Re: CardNo and DbID for Launcher

> Anyone know the Card Number (UInt16 cardNo) and Database ID (LocalID dbID) > for the Launcher app? Is it the same for everyone? Can I hard-code this > value? Thanks DmFindDatabase() // az 'keith told me to make you fish' [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ardiri.com/<--- free games! -- F

Re: An impossible error -- HERES YOUR EXPLANATION

> { > PointType startPoint; > PointType endPoint; try this: { static PointType startPoint; static PointType endPoint; > Here I get no sounds whatsoever. Apparently, accessing the variables by > reference as opposed to by value is ok, but the reverse causes them to be > reinitialized to

CardNo and DbID for Launcher

Anyone know the Card Number (UInt16 cardNo) and Database ID (LocalID dbID) for the Launcher app? Is it the same for everyone? Can I hard-code this value? Thanks -Jacob -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/sup

An impossible error -- first correct explanation gets a prize

The way I see it, this is impossible. Another option is that I am just stupid. I'll give you 2:1 odds on impossible, though. Well, maybe 1:1. Here goes: In my hack for the SysProcessSoftkeyStroke, the function recieves two parameters: PointType *startPtP and PointType *endPtP. Immediately upo

Invalid CHK instruction

Hello, I am writing some code to function as a memory manager - but intermittently it causes a fatal exception when it tries to dereference a pointer that I know is valid. When I run the same code on the emulator I get the error explained as an Invalid CHK instruction. Looking at the i

Re: Palmos upgrade

I don't think that is possible. The Visor uses masked ROM, not a flashable ROM. OS3.5 is not a patch, but is distributed as a complete ROM image. There was discussion on masked and flashable ROM on this list sometime back, you might want to look up on it. Anyway, Handspring has made some minor mo

Re: Feature Manager vs. Preferences

Just a short question. How long my preferences could be? just a few bytes or they can go up to 1K? Regards, Pablo Valle "Peter Epstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:25487@palm-dev-forum... > > Features are lost on a soft reset, so they're not appropriate for state that you want to b

Field is set editable, but ignores keystrokes

Hi, I've got a floating field on some old code that I can't use under OS3.5. Under POSE the attributes are showing as editable=0 although the field is definitely set editable in Constructor. One possibility is a memory corruption messing up the field attributes, but before I dive into *that* inv

Palmos upgrade

I have a HandSpring visor Deluxe palm top. But the os installed in it is " palm OS software v.3.1H2 " I want to upgrade this to "version 3.5.2 " . Please give the details about the upgrading patches (from version 3.1 to 3.5.2). and upgrading process . Thanks

Re: Exit?

In a message dated 9/26/00 9:33:14 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It's a guideline. A GUIDELINE, NOT a LAW. You don't have to stay > completely > inside them, if your client demands otherwise. > > Yes yes yes, I know, I'm a very bad person, but I work for a corpora

Re: Limitation to table field size

In a message dated 9/26/00 8:54:11 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Is there a way to work-around the limit of 255 characters per field in a > table (as defined by tableMaxTextItemSize)? yes, but you have to alter the field's attr's yourself, like this: FieldPtr fld; fl

Re: custom events?

That is about the limit. One thing you can do is create a data structure less than or equal to the amount of the generic structure (16 bytes) and typedef it in. It would go something like this. typedef struct custom_data { int a, b; char code[4]; }CUSTOM_DATA; #defineCUSTOM_EVENT

Re: custom events?

Thanks for everyone's replies. I see now that it is possible to define custom events, but is it possible to have a custom "data" field in the EventType structure? Is the only way to use the "generic" struct inside the data union? thanks again Rhys -- For information on using the Palm Develop

exact specification for image compression types needed

Hi. I'm working on a project which would create Palm Tbmp images. We need to know the specifics of the ScanLine and RLE compression formats. Can anyone point me to a specification? If not, can someone please state the specification of these two compression types? Thanks. Bill -- For informa

Re: Flashing reset with a black square

The down arrow puts the device in a server mode for the low level debugger (such as PalmDebugger). The blinking dot is normal. The up arrow should do a no notify reset, but you've got to hold it down while pressing the reset button on the back, and hold it down for a while, then finally releas

Re: Device Unique ID?

