Easy Way to get a PDB???

2001-03-27 Thread juergen . schwister
Is there any other way of extracting a pdb from a handheld, other than setting the Backup bit and getting it from the backup directory on the pc?? How about pilot-xfer (will work with a real device too) Title: Pilot-XFer Win32 v0.9.3 by: unbekannt /

Re: Write/Read to a local file.

2001-03-27 Thread suresh
Hi David has writeen that he wants to transfer data from palm to PC and PC toPalm David with out conduit any third party applications data cannot be transferred. For transferring third party's data only,conduit was written. Regards Suresh - Original Message - From: "David Quek" [EMAIL

James Preston

2001-03-27 Thread adam davies
James, Thanks for having a look at that for me, but your not a sucker, and as it goes i have tried to help alot of others whom have been stuck on other probs. I am a student, and am doing this for my digree, RF Networking, i also have to do database design, delphi 1000 word write up and loads of

How to fill the number of HotSync Modem with a data of my database ??

2001-03-27 Thread Fabrice Meichtry
Hi, I have developed and application and have in my database a phone number. I would like to feel automaticaly the HotSync modem Phone Setup with my number which is in the database of my application.. Any idea ?? Thx Fabrice -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

Re: saving a rectangle onto bitmap

2001-03-27 Thread Sebastiao Silva
Look for gDeviceP, the old structure for bitarray. Youll find enough information and a very good text of Aaron Ardiri about that. Take a look at his page too, mainly the sources for 3d cube. On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:07:55 -0500 "Laor, Boaz" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok, that PalmPaint didn't

Re: Access to PalmOS structures

2001-03-27 Thread Aaron Ardiri
Did anyone out there get a chance to test direct structure access on PalmOS 5 at PalmSource?? i believe the "demo" unit was running os 3.5 on an ARM chip : // az [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ardiri.com/--- free games! -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

Re: Debugging on a real device

2001-03-27 Thread John Marshall
Daniel Morais [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to debug a program on a real device, but I have some troubles... [...] But now, what can I do to launch the program I want to debug and break into PilotMain, whith source level debugging as with POSE ? I'm sure there is an instruction for

Re: Access to PalmOS structures

2001-03-27 Thread Aaron Ardiri
You heard incorrectly. What was demoed was a port of Palm OS 4 to a prototype ARM device. No Palm OS 5, no ARM device emulator (at least, not a Palm-developed emulator). sure it was 4?? i thought i remember seeing 3.5 :) it definately was not 5 tho : as you say. // az [EMAIL

Re: Debugging on a real device

2001-03-27 Thread Daniel Morais
Hi ! Mardi 27 Mars 2001 14:25, John Marshall a crit: I'm sure there is an instruction for doing that, but I didn't find it... There is now. http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/info/Using+a+debugger Great, thanks a lot ! Someone on the list did already answer, and told me

Re: Debugging on a real device

2001-03-27 Thread John Marshall
Daniel Morais [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I understand that the 'bfd' executable could be big, but does the .PRC file need also to be so big ? The debugging information shouldn't make any difference to the size of the PRC file. The debugger stub (the *linking* with `-g' part) does make a

RE: URGENT: CW 7.0 doesn't properly create application in OS 3.0

2001-03-27 Thread James Carlson
Richard wrote: I don't understand what you are doing. If you build an app with the Palm OS 3.5 stationery, you should not change anything in the settings to create an app that runs on Palm OS 3. I agree, I was limited to the stationary that came with CW 7. I thought I could change the

Re: Debugging on a real device

2001-03-27 Thread Daniel Morais
Hi again ! Mardi 27 Mars 2001 15:33, John Marshall a crit: Ok, unoptimized code is bigger than optimized one, but it seems the .PRC file contain also a lot of debugging informations, as it size has changed a lot : the code grows from 18 Kb to 37 Kb ( twice it's size ! ) What language

Re: Strange character sent in OS2

2001-03-27 Thread Dave Lippincott
Yep, its a known 'feature'. The character (either a backspace or delete, I can't remember) is only sent when the port is opened. The good news is it was fixed in devices with OS = 3.0 - Original Message - From: "jacky Cheung" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Palm Developer Forum" [EMAIL

