Re: Errors in CW6

It only ask to make an explicit cast (conversion) Raffaella -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

TCP stack

I'm doing some fonctions for the TCP connection , but I have some TCP stack problem, and because I can only see the Assembler lines of the beginning of the program I wrote, I can' t reach the lines of the program. Is there some body that can tell me how to avoid TCP stack problems? Tanks a

Newbie needs help

Hi, I am new to the world of Palm programming. I have setup the gcc development environment under Windows 98. I have successfully compiled a sample program. What now? How do I download the program to a Palm device? How do I debug the program? Is there a step-by-step procedure to create,

Re: interprocess communications

Since you can't have two processes running at the same time, the mere idea of IPC is not relevant here. All you can do is to share databases. -- Patrick Philippot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consulting Services www.mainsoft.fr -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe,

Fw: Related to making an application compatible with palm os 3.5(Direct bits not supported link error)

- Original Message - From: Nageshwar Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 1:23 PM Subject: Related to making an application compatible with palm os 3.5(Direct bits not supported link error) Hi, i started converting

Stack overflow

Hi, I have a problem I get this message error The Application has just overflowed the Stack, is there somebody that coul help me to avoid that, thanking you in advance, Raffaella -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

Conversion to pdb(Urgent)

Hi, How can I convert a given file, which can be in any format(txt,xml,html etc) into pdb format? Secondly, how can I access the information about any record in a database. for eg. type of a record,size of the record etc. If it is using DmRecordInfo(),How to get it exactly. Pointers

Re: 'code outside segment 0' / alarms

Thanks! I think I might be OK because my app is not a 'multi-segment' app and so I don't think this: You do not have access to global variables or code outside segment 0 (in a multi-segment application) when you respond to the launch codes (sysAppLaunchCmdAlarmTriggered and

Related to making an application compatible with palm os 3.5(Direct bits not supported link error)

Hi, i started converting application from Palm os 3.1 to Palm os 3.5. I have included PalmOS.h in each and every source file.I have included Pam Compatibility.h for supporting old data types in my application. I have made it compilation error free and when it is linking it is giving an

Related to making an application compatible with palm os 3.5(Direct bits not supported link error)

Hi, i started converting application from Palm os 3.1 to Palm os 3.5. I have included PalmOS.h in each and every source file.I have included Pam Compatibility.h for supporting old data types in my application. I have made it compilation error free and when it is linking it is giving an

RE: VC++

Is anyone using Visual C++ to develop apps for the Palm OS? If you are, was there any special setup requirements? I've got VC 5.0 not VC 6.0. You can only use VC++ to develop Palm conduits - not Palm applications. If you are talking about developing Palm conduits then there is a conduit

Fatal error when antenna raised in palmVII

Hi all, while my app is running on palmVII, if i raised the antenna,its giving fatal error. what exactly i should do under sysAppLaunchCmdAntennaUp launch code in my pilotMain function. Any help will be appreciated. thanks in adv Prasad -- For information on using the Palm Developer

Re: Exit

According to Richard Burmeister [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Xref: shakazulu.wizzy.com palm-dev-forum:3144 Since it is possible for the user to redefine what the silk-screen buttons do, another way to exit your app is to use the fact that your event loop only runs until it sees an event of type

Linking Problem with Static library for Palm

I have made a static library (.lib) for Palm using MW Code Warrior. Now when i add this .lib (which contains implementations of some functions of mine) in another project and try to link it , i get a linker error saying "function ... undefined" . The project compiles fine though. Can i not use

Exception

Hi, My application runs fine on my palm device but on the Emulator, fires the following Error. Pointers Appreciated. "VersaBook" 1.0 has just written directly to memory location zero (NULL). This technique is not permitted for Palm OS applications and may not work in future Palm products

Conduit Information

Hello everybody, We are trying to sync our data on PC with Palm Device. This process is working properly, only in case if we add our conduit DLL with some standard creator ID like addr, mail etc. It is not working with our own name. Can anybody explain about this creator ID concept ? Or can

palm bug?