> Teach the man to fish, Aaron! > > "How do I get the user name on a Palm OS platform organizer?" > speaking of which.. where is that palm-dev-forum FAQ? i have not seen it posted in a while. it should be updated and posted at the end of

Flashing reset with a black square

Sometimes I get a reset bug where the "Palm" screen just flashes over and over and nothing happens. I try to hold down the "Up" button and it just freezes there, and when i release it it continues to flash. When I press the "Down" button, a little black square appears in the upper-left corner of

Re: Device Unique ID?

Teach the man to fish, Aaron! "How do I get the user name on a Palm OS platform organizer?" -- Keith Rollin -- Palm OS Emulator engineer Aaron Ardiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/26/2000 03:55:43 PM Please respond to "Palm Developer Foru

Re: PRC-Tools 2.1, when?

Hi, back to the original question... > Does anyone know when PRC-Tools 2.1 will be released? I would like to use a third party GLib, and according to Palm's web page; ...it is intended that there will be a 2.1 release soon incorporating many of the facilities...particularly as pertains to re-enab

Re: Drawing on gadget

From: "Flora_Mahdavi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Drawing on gadget > I'm writing this function based on OS 3.1; and after testing many ways in > capturing the bitmap I came into conclusion that the problem is before even > I draw anything. Before doing anything else, I clicked on the butto

RE: trademark superscript

It worked!! Thanx!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Sabram Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 3:03 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: trademark superscript Yes there is. The superscript (TM) symbol is 0x99 (hex) for the regu

Re: Device Unique ID?

> >there is an ability to get a flash ROM id, however, there are a > >lot of devices (still being made) that dont have flash ROM. the > >most common way is to just use the hotsync username :) > > > >i am sure someone will say something, but these issues get > >discussed on t

Re: Device Unique ID?

In a message dated 9/25/00 11:50:35 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Is there a unique ID for each palm device? If so how do I get it? > >there is an ability to get a flash ROM id, however, there are a >lot of devices (still being made) that dont have flash ROM.

Re: Feature Manager vs. Preferences

Features are lost on a soft reset, so they're not appropriate for state that you want to be used the next time your app is used. With prefs, you have a choice of whether to back them up or not, but even those that aren't backed up still survive a soft reset. -- Peter Epstein Palm Inc. Developer

anyone know about pen events?

I have a question about pen events: Let's say I draw a line from the Calc softkey to the Menu softkey, with the pendown on the Calc and the PenUp on the Menu. What is the os doing during this time? Here's what I see from my emulator log: a whole bunch of EvtEnqueuePenPoint calls, terminated by

Feature Manager vs. Preferences

What are the pros and cons of using FtrSet and friends versus PrefSetAppPreferences and friends for storing application state? I've been using preferences to store state information such as last viewed record, etc., but I'm wondering if I should be using the feature manager instead. Any opinions?

Re: trademark superscript

Yes there is. The superscript (TM) symbol is 0x99 (hex) for the regular and large font sets. It is also there in the bold fonts. Steve George Williams wrote: > Is there an ascii representation for the trademark (tm) superscript? > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or

RE: Using C++ - Pro's and cons

>My understanding is (and I'm going to be interested to see >the Palm Development forum's digest tomorrow morning) >the movable heaps come out of different memory than the >unmovable heap that MemPtrNew() allocates from. No, that isn't the case. MemPtrNew and MemHandleNew both allocate from the

Re: graphical tabs

You could take the route used by the Palm "Preferences" application and present what would otherwise be tab headings in a drop-down selector in the upper-right corner of the screen (where categories are frequently presented). -- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a go