Problem w/ sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify

2001-03-27 Thread David Leland
I am having a problem with sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify. As I understand the documentation, when my App is installed (either via HotSync or beaming), my App will receive this launch code. I have been working with this for quite a while and it is not working. I have looked thru the archives and I

Re: Problem w/ sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify

2001-03-27 Thread John Marshall
David Leland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My application doesn't have any databases. But I was under the impression that the application itself was a database and would receive notification whenever it was HotSynced. The only thing I can think of is that my application type is "tdpi" instead of

Re: Not getting inetStatusClosed

2001-03-27 Thread Jason Partyka
Jason, I found waiting for a status change to be unreliable. Once I start receiving data, the first time you try to receive and get 0 bytes, its over. You won't necessarily get another status change message after that. I'm slightly confused by your statement. Do you mean: 1) You try to

Re: Problem w/ sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify

2001-03-27 Thread David Leland
Thanks for the reply. The more I was thinking about this the more I was pretty sure that was the case. Unfortunately, I can't change the type to "appl" since the application that mine is a "plug-in" to requires "tdpi". I think I'm out of luck here. Dave John Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Issues with large PDB files

2001-03-27 Thread Stringer
Subject: Issues with large PDB files From: "Richard.Johnstone" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:22:41 -0500 I am trying to download a large (1.2MB) pdb file to a handheld. It is taking well over an hour. It is quicker if I just write the records to a blank database through a conduit

RE: URGENT: CW 7.0 doesn't properly create application in OS 3.0

2001-03-27 Thread Richard Burmeister
From: James Carlson I appreciate you help, any advice on creating Palm OS 3.0 apps with CW 7.0? I need an app that runs on OS 3.0 - 3.5, this isn't too broad of a spectrum is it? CW 7 can be used to create an app that runs on any Palm OS device. Use the 3.5 stationery, which is set up

Access to PalmOS structures

2001-03-27 Thread Stringer
Subject: Re: Access to PalmOS structures From: Keith Rollin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:22:32 -0800 I guess my question here would be: since you can set the font in the resource description or in the call to FrmNewControl, why do you need write access to that field? to change

ISP

2001-03-27 Thread SH Luk
I am trying to patch the OS. I can enter the patch routine but I have no idea about what I can do and what I can't. It is a ISP. I know, at least, it shouldn't last long. Do anyone could suggest me where can I get some info any patch, ISP? Thanks in advance. SH -- For information on using

RE: Problem w/ sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify

2001-03-27 Thread Richard Burmeister
From: David Leland Unfortunately, I can't change the type to "appl" since the application that mine is a "plug-in" to requires "tdpi". I think I'm out of luck here. Dave, Whose app is that? Did you notice John's signature line? [ John "BTW, 'tdpi' is in Palm's reserved namespace

Auto launch an application

2001-03-27 Thread Clement Chan
Hi all, Suppose I have a database storing records of tims and date. When the system clock matches any of these records' time and date, the OS lauches an application automatically. How can I do that? Clement __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your

Re: Problem w/ sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify

2001-03-27 Thread David Leland
You misunderstood. "tdpi" is not the creator ID. It is the application type - instead of "appl", I'm using "tdpi". I have registered a separate creator ID with Palm and it's not all lowercase. Dave Richard Burmeister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:43606@palm-dev-forum... From:

Re: saving bitmap from rectangle

2001-03-27 Thread Laor, Boaz
one last thing i wanted to ask, i seached for gDeviceP and i got a real good explanation from ardiri about the new equivalents under 3.5. however i am having trouble with his explanation about getting the dDeviceP-baseAddr he tells you concat the first two elements of bitmapP to get the

Issues with large PDB files (again)

2001-03-27 Thread Stringer
Subject: Re: Issues with large PDB files From: Stephen Best [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 17:22:56 +1000 Yeah, there are 40,000 records. I am looking into the PDBcruncher tool. Has anyone used this tool before? I've hit the same problem in my current project (with a mere 10,000

