RE: Helper Pack for Newbies.

2001-03-12 Thread Cox, Mark
Morning Alan, I have been following this thread and would like to help if I can. I am pretty new to Palm Programming (about 6 months) so I have just recently encountered many of the Newbie mistakes that drive you nuts. There is nothing like solving it yourself to teach you a lesson but I

Re: 16 bit code reference to function is out of range

2001-03-12 Thread Ben Combee
If you change code model from 'small', set it to 'smart'. This will let CW go to 'large' when it needs and use 'small' when it works. Going straight to 'large' can bloat your app size. Seperate segments work well when you can group functionality. Put things that call each other a lot

Re: ZLib and CodeWarrior?

2001-03-12 Thread Ben Combee
"Peter Caylor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:42078@palm-dev-forum... I'm sure I'm not the only person wondering about this, but I am having difficulty getting the ZLib headers to work under CodeWarrior. Whenever I try to build a project with the SysZLib.h header, it chokes on more

Re: Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread Pietro F. Maggi
"David Fedor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto nel messaggio news:42011@palm-dev-forum... If we already have a product that works fine in OS 3.5, and that product is being run from the "RAM", or card 0, of an OS 4.0 device, and all the files that program needs are also on the primary card, is

Re: Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread Fabien Leyral
I've written a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with no success. What I'm supposed to do to obtain the PalmOS 4 ROMs? Best regards Pietro Hi Pietro ! I had the same problem because I'm in Switzerland. I've written three times to DevRelation before to obtain a positive response. You have to be

Doubt

2001-03-12 Thread nizi
Hi! I am getting a problem with creating tables. These are the functions which I have used in my program. static void LoadTable(void) { frm = FrmGetActiveForm(); table = FrmGetObjectPtr (frm, FrmGetObjectIndex (frm, MainNameTableTable)); TblSetCustomDrawProcedure(table, FrmQty, Draw);

frmOpenEvent problem

2001-03-12 Thread Oscar
Dear all, I have 2 form in my application and I have 2 Form Event Handler foir this 2 from repectively. The problem is theat I want to do some initialization before the user start to do something on my second from. So, I write the follow code to open the form and start some initialization when

sysAppLaunchCmdSystemReset on m100?

2001-03-12 Thread Chris DiPierro
Is there something different about sysAppLaunchCmdSystemReset on an m100? On all of my other devices (IIIc, Vx, VIIx, etc.) I have a bit of code in an app that performs a hardware button remap on a reset if certain conditions are true. However, on the m100, this code doesn't seem to work. It's

Re: Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread Michael Yam
Just to let other developers know, the download is about 13.2 MB and you require the 3.08a version of the Emulator. I was surprised at the size of the download -- ROM images are generally small -- but this file contains 11 variants of Palm OS 4.0. Appreciate the access to pre-release tools.

Re: Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread DIAMOND JEFF
OK, ok, fair enough - I see your point. I appreciate your illustrating Palm's problem - they basically feel that the positive effect of having a lot of software work on a new device when it is released is outweighed by the negative effect of their competitiors getting advanced warning of their

Possible to read raw signal intensity from IR port?

2001-03-12 Thread Clark
I can conceive of a variety of applications which might be based on the ability to use the IR port as a digital IR light meter, yet my impression is that use of the IR port is limited to communication. Does it in fact have a dedicated processor for handling IR communications, or might there be

Re: Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread DIAMOND JEFF
Credit where credit is due - that was a very cool service Palm offered. And it's reassuring to see that applications are working "out of the box" under OS 5.0 Michael Yam wrote: Appreciate the access to pre-release tools. Also, thanks for giving those who attended PalmSource 2000 a chance to

HotSync backing up my pdb... WHY?

2001-03-12 Thread Ralph Krausse
OK, I know the default behavior of HotSync is to back up databases. I wish to not have this behavior. Lets just say that I don't want hotsync to back up a certain database that my palm application creates... ever. So in the hotsync application (on the device) under Conduit setup, I uncheck all

Static Global

2001-03-12 Thread Stringer
Subject: Static Global From: Wang Yan-FYA009 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:47:44 -0800 A basic question here: why in those palm sample code that most of global variables are declared as static? And also most of those function? Mean to be only accessable in one file? global

Re: Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread Ben Combee
But I still hold my request that at least in the case of the ARM, Palm makes available a physical "reference device" if possible. It doesn't have to reveal special device features or style and feel of the final devices as long as core hardware behaviour is the same. Let's face it, Palm

Re: Possible to read raw signal intensity from IR port?