Re: Limitation to table field size

Steve Achelis wrote: > > Is there a way to work-around the limit of 255 characters per field in a > table (as defined by tableMaxTextItemSize)? As far as I know this maximum value is only a default value. You can set it higher in your load data callback. (I've had no problems with 1K fields from

RE: @stake Advisory:

We had a discussion the other day concerning whether it is a good idea of echo'ing 's in a password field or not ... ... made me think. I think I know what to do now :) > -Original Message- > From: Nesse, Rustin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 9:58 PM

trademark superscript

Is there an ascii representation for the trademark (tm) superscript? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: ExgDbRead and record IDs

Danny, A quick look at the Palm OS 3.0 code (unfortunately I don't have all the data structures) appears that their is an attempt, but I am a little suspicious about part of the code. Of course I could have got a complete different bug. Oliver At 11:26 AM 9/26/00 -0700, you wrote: >"Oliver Ki

RE: @stake Advisory:

Oops! Got you confused with Dan. Sorry! (I know I helped out one of you guys with the button mapping scheme, and someone gave me a free copy of the software, so that's why I was pushing it. =) ) -Rus >-Original Message- >From: Schau, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday,

Re: OS 3.5.2

"Shay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:25380@palm-dev-forum... > > where can i get the update for OS 3.5.2 ? > for a device AND for an emulator ? A quick note -- you can install the 3.5.2 patch in your emulator session in POSE, but it will cause extraneous dialogs to appear during your

RE: graphical tabs

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Nesse, Rustin wrote: > Hmm...very Windowsish...well, you could do a few graphical buttons that > either update the form objects, or update a window rectangle, etc., by > moving the objects around or loading a different picture, or whatnot. > You'd just have to draw the bitma

RE: Bad Field Selection - Line: 5321

This did it. I was being silly in a FrmUpdate as well. Thanks for the help! On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Ken Krugler wrote: > At 12:00am -0700 00-09-26, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote: > >Subject: RE: Bad Field Selection - Line: 5321 > >From: Chris DiPierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 20

RE: @stake Advisory:

> running a third-party security app (there are many, but Brian > Schau's app > PalmLock is a pretty decent one), with the IR recieve turned Just to correct things ... PalmLock is written/maintained by Daniel Seifert. I'm involving in doing yet another Secure Storage thingy - this is yet to

Re: Bad Field Selection - Line: 5321

"Ken Krugler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:25455@palm-dev-forum... > > And from Ben Combee... > > > > Subject: Re: Bad Field Selection - Line: 5321 > > > From: "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:25:12 -0500 > > > X-Message-Number: 54 > > > > > > The

RE: graphical tabs

Hmm...very Windowsish...well, you could do a few graphical buttons that either update the form objects, or update a window rectangle, etc., by moving the objects around or loading a different picture, or whatnot. You'd just have to draw the bitmap, then place the buttons on top of the window or f

Re: how to have multiple code resources in a shared library?

OK, here's what I'd like to do. Create a second code resource within the shared library prc. The code in the 2nd code resource has no globals and is in fact just a wrapper around a set of functions in a static library. The entry point to this code resource will be a dispatcher routine which calls

RE: Need help filling out the Palm Confidentiality Agreement

> > :)) if you are a "sole" person, just write "Independant > > Developer" for title, that is, if you are not signing an > > agreement under a company. > > Course, if I were independent, I would want to spell it correctly. :) > -hkmlt hehe.. you know us australians :) we dont know how

Re: how to have multiple code resources in a shared library?