Removing preferences when App is deleted

2001-03-27 Thread David Leland
I have an application that is a plug-in to another application. Because of that, it cannot show up in the application menu and it has an application type of "tdpi" instead of "appl". In my app, I am setting some preferences. What I am finding is that when I delete my application the preferences

Re: saving bitmap from rectangle

2001-03-27 Thread Aaron Ardiri
one last thing i wanted to ask, i seached for gDeviceP and i got a real good explanation from ardiri about the new equivalents under 3.5. however i am having trouble with his explanation about getting the dDeviceP-baseAddr he tells you concat the first two elements of bitmapP to get the

Modifying application type

2001-03-27 Thread David Leland
Can the application type be modified by the Palm app? For example, I would like to create an app with a type of "appl" and then HotSync it to the handheld. Upon HotSync, my app would receive the sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify launch code. I would like to then execute some code to change it's type

Bus Error on FldDrawField()

2001-03-27 Thread Steve Achelis
I'm getting a bus error when I call FldDrawField(). This only happens when running on color roms (both 3.5 or 4.0 color roms). It runs fine on all other =3.0 roms. The FieldType object I'm passing in looks good (at least to me). The form is already displayed. Etc. After the bus error the

Re: Bus Error on FldDrawField()

2001-03-27 Thread Dave Johnson
At 9:50 AM -0700 3/27/01, Steve Achelis wrote: I'm getting a bus error when I call FldDrawField() snip Any ideas? This is beating me up... You need to call FrmDrawForm before doing any drawing. Dave Johnson -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please

Re: Bus Error on FldDrawField()

2001-03-27 Thread Steve Achelis
I am. Steve "Dave Johnson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:43619@palm-dev-forum... At 9:50 AM -0700 3/27/01, Steve Achelis wrote: I'm getting a bus error when I call FldDrawField() snip Any ideas? This is beating me up... You need to call FrmDrawForm before doing any drawing.

Re: Problem w/ sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify

2001-03-27 Thread John Marshall
David Leland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You misunderstood. "tdpi" is not the creator ID. It is the application type - instead of "appl", I'm using "tdpi". I have registered a separate creator ID with Palm and it's not all lowercase. Indeed. But see

Re: TxtGlueCharIsPrint

2001-03-27 Thread Ken Krugler
I'm a bit confused about this one... it returns true for vchrPrevField and false for vchrNextField. under 4.0dr5. That's because the character code is being used to index into an array of 256 attributes (at least on a Latin device), so character codes 256 will return back garbage results. I

Re: Coping bitmaps from rectangle

2001-03-27 Thread Laor, Boaz
I am still having a problem with the MemMove( (Ptr)((UInt32)(theBitmapPtr) + sizeof(BitmapType)), DeviceWindowGetPointer(theWindowHandle), (theRowBytes * theHeight)); DeviceWindowGetPointer() looks liek this void * DeviceWindowGetPointer(WinHandle win) { void *result = NULL;

RE: Issues with large PDB files (again)

2001-03-27 Thread Richard Burmeister
From: Stringer What would be the market for an API set that could comfortably support databases with tens of thousands of records without the performance issues that are periodically raised on this forum? I think you have two possible markets: 1) Corporate developers 2) Individual

Re: saving bitmaps from rectangle

2001-03-27 Thread Laor, Boaz
one more question about this topic. when i get the winhandle's height in the theHeight = theWindowHandle-bitmapP-height; is it supposed to be in the 8000's it seems to high and therefore i cannot allocated the proper space for it. boaz -- For information on using the Palm Developer

Re: Bus Error on FldDrawField()

2001-03-27 Thread Steve Achelis
You were right. I had called FrmDrawForm() before calling FldDrawField(), but I had a call to FrmEraseForm() between them... Thanks! "Steve Achelis" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:43622@palm-dev-forum... I am. Steve "Dave Johnson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message

#defines in Prefix file ofproject settings ignored

2001-03-27 Thread Horace Ho
Code Warrior 4.1.0.2 build 0646 Added a #define XYZ in a .h file to the "Prefix File" field, under C/C++ Language in project settings. However, codes between the: #ifdef XYZ // ... codes here #endif section in the .c source file are ignored. If I added the #define XYZ to the .c source file,