2001-03-12 Thread Jim Schram
At 9:39 AM -0600 3/12/01, Clark wrote: I can conceive of a variety of applications which might be based on the ability to use the IR port as a digital IR light meter, yet my impression is that use of the IR port is limited to communication. Does it in fact have a dedicated processor for handling

Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread Stringer
(Laughably, we are even told they don't exist right up to the public launch.) That's not accurate. Their standard answer in this forum is basically "no comment on unannounced products" which is not the same as saying they don't exist. I don't recall any instance of our Palm friends saying

Where to use SysTrapGetAddress???

2001-03-12 Thread Anthony Randazzo
I want to trap an event at the system level. I just don't know where to place my trap. I don't want to start my application I want it to respond to a certain event. Do I place it in the PilotMain before I check for launch codes? Any ideas? Thanks, Anthony -- For information on using the

Re: knoledgbase problem

2001-03-12 Thread Ole Grossklaus
Ben, Thanks to point us to an URL located at oasis while oasis is down :-)) Greetings Ole More information about the cause of the outage and when you can expect the knowledgebase to return are located at http://oasis.palm.com/dev/kb/papers/170142.cfm :) -- Ben Combee Veriprise

Re: Cannot interrupt note playing...

2001-03-12 Thread Jay Hong
On one of the Palm forums, WAY back, the writer of the original CoPilot stated that sound was the only thing not emulated at the hardware level. Perhaps this has not changed. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

How to see app in slot

2001-03-12 Thread McCollister, Mike
Hi, I have an extension (hack) called McPhling that will display that last 10 applications run with a swipe of the stylus. If an application has been removed, then I remove the application from the list. However, I have found that in Palm OS 4.0 if an application has been run from a slot that

Re: install a shared library from an app

2001-03-12 Thread Danny Epstein
You could produce a single database that acts as both an application and a shared library. There are some issues with this approach, but it can be made to work. Your idea of using DmCreateDatabaseFromImage wastes some space, but it should work too. -- Danny Epstein OS Engineer, Palm Inc.

MSCI or AT command

2001-03-12 Thread Torihana Arukas
Hello-- Does anyone know how to programatically use MSCI protocol or AT command? I need some examples of both and if anyone can share with me, that would be great! Any help appreciated. thanks in advance -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

Web Cliping Proxy and PQA Builder InConsistency

2001-03-12 Thread Nitin Nangia
Hi All, I'm facing a strange problem... I'm using the sample INetLow application to connect to the Palm Web Clipping Test Proxy(presently 206.112.114.82)from my emulator. If i modify the given code and specify "CtpConvNone" as the compression option i get the complete HTML for the page that

Re: Is use of Palm emulator skins for marketing legal?

2001-03-12 Thread Edward Green
"DIAMOND JEFF" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:42072@palm-dev-forum... Hmmm... so Palm has no comment on the subject, eh? Well, if they're not responding, maybe the easiest thing is to just go ahead and do it, and then if it really bothers them, it's easy enough to get other images

Re: Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread Edward Green
"Jim Cooper" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:42026@palm-dev-forum... since devices using Palm OS 4.0 might now appear at essentially any time. This being the week after next (according to CNet)??? Isnt there a line in the NDA about not participating in rumours regarding new

Re: Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread Edward Green
"DIAMOND JEFF" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:42047@palm-dev-forum... Don't worry, I have tried the 4.0 ROMS and I will continue, serious or not. ;) snip Palm are better than Sony or Handspring. Ed/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe,

Re: Helper Pack for Newbies.

2001-03-12 Thread Alan Ingleby
Sorry guys. You need to remove the .DOT from my email address. See below for the correct one. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Alan Ingleby Systems Developer ProfitLink Consulting Pty Ltd 309 Burwood Road Hawthorn Victoria 3122 Australia "Ritesh" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message

Re: Web Cliping Proxy and PQA Builder InConsistency

2001-03-12 Thread Ben Combee
This binary data,i presume should be exactly similar to the binary stream of the PQA(following the header) if i were to convert the same page using the PQA builder. But surprisingly this is not the case,,,i'm getting less number of bytes over the socket from the WCP as compared to the PQA

Re: Is use of Palm emulator skins for marketing legal?