At 12:00am -0700 00-09-26, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote: >Subject: how to have multiple code resources in a shared library? >From: "Rob Dugal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:26:28 -0400 >X-Message-Number: 49 > >I need to build a shared library which will be >64k. For some lega

Re: OS 3.5.2

Thanks, shay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:25420@palm-dev-forum... > > > > The upgrade is at: > > http://www.palm.com/support/downloads/update352.html > > or go to www.palm.com -> support -> Palm OS Software 3.5.2 Upgrade at the > bottom kind of to the left > > You are right that

Re: @stake Advisory:

> all in all, i think the advisory was interesting, but their "mail" > about it just blew it out - now *everyone* knows the hole. that was > really nice of them wasn't it? Like I said, baseball bat... I wouldn't really consider this security 'problem' as much as just lack of support for s

RE: Bad Field Selection - Line: 5321

At 12:00am -0700 00-09-26, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote: >Subject: RE: Bad Field Selection - Line: 5321 >From: Chris DiPierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:20:56 -0400 (EDT) >X-Message-Number: 46 > >This seems related to the popup keyboard (like the February discussion >that

RE: Need help filling out the Palm Confidentiality Agreement

> :)) if you are a "sole" person, just write "Independant > Developer" for > title, that is, if you are not signing an agreement under a company. Course, if I were independent, I would want to spell it correctly. :) -hkmlt -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsub

Re: ExgDbRead and record IDs

"Oliver King-Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:25371@palm-dev-forum... > Does anyone know if the record IDs are being kept in sync with ExgDBRead? As far as I can tell, ExgDBRead does preserve unique IDs, at least in Palm OS 3.5. At least it's trying to; there may be a bug. I'm pre

graphical tabs

hello all, i was wondering if anyone has sample code to support graphical 'tabs'? if anyone knows where this is available and could point in that direction this would be great. thank you. __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alert

Re: Need help filling out the Palm Confidentiality Agreement

> > So, on the last page, there are 3 fields : 'By', 'Printed', 'Title' : > > what should I write there ? > > >From the hip (I could be wrong) > > By: your signature, as you would sign a legal document > Printed: your name, in printed text form (i.e. not cursive) > Title: if you work for a compa

RE: Using C++ - Pro's and cons

Neither. MemHandleNew() This returns a handle to a movable memory chunk. You can lock it and get a pointer to the memory by calling MemHandleLock() You call MemHandleUnlock() to unlock it and MemHandleFree() to release it My understanding is (and I'm going to be interested to see the

Re: Need help filling out the Palm Confidentiality Agreement

Fred Dujardin wrote: > Hello > > I'm posting this again, because I can't see my own message or any > response, so I guess something went wrong... > > Sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but I'm not familiar with > American legal terms and contracts, and since this is going by mail I > don

Re: Exit?

> I agree w/ Brian in the end, but not with his justification. Try > this one on for size: > > Other apps don't have an "exit" button. People using > the PDA regularly will be familiar with this. Thus there > is no -need- for an "exit" button on your app. > > I'm not going to go s

RE: @stake Advisory: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600- 1)

> To me, this seemed like yelling "Fire" when there is only the risk > of a fire. Oh wait, I'm from Chicago, maybe I should heed that > warning. So long as there isn't a cow at @stake ;-). now, with all the new anti-virus news going on.. i bet its more of a case of yelling "Virus!" every time

Re: @stake Advisory: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600- 1)

Tom Zerucha wrote in message <25430@palm-dev-forum>... > ... >Further, the only use of the password is to unlock the Palm. How many >(really) keep their palm locked? Also used to unhide hidden records. There could be lots of data you're not seeing even on an unlocked PDA w/o the password. >A

Need help filling out the Palm Confidentiality Agreement

Hello I'm posting this again, because I can't see my own message or any response, so I guess something went wrong... Sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but I'm not familiar with American legal terms and contracts, and since this is going by mail I don't want to take the risk of filling

Re: @stake Advisory:

> > i guess you could use a public key system, one key on device, one > > on desktop - but get real. use your head on this one. i think the > > chances are they are going to "illegally" get hold of your desktop > > more than they are with your PDA (you hold it at all times!). > > I've re