Hi there, is is true that DmSeekRecordInCategory is broken on OSes prior 3.1? It seems to throw fatals if the starting index is invalid (behind last or differnet category) instead of flagging an error, as written in the manual. Regards, Mit freundlichem Gruß, Holger Klawitter -- Holger

Re: Getting work done at interrupt level

Well well, silly me. I think I found the answer to my question. And the answer seem to be to, despite my missing event loop, enqueue a key event. And then make sure I've patched the EvtGetEvent. This seem like a, not great, but good idea. If anyone has a better idea or some thoughts about this

Re: Getting work done at interrupt level

So, when at interrupt level, I want to say: Go to 'some' function when interrupt exits. If you cannot allocate global variable you can use Feature normally instead. Regards, Mit freundlichem Gruß, Holger Klawitter -- Holger Klawitter+49 (0)251 484

Re: palm bug?

is is true that DmSeekRecordInCategory is broken on OSes prior 3.1? Upps, I meant DmPositionInCategory() ... Regards, Mit freundlichem Gruß, Holger Klawitter -- Holger Klawitter+49 (0)251 484 0637 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Conduit Information

From: "manash hazarika" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Conduit Information We are trying to sync our data on PC with Palm Device. This process is working properly, only in case if we add our conduit DLL with some standard creator ID like addr, mail etc. It is not working with our own name. It

Printing from a Palm

I am trying to print from a Palm to either a HP DeskJet 350CBi or a Canon BJC-50. I have tried Bachmann Print Manager and Palm Print and Teal Print but these only allow me to print text. I need to be able to print out a grid and some text. Has anyone been able to print lines from a palm? -- For

Re: Related to making an application compatible with palm os 3.5(Direct bits not supported link error)

i started converting application from Palm os 3.1 to Palm os 3.5. I have included PalmOS.h in each and every source file.I have included Pam Compatibility.h for supporting old data types in my application. I have made it compilation error free and when it is linking it is giving an

Refresh field in a table

How do you go about refreshing a Field in a table? I have the table displaying 0.0 if nothing else is there. However, if I delete the 0.0 and click another field, the 0.0 isn't displayed, but it's there. It will be displayed if I delete a part of it. I can even select "nothingness", which is

Can the 'text' and 'textlen' members of FieldType struct be used directly

Can I rely on the text and textlen members of a FieldType structure variable for READ-ONLY uses? Or am supposed to be using FldGetTextPtr and FldGetTextLength to keep me arm's length from internal structures? Marty Packer -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

Does pointer from FldGetTextPtr need unlocking?

Does the pointer obtained from a call to FldGetTextPtr need to be unlocked when one is done using it? Marty Packer -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Using FldSetInsertionPoint/FldInsertTest vs. MemHandleNew/FldSetTextHandle

I am trying to set multiple fields in a form from data in the same data record. Is there a benefit to using FldSetInsertionPoint followed by FldInsertText vs. MemHandleNew followed by FldSetTextHandle. I assume I can't use FldSetText as the chunk passed in the handle is actually used as the

Re: Linking Problem with Static library for Palm

Is everything C or C++ here? Not 100%, but about 98%. Regards, Steve Mann -- --- Creative Digital Publishing Inc. 1315 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3117 --- 805.784.9461 805.784.9462 (fax)

RE: Newbie needs help

Do you have any background with any of the GNU tools? If not, perhaps Codewarrior Lite might be easier for you to learn with. All those questions are answered in the Palm OS Companion, downloadable from PalmOS.com's developer support reference page, in pdf and html format. -Rus -Original

TCP connection with POSE

I'm writing a TCP/IP library and I would like to test it on the Palm OS Emulator, Is there anybody who has been able to connect the Palm OS Emulator to the Net, I mean with a TCP/ IP connection. Thanking you in advance, Raffaella -- For information on using the Palm

Problems deleting MyApp.