2001-03-12 Thread Jim Schram
At 10:54 PM -0500 2001/03/09, DIAMOND JEFF wrote: What I wanted to know was, if I want to show my application as an animated gif, but show it running on the screen of a Palm image (for advertising), can I legally appropriate one of Palm's official skins or do I have to scan my own? For that type

Re: Simple Animation for Palm Application

2001-03-12 Thread Jaron Goh Chong Jhee
Hi i want to write some simple animation for Palm application, i would to ask where can i find some examples and resources??? any API for this?? Thanks Percy I would be very glad if you can kindly tell me if you have found any solution to the above question. I am interested in knowing how do

Re: Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread DIAMOND JEFF
Agreed. I've dropped Clie support to low, LOW priority, because there's only so much energy I can waste trying to get any Sony support. ;) Palm developer support is absolutely excellent - I never lose this perspective or take them for granted. But if there are areas they could improve I try

Anyone used EvtGetSilkscreenAreaList ?

2001-03-12 Thread DIAMOND JEFF
I'm in the phase of porting my code to other Palm devices. When running on a IIIx debug ROM in the emulator, I get an unknown trap on EvtGetSilkscreenAreaList, but the documentation says it should be valid. (EvtGetPenBtnList works.) Could this just be an emulator thing? I haven't been able to

Re: Simple Animation for Palm Application

2001-03-12 Thread DIAMOND JEFF
I guess one reason there's not an animation example, per se, is that there's nothing really about the Palm that makes animation any different that on any other platform. It might be useful to whip up an animation sample code, but there's one big issue to address: What format do you want the

Re: Cannot interrupt note playing...

2001-03-12 Thread DIAMOND JEFF
Thanks, Jay! I'm just grateful I'm not writing music software. :) Jay Hong wrote: On one of the Palm forums, WAY back, the writer of the original CoPilot stated that sound was the only thing not emulated at the hardware level. Perhaps this has not changed. -- For information on using

Re: Palm OS 4.0 dr5 posted in seeding area

2001-03-12 Thread DIAMOND JEFF
I heard that Compaq has just been passing the time waiting until the PalmOS could run on the iPaq. WIndows CE was just a filler OS because the PalmOS wasn't ready in time. Ben Combee wrote: But I still hold my request that at least in the case of the ARM, Palm makes available a physical

what's ARM

2001-03-12 Thread ajitnk
Hi guys, can anybody give me the full form of ARM please. thanx rgds Ajit -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: what's ARM

2001-03-12 Thread DIAMOND JEFF
Originally was "Acorn RISC Machines". Later modified to "Advanced RISC Machines". If you look, you can still see the British accent on the OP codes. :) ajitnk wrote: Hi guys, can anybody give me the full form of ARM please. thanx rgds Ajit -- For information on using the Palm

RE: what's ARM

2001-03-12 Thread ajitnk
thank u jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of DIAMOND JEFF Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:20 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: what's ARM Originally was "Acorn RISC Machines". Later modified to "Advanced RISC Machines". If you

Re: Anyone used EvtGetSilkscreenAreaList ?

2001-03-12 Thread Ben Combee
"DIAMOND JEFF" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:42158@palm-dev-forum... I'm in the phase of porting my code to other Palm devices. When running on a IIIx debug ROM in the emulator, I get an unknown trap on EvtGetSilkscreenAreaList, but the documentation says it should be valid.

RE: Simple Animation for Palm Application

2001-03-12 Thread Richard Burmeister
From: Jaron Goh Chong Jhee Hi i want to write some simple animation for Palm application, i would to ask where can i find some examples and resources??? any API for this?? Thanks Percy I would be very glad if you can kindly tell me if you have found any solution to the above

RE: Anyone used EvtGetSilkscreenAreaList ?

2001-03-12 Thread Scott Johnson (Bellevue)
From: DIAMOND JEFF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I get an unknown trap on EvtGetSilkscreenAreaList Has anyone used this command on a pre-OS 3.5 system? That API doesn't exist before OS version 3.5. -slj- -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

WinScreenLock

2001-03-12 Thread Chris Yourch
Hi, Is there a way to simulate what WinScreenLock does under 3.5? I would like to be able to stop all drawing to the screen somehow. Regards, Chris _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- For