Build-PRC Unrecognized File Format

Hello, I tried building a palm application using PRC-tools on a linux platform. It compiled well and built the object executable with m68k-palmos-gcc. However, when i tried using the build-prc command to combine the *.bin (from pilrcui) to the executable, I received a file format error. What doe

Re: Colour bitmap in Alert

On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 05:28:33PM -0700, Richard M. Hartman wrote: > > > Tom Zerucha wrote in message <25316@palm-dev-forum>... > > > ... > >Since I am doing imaging I do use 4 bit. So do most other imaging > >programs that run on something other than the IIIc. > > > > Really? Most serious i

RE: Exit?

>I did read that response -- I just got to it later. I did >wonder, though, >at people who didn't have enough curiosity to poke at the hardware >buttons (memopad, todo, etc.) which are labeled with icons that >are (to me at least) much less confusing than the applications icon. >Or are the hard

Re: @stake Advisory: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600- 1)

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 11:21:01AM -0400, Dave Lippincott wrote: > a) who isn't aware of the weak security on the Palm? I noticed it the day I > opened my PalmPilot Pro. Those agencies that require data securty use 3rd > party applications to secure or encrypt data on the Palm and not a button

Re: Higher math functions

Andy Black wrote: > Well, I wouldn't mind doing that but I am a bit mathematically challenged :) > Also, I need to be able to raise e to the x where x is a signed, floating > point number. Not as easy as dealing with unsigned integer values. recall e^(a+b) == e^a * e^b call a the integer part a

Re: @stake Advisory:

In a message dated 9/26/00 11:42:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > i guess you could use a public key system, one key on device, one >on desktop - but get real. use your head on this one. i think the >chances are they are going to "illegally" get hold of your des

Re: Exit?

Nesse, Rustin wrote in message <25426@palm-dev-forum>... > >>You're both half right: >> >>1) the client is always right. >>2) the client doesn't always know what they're talking about. >> >>It is our job as developers, not to -refuse- "silly" requests, but to >>explain >>the pros & cons

RE: Drawing on gadget

I'm writing this function based on OS 3.1; and after testing many ways in capturing the bitmap I came into conclusion that the problem is before even I draw anything. Before doing anything else, I clicked on the button that is supposed to cause the redrawing of what I have drawn, which is nothing,

RE: Exit?

>You're both half right: > >1) the client is always right. >2) the client doesn't always know what they're talking about. > >It is our job as developers, not to -refuse- "silly" requests, but to >explain >the pros & cons of the issue. Your job is first and foremost to >listen to what they

Re: Exit?

Nesse, Rustin wrote in message <25401@palm-dev-forum>... ... >It's so unbelievably amazing to me...I wonder exactly how many developers >actually say to their clients "we're sorry, we can't do that, because adding >two lines of code is damaging to the Palm Philosophy". That's really a >naive wa

Re: Exit?

I agree w/ Brian in the end, but not with his justification. Try this one on for size: Other apps don't have an "exit" button. People using the PDA regularly will be familiar with this. Thus there is no -need- for an "exit" button on your app. I'm not going to go so far as to say

Re: Exit?

Nesse, Rustin wrote in message <25354@palm-dev-forum>... > ... >> >>Most clients are exploring how to use a handheld in their >>business when they come to integrators and consultants like you and I, ... >>I have found that what they want and what they need are >>sometime two totally separate th

Re: @stake Advisory: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600- 1)

This was only one of the venues in which the advisory was posted. It was also posted on the Pilot mailing list (the name tells you how old the list is). I'm sure it was posted elsewhere. It may be "preaching to the choir" here, but not everyone is a developer. -- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PRO

Re: @stake Advisory: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600- 1)

Dave Lippincott wrote in message <25400@palm-dev-forum>... > >a) who isn't aware of the weak security on the Palm? I noticed it the day I >opened my PalmPilot Pro. Those agencies that require data securty use 3rd >party applications to secure or encrypt data on the Palm and not a button to >'h