When I'm trying to delete my application from POSE, I get the following error message: "Applications" 3.0 reports "MemoryMgrNew.c, Line:4128, Invalid handle". If this is the latest version of "Applications", please report this to the application author. Anyone with similar experiences?

no-cache browser

Hi there! Sorry about the non-development question, but do you guys know a browser for Palm that would support the: META HTTP-EQUIV="pragma" CONTENT="no-cache" tag ? Thanks, Tim Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN

SLIP

Playing with the export database function on the emulatore, i noticed that there is a SLIP NetIF database that can be exported. I am wondering if anyone knows what this databse is. Is it a SLIP Driver similar to the one that is shown in RFC 1055? Meaning it sends the END, ESC, ESC_END,

Re: Devinfo - does anyone read emails

i think the email should be sorted by date received and not by subject line. -Original Message- From: David Fedor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, July 28, 2000 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Devinfo - does anyone read emails One of the best ways to

nokia 6185 candian phones

does anyone have any links or methods of programming or customizing (tinkering around with) nokia 6185 phones? ie, custom rings, beaming things, whatever (maybe even overclocking,.. hahahaah,... jk'in') tia Charles R -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe,

cmd-line resource compilation

I'm looking for information on a command-line resource tool. Here's what I want to do: I have an application which operates on a large data resource. Right now that data resource is statically specified in my Codewarrior project file, and the data is added to the .prc by (I presume) the

Palm Speed Question

Ok Still on my Serial comm problem Ok tell me if im wrong but... On palm device delay are calculated in ticks per second... And again tell me if Im wrong, but 1 ticks is around 6ms for my palm 3e Now is it possible to make a delay of 0.33 ticks or 2ms Thanx -- For information on using the

RE: Hide/Show a bitmap

Thanks Dave. I should have thought about it. Nancy -Original Message- From: Dave Johnson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 10:01 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Hide/Show a bitmap Wang, Nancy wrote: I want to hide/show a bitmap on the form

Re: Linking Problem with Static library for Palm

At 4:13 PM +0530 2000/07/31, Nitin FOR Palm wrote: I have made a static library (.lib) for Palm using MW Code Warrior. Now when i add this .lib (which contains implementations of some functions of mine) in another project and try to link it , i get a linker error saying "function ... undefined"

Re: Palm Speed Question

Ok to simplify my question... If you prefer.. I must know if I can do { the whole routine ( all the event loop ) Event Loop contains 1. handle pressed button, one at a time ( within 18 ms ) 2. Handle comm process within 30 } in less than 50 millisecond is this possible... Patrick

Re: 3Mb SuperPilot 1 and PalmOS 3.5

It cannot be done; the ROM on the original SuperPilot is only 1MB (I think), and is not large enough to support the 1MB PalmOS 3.x. You _can_ add an extra 1MB to the Palm expansion/upgrade board (used to upgrade a Pilot to PalmOS3), but it involves considerable hacking and knocks out the

RE: Hide/Show a bitmap

My understanding is that there is a bug in FrmGetObjectIndex which may cause problems here. If you're trying to get the index of a form object in order to call FrmHideObject or FrmShowObject on it, you'd expect to pass in the ID of the form object, but you need to pass in the ID of the bitmap

Palm Developers in Austin Area?

Hi all, I am currently running into some problems (and time constraints) with a PalmOS project. What I would like to know is... are there any PalmOS developers in the Austin, Texas area or that work remotely on outsource development projects? If you are interested in helping, please send me

Re: Refresh field in a table

I found a simple way to fix the problem. TablePtr table = GetObjectPtr(fooID); TblMarkTableInvalid(table); TblRedrawTable(table); Now back to the problem I originall had with that weird black box appearing in my table row for no apparent reason. If anyone knows why that might occur,

Re: Printing from a Palm

At 09:42 AM 7/31/00 -0400, you wrote: I am trying to print from a Palm to either a HP DeskJet 350CBi or a Canon BJC-50. I have tried Bachmann Print Manager and Palm Print and Teal Print but these only allow me to print text. I need to be able to print out a grid and some text. If I may, a slight

Help! Exporting DB from Debug Console...

