my initial skeleton code. In the skeleton, there is a routine named FormDoCommand. In this routine, if the proper menu item is selected, the r

Re: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Tim Astle
> This agrees with my experience and the comments made by other IIIc users. > Color is useful for some things, but what really makes the IIIc stand out is > the fact that the display is transmissive/backlit I heard that the Compaq iPaq is front lit, and that it is very energy efficient in this ma

Re: How much battery life is enough?

2000-05-10 Thread Michael Yam
Even though humans need recharging 3 times a day, a car needs to be fueled maybe once a week, and a watch battery needs to be replaced perhaps once a year. At minimum, a PDA should last a week on a charge. There's a product out there to make the Pocket PC run for a month, but you need to strap a

Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot

2000-05-10 Thread Butch Howard
'Over Time' is the problem for us. We are trying to demonstrate our technology over the wireless system now in expectation that the use of wireless for basic internet access (more than just web browsing) will be widespread in a year or so. Any specifics you can give on the ways to connect to cel

Re: Question about database sizes

2000-05-10 Thread Peter Epstein
Eric Sun wrote: >My question is, are these database sizes normal (i.e. are other people >programming with such large databases?). I ask this because I am having >some trouble with going through each record for the first 500 records and >then taking the foreign key to match a record in the second

Re: Still OffTopic - Color Debate

2000-05-10 Thread Michael Yam
Good points made about Win CE. I think Compaq is the only vendor shipping a ROM upgrade. The other companies are either thinking about it or has dropped support. The lesson here is that even if Microsoft "eventually gets it right," it'll cost you. So far, I don't think Microsoft has gotten it

Re: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Michael Yam
Tom Zerucha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:11039@palm-dev-forum... > > On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 03:20:34PM -0400, JB Parrett wrote: > > Microsoft is in the Catch-22 - they won't have a lot of developers > until they have a lot of users, and they won't have a lot of users > until there a

re: Underline in forms (must be 11 high)

2000-05-10 Thread Ken Krugler
>At 12:00am -0700 00-04-17, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote: > >When I define an underlined field and enter text in it, the underlines only > >appear under each new character as it is entered. > > > >In contrast, the built in apps show a complete line of underlines before any > >text entry

Re: Development in Java

2000-05-10 Thread José Rodriguez Ruibal
Jose Antonio, I've tested two solutions to develop in java for the Palm machines. You can try the Java Virtual Machine for Palm (KVM) at http://java.sun.com/products/kvm (I'm not really sure because I think that this site has changed since my last visit...) and sign on to get the virtual machine

Re: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Scott Maxwell
> I have heard that the readability of the PIIIc is fantastic indoors, > but that its completely unusable outdoors, in the sunlight. > > Have you not found this to be the case? If so, it is a significant > limiting factor for many people. (Unfortunately it is a limiting factor > that most may no

RE: Pilot Installer WITHOUT HotSync

2000-05-10 Thread Bobby Kolev
Youy can also use Pilot Catapult, it's specialized installer for PalmOS applications. http://www.beiks.com/palmzonebg/catapult.htm Bobby -Original Message- From: Robert McKenzie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 7:20 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: Pilot Ins

Re: Changing the User Name on a device

2000-05-10 Thread PalmPilot ml user
Hi everybody, to change the Palm UserName/ID you need PalmName (www.mulliner.org/palm/palmname.html). The source for changeing the UserName/ID is included so you can use this for your program. ... Collin On Wed, 10 May 2000, Chip Petersen wrote: > Hello: > > Is there any way to change the Us

RE: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Terwilliger Chris-A229AA
-Original Message- From: Paul A. Dugas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 11:56 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices and I will not go back without a fight. The readability is just too good to pass up. Bottom li

Re: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Richard Hartman
Paul A. Dugas wrote in message <11063@palm-dev-forum>... ... >Bottom line, even if the use of color is restricted to what the OS >alrady provides (title bars, selected control highlighting, etc), the >readability of the screen is worth the impact on cost and batery life. > I have heard that the

RE: Debugging PilotMain in CW

2000-05-10 Thread Fima Furman
I had an identical problem... I had start a new project, move all my source files there, and recompile... I don't know what's the cause of it, and if there's an easier way to fix it... Fima. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jun-Kiat Lam S

Re: wireless TCP/IP with Pilot

2000-05-10 Thread Laurence Lundblade
At 02:37 PM 5/9/00 -0400, Butch Howard wrote: >Do any of the existing wireless products allow for true TCP/IP connectivity >to a Palm Pilot? Can I connect to any server on the global Internet using >some combination of Palm Pilot, wireless modem, and server provider? There are many options. In

Re: Palm Screen Resolution

2000-05-10 Thread Richard Hartman
Well ... perhaps he isn't just interested in his device. If I recall correctly, the V has a slightly smaller screen than the III ... otoh, whether it is enough smaller to worry about, I dunno. -- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! Dave Li

Knowledge base

2000-05-10 Thread Marcelo Gorini
Is the knowledge base server down? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: How much battery life is enough?

2000-05-10 Thread Richard Hartman
Logie Urquhart wrote in message <11045@palm-dev-forum>... > > >There is one important factor that has not been included. > >The development of battery systems. As the power requirments of the devices >increase, this pushes the development of battery technology.. > >Zinc/Carbon -> Alkaline -> NiCd

Re: INetLib Questions

2000-05-10 Thread David Charlesworth
At 22:25 2000/05/09 -0400, Dave Slotter wrote: > Second question: > > What are the maximum number of bytes I can send > via a POST operation? I have found that I can > exceed 256 bytes with it, and as a result it is > more useful to me than a GET operation. The > problem is that I d

RE: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Paul A. Dugas
> I haven't seen very many pocket calculators that do color, > nor do most > people fill out information in their Franklin (or other) Planners in > color. In fact, most word processing documents and PDFs > are in black > and white, maybe with an occasional color picture. The killer apps > don't n

Re: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices

2000-05-10 Thread Jose Rodriguez
I have been following the emails regarding the WinCE PDAs. Some of them very interesting and informative. As a result, I investigated about the HP's PDA with WinCE, and about the free development system. I can tell you that Microsoft is doing exactly what it needs to get out of the catch-22 t

RE: OS on Symbol units

2000-05-10 Thread Charles Christensen
the spt-1740 I have in my hands is version 3.2 Flash ID 80021cd90031-e -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bradly J. Barton Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 9:13 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: OS on Symbol units > I believe the SPT150

Conduit Question

2000-05-10 Thread Bradly J. Barton
I asked this question on the conduit forum yesterday and did not get a response, so I thought I'd take a shot that the brain trust here might be able to answer my question... Is it possible to write a conduit and have it called by HotSync Manager that does *not* have a corresponding application o

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