Re: Using C++ - Pro's and cons

From: "Stringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >From: "Chris Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >More importantly, since you can't write directly to that area of memory > >do you have to use DmWrite for all property manipulation? > > A locked memory chunk does not have to be written to with DmWrite(), > that's

Re: OS 3.5.2

The upgrade is at: http://www.palm.com/support/downloads/update352.html or go to www.palm.com -> support -> Palm OS Software 3.5.2 Upgrade at the bottom kind of to the left You are right that it should be in the ROM clickwrap area as well... I will forward it on. -Ezekiel Sanborn de Asi

RE: @stake Advisory:

>> I guess what it comes down to is that if someone wants >> access to the data, they're going to do have to do more >> than just turn on the handheld and browse around, they're >> going to have to locate the hotsync machine and grab >> the password during a hotsync. > >Read the advisory. :) No

Re: REPOST: exiting from an alarm acivated app

John Prinos wrote in message <25366@palm-dev-forum>... > >"Richard M. Hartman" wrote: > >> Does posting an AppStopEvent instead of a silkscreen key press work ? >> ... >That had the strange behavior of reactivating the application upon exit the first time it was run. Afterwards it seemed to wor

RE: @stake Advisory:

Rustin Nesse wrote: > I guess what it comes down to is that if someone wants > access to the data, they're going to do have to do more > than just turn on the handheld and browse around, they're > going to have to locate the hotsync machine and grab > the password during a hotsync. Read the advi

RE: Installation program for a set of programs for PC and Palm

I believe Catapult on http://www.beiks.com does all that was requested for only $100. Even with custom additional development I believe it will be under the price tag set. - Bobby -Original Message- From: Palm Projects [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 9:03 AM

RE: OS 3.5.2

Did you look in the Developer Rom Seeding page? If anyone has it, it would be Palm...it's not like other companies develop the Palm OS for Palm. -Rus >and i looked at palmos.com ... > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:25393@palm-dev-forum... >> >> www.palm.com >> >> Shay wrote: >> >

RE: @stake Advisory: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600- 1)

The issue is that @stake was preaching to the choir. I think it's a safe assumption that nearly everyone on this list knows default Palm security is poor. They may not know how it's poor, just that it is poor, and this advisory may have educated those on how it is poor. To me, this seemed like

RE: @stake Advisory:

>> b) Why do they have to make their 'announcment' sound like the sky is >>falling? > > want to know something real funny? > > the "kingpin" guy, is part of "http://www.l0pht.com/" group, they > look into the security areas for fun or, to just be a major pain in > the backside. here are a

Installation program for a set of programs for PC and Palm

please follow the below link for details about this project: http://www.hotdispatch.com/palm/view-task-provider?ID=4298588&ORIGIN=none&POSTID=3178972025 _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.c

Re: OS 3.5.2

and i looked at palmos.com ... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:25393@palm-dev-forum... > > www.palm.com > > Shay wrote: > > > > where can i get the update for OS 3.5.2 ? > > for a device AND for an emulator ? > > > > shay > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, o

Re: Drawing on gadget

certainly gadgets are different with the 3.5 OS (the old gadget was just a set of bounds and you can mimic it with a RectangleType checking to see if the taps fall into it yourself... while the new gadget is a UI object such that the system checks to see if the tap is in the gadget and then look

RE: @stake Advisory: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600- 1)

Dave Lippincott wrote: > I'd have a little more respect for a company that doesn't hit > me with a baseball bat before asking me to purchase (or > just use) their product. (IMHO) What product is @stake selling? Although they mention some other products to secure your Palm, I thought @stake was

RE: Exit?