Thanks for trying to answer my question. I tried inserting a "Device" directory in multiple locations but it hasn't changed the errors I'm getting. Also, I have downloaded the Palm Debugger v3.5 app, but it gives me another type of error when I try to perform any commands on the palm in the

RE: Printing from a Palm

Hi, I have mailed your tech support and they have told me that only laserjets print lines. The reason for the confusion was that we initially had a Canon printer and after a discussion with Joanne Pierce she told us that we would be able to get graphics on the Deskjet. SO we bought one and it

appStopEvent - OK to ignore?

When my application receives an appStopEvent, I display an alert that asks the user if they would like to save the open record before quitting. I've had requests to add a "Cancel" button so the application does not exit if the user unintentionally launched another app (for example, by touching

Re: Devinfo - does anyone read emails

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Charles Rezsonya wrote: i think the email should be sorted by date received and not by subject line. I don't see anyone talking about message sorting. Use a little common sense here.. obviously, a subject line of: 1.Subject: HELP, Newbie, URGENT!! is going to be

Re: Palm Speed Question

Unfortunately, there isn't a reliable way to handle this in software on the current PalmOS. There are several well documented by third party tricks to do this but I highly advice against it if this is production code. My timing rule of thumb has been if you want to do anything with a

Re: appStopEvent - OK to ignore?

This would be a yes... If my application does not exit when it receives an appStopEvent, does that effectively cancel the launch of the other application? You can however use your cancel button to force a handeled for the app stop event or just pass it along to terminate... cancel would

RE: no-cache browser

Oddly enough, I never received the original post by Timothee Masquelier, but I saw the reply below. Timothee: Browse-it, the browser from Pumatech which will be available through Intellisync.com, supports the no-cache flag. If you'd like more info about Browse-it, please email me directly.

Re: TCP connection with POSE

Yes. From POSE, right-click and choose Settings | Properties. Then make sure the "Redirect NetLib calls to host TCP/IP" is checked. Also, and obviously, you'll need to be emulating a PalmOS that supports TCP/IP (e.g., VII). Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message

External Variables

I have 2 source (C) files that use the same variable in both. I put that Variable in the header file (H) and declarced it as static because that was the way it was declared before I split the code. The second file that uses the variable correctly, I suspect because it is declared static and the

RE: Printing from a Palm

Richard, There are some misconceptions here, we will contact you off-line and help you get going. Glenn Bachmann At 03:24 PM 7/31/00 -0400, you wrote: Hi, I have mailed your tech support and they have told me that only laserjets print lines. The reason for the confusion was that we

Re: External Variables

Dean Salman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So how does 2 C files use a global vaiable. Please read http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q1.7.html John -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: External Variables

This issue is explained very well in the Harbison and Steele reference book on C. Different compilers use different rules. This is their advice (which I've followed successfully using CodeWarrior's compiler for Palm OS): 1. Have a single definition point (source file) for each external

Global variables and Multi-Segment issues

I am using multi-segment applications with GCC and prc-tools 2.x. I think I saw somewhere a post about limitations on accessing global variables when using multi-segment applications. I don't seem to have a problem but wanted to check out what this was all about. Is there a link somewhere

Re: External Variables

So how does 2 C files use a global vaiable. Please read http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q1.7.html John hehehe.. John "the shark in the school of fish" Marshall strikes again :P az. -- Aaron Ardiri Java Certified Programmer http://www.hig.se/~ardiri/ University-College i

Latest CW Build?

Does anyone know the latest build of CW and how to determine if I have it? I own R6 purchased in October, 1999 and I want to know if there is a newer build. Thanks, Steve -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

A know issue with Beaming to OS 3.1?

If I have my app installed and running with an existing database on an OS 3.1 device. And then BEAM the app again from another device onto my 3.1device and say 'yes' I want to accept the app, and 'yes' I want to replace the existing app the application DATABASE gets removed. However if I

want to patch reset vector

I need to perform a small but critical task when the Palm is reset. I've found the reset vector but it seems to be read-only. Is there some memory mapping trick I can perform to gain write access? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

Re: A know issue with Beaming to OS 3.1?

Stuart Nicholson wrote in message 19306@palm-dev-forum... If I have my app installed and running with an existing database on an OS 3.1 device. And then BEAM the app again from another device onto my 3.1device and say 'yes' I want to accept the app, and 'yes' I want to replace the existing

Re: Can the 'text' and 'textlen' members of FieldType struct be used directly

Can I rely on the text and textlen members of a FieldType structure variable for READ-ONLY uses? Or am supposed to be using FldGetTextPtr and FldGetTextLength to keep me arm's length from internal structures? The latter. Use the APIs when they exist; that's what they're there for :-)

Re: A know issue with Beaming to OS 3.1?

Sorry I have to ask here because the Palm Knowledge Base appears to be down currently. Seems to work, at least for me... do you still see a problem? -David Fedor Palm Developer Support -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

Re: Fatal error when antenna raised in palmVII

while my app is running on palmVII, if i raised the antenna,its giving fatal error. what exactly i should do under sysAppLaunchCmdAntennaUp launch code in my pilotMain function. Any help will be appreciated. Nothing; that'd be the safest and is what 99% of the apps in the world do. Just

Re: cmd-line resource compilation

Is there such a tool that will take my compiled executable (.prc), and append a resource to it? Par does that, I think. http://www.djw.org/product/palm/par/index.html Or if you're on a mac, the PalmRez mpw tool can do it too. -David Fedor Palm Developer Support -- For information on

Re: Network without PPP/SLIP

Hi David, Ethernet cradles have some intelligence built-in; they usually request an IP address from a DHCP server on the LAN (or have one statically configured), and issue that address when the Palm device does a PPP connection to it. All Ethernet devices have a MAC (hardware) address and,

Re: TCP stack

Hi Raffaella, I'm not sure exactly what your problem is. There is some sample code in the SDK you can use called "NetSample". Regards, Peter Easton Palm Developer Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm doing some fonctions for the TCP connection , but I have some TCP stack problem, and

Re: Printing from a Palm

On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:24:17PM -0400, Richard.Johnstone wrote: Hi, I have mailed your tech support and they have told me that only laserjets print lines. The reason for the confusion was that we initially had a Canon printer and after a discussion with Joanne Pierce she told us that we

new subject line:) 'Inconsistent behavior with Database Operations....

Can anyone offer some insight to the problem outlined below. Thank you. Frank W.F. Ableson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:19178@palm-dev-forum... VoidHand dataH; BytePtr dataP; dataH = DmQueryRecord(mydbref,recindex); // I get a valid (?) VoidHand, which I then use to lock

INetLib Functions and custom Email app

Would I be able to write my own wireless email application for the Palm VII using the INetLib functions? If so is there any sample code or documentation that could help get me started? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

Re: POSE and CW Pro on a Mac

I am using the CW Pro for Macintosh with PalmOS Development kit 3.5. Can I use POSE with CW Pro for debugging? I can't seem to get CW to make a connection to POSE. Try : -- Selecting Edit/Preferences/Debugger/Palm Connection Settings and setting the target to Palm OS Emulator. -- On the

Re: Freeing handles, a good practice?

Thanks! Your pairing map makes things alot clearer. Roger Chaplin wrote: Let's be careful with terminology. This is all confusing enough for newbies as it is, without muddying the waters all the more by misusing terms. "Lock" and "release" should not be paired. DmGetRecord doesn't lock a