>If they want an "Exit" button and they insist on it, give it >to them and let them see how stupid it is first hand at their own >cost. This is desktop mentality at its worst. >Again, you can also start to look for other progressive >clients that "get it" and know how to use these machines >

@stake Advisory:

> a) who isn't aware of the weak security on the Palm? I noticed it the >day I opened my PalmPilot Pro. Those agencies that require data >securty use 3rd party applications to secure or encrypt data on the >Palm and not a button to 'hide' private records. agreed :) > b) Why do

Re: @stake Advisory: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600- 1)

Indeed. My first reaction to the "advisory" was "duh". There is a product out there (available at PalmGear.com, I believe) called Sword that lets you unlock your Palm again if you forget your password... and its been around for as long as I remember (from my early days with my Palm Pilot Personal

RE: Exit?

>Here's the exact reason: >The PalmOS interface is specifically aimed at being simple. >Providing more than >one way to perform a certain function is confusing and >specifically not simple, >especially to new users. > >There's already a way to exit, it's the App button. Adding >another way to

Re: @stake Advisory: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600- 1)

a) who isn't aware of the weak security on the Palm? I noticed it the day I opened my PalmPilot Pro. Those agencies that require data securty use 3rd party applications to secure or encrypt data on the Palm and not a button to 'hide' private records. b) Why do they have to make their 'announcme

Some Questions About EncDes()

I'm modifying Strip to save my password when switching apps but if Strip is not called within a certain time out, it will request the password again. Yes I realize that this feature may be a security weakness, but its for my own use and I want that convenience. Anyways, since I don't live in the

Limitation to table field size

Is there a way to work-around the limit of 255 characters per field in a table (as defined by tableMaxTextItemSize)? Thx, Steve -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

@stake Advisory: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600- 1)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 @stake, Inc. www.atstake.com Security Advisory Advisory Name: PalmOS Password Retrieval and Decoding (A092600-1) Release Date: 09/26/2000 Application

Re: OS 3.5.2

www.palm.com Shay wrote: > > where can i get the update for OS 3.5.2 ? > for a device AND for an emulator ? > > shay -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: Using C++ - Pro's and cons

>From: "Chris Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >"Stringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >> >> Note: Some people suggest writing a custom new() to avoid the >> heap allocation issue, but personally I don't like creating my >> own version of a standard function. >> >OK, I'm curious. How does a custom new(

Re: Exit?

i'm sorry, 'confusing' or 'not simple'? huh, if i found 2 ways to exit an app i would be like 'cool, let me see which one i like better'. i like the average 'zen' don't use exit buttons but clients (with security apps / login apps) need it. as far as confusing, there are more then 1 ways to

Re: Colour bitmap in Alert

> ok, well, i wrote an app for a IIIc with bitmap buttons, and gave the > button a bitmap family. but for some reason running it on a spt 1740 the > button appears, but with ascii type symbols. i'm using cw6. could this be > because the structs aren't the same in the differant os's for the bu

Re: Random numbers

> Is this a reposted question? I could swear I saw this exact question asked > and answered a couple days ago. yes.. and i provided exactly the same answer then as someone else did :) dont worry, Palm Programming aint messing with your mind yet :P // az [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ardi

Re: Colour bitmap in Alert

ok, well, i wrote an app for a IIIc with bitmap buttons, and gave the button a bitmap family. but for some reason running it on a spt 1740 the button appears, but with ascii type symbols. i'm using cw6. could this be because the structs aren't the same in the differant os's for the buttons? i

Re: Random numbers

Is this a reposted question? I could swear I saw this exact question asked and answered a couple days ago. - Original Message - From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 11:55 PM Subject: Random numbers > I'm readi

SV: SysAppLaunch(...) bug?

Thanks Ian! I found the error thanks to you! It was in the call to SysAppLaunch(), namely the last parameter I was passing: SysAppLaunch(0,DmFindDatabase(0, "app2"), 0, sysAppLaunchCmdNormalLaunch ,NULL, NULL); I passed NULL and then I wrote to it... Now it works perfectly though, thanks again

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