Thanks

2001-03-27 Thread adam davies
James thanks for that advice, my table is now working. That's all i wanted is for someone to give me an idea what my prob was. I coulnd't add an explaination in with the code as the forum what not accept anymore lines in the e-mail. I thought if i split the code up, no one would be able to

Re: Access to PalmOS structures

2001-03-27 Thread Dave Johnson
At 6:22 PM -0800 3/26/01, Keith Rollin wrote: to change the font type on the fly to highlight something for example. Ingo Claro Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] In this context, what do you mean by "highlight"? To me, highlight means to invert something (such as text in an edit field, or the contents

Re: KeyDownEvent

2001-03-27 Thread Dave Johnson
At 4:35 PM -0300 3/26/01, Bruno Galvo wrote: Ill take a look at KeyCurrentState() function ... I think itll work ... Bruno, it's easier than that. Just look for vchrPageUp or vchrPageDown in your event handler: if(eventP-data.keyDown.chr == vchrPageUp) // do something for up key

Re: Color bitmaps in constructor 1.6b4

2001-03-27 Thread David Fedor
The bitmap has a box around it. When displayed in a dialog, the box shows up as a "Z", with the contents of the box split across each side. The dialog references a Bitmap Family which contains 1-bit and 8-bit images. The 1-bit images works fine (on Palm OS 3.5/ Palm Vx). The 8-bit image is wonky

Re: saving bitmap from rectangle

2001-03-27 Thread David Fedor
Just to check: you do realize that directly accessing the screen and its internal data structures is not guaranteed to work in future OS versions, right? -David Fedor Palm Developer Support -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see

Re: Modifying application type

2001-03-27 Thread David Fedor
Can the application type be modified by the Palm app? For example, I would like to create an app with a type of "appl" and then HotSync it to the handheld. Upon HotSync, my app would receive the sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify launch code. I would like to then execute some code to change it's type

Re: Issues with large PDB files

2001-03-27 Thread David Fedor
... It's the record count, not the size that's the problem. Currently we're evaluating PDBcruncher ... this works well (5mins instead of 30+). The only problem is that you need room on the device for both the current database and the packed one. It's also an additional step for the user to

Re: Access to PalmOS structures

2001-03-27 Thread David Fedor
You heard incorrectly. What was demoed was a port of Palm OS 4 to a prototype ARM device. No Palm OS 5, no ARM device emulator (at least, not a Palm-developed emulator). sure it was 4?? i thought i remember seeing 3.5 :) it definately was not 5 tho : as you say. It was based on a

Re: Modifying application type

2001-03-27 Thread David Leland
Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for. Dave David Fedor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:43641@palm-dev-forum... Can the application type be modified by the Palm app? For example, I would like to create an app with a type of "appl" and then HotSync it to the handheld. Upon

Re: saving bitmap from rectangle

2001-03-27 Thread Aaron Ardiri
Just to check: you do realize that directly accessing the screen and its internal data structures is not guaranteed to work in future OS versions, right? :)) i realize :) and as a result, i only use direct access like that on known CPU types (where i know the endian is correct).. else?

Re: saving bitmap from rectangle

2001-03-27 Thread Laor, Boaz
Just to check: you do realize that directly accessing the screen and its internal data structures is not guaranteed to work in future OS versions, right? yes, i do realize. but the new solution will have to present itself when the time comes. right now i am really frustrated with this

Re: Access to PalmOS structures

2001-03-27 Thread Aaron Ardiri
sure it was 4?? i thought i remember seeing 3.5 :) it definately was not 5 tho : as you say. It was based on a version of Palm OS 3.5, ported to ARM, running the OS native as well as a few apps native, as well as the 68k emulator for apps that were beamed to it. ok.. so i am not

RE: Access to PalmOS structures

2001-03-27 Thread Aaron Hansen
-Original Message- From: David Fedor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:36 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Access to PalmOS structures ... the OS4.0 debug ROMs need to tolerant of structure accesses for the few issues that are not supported

Re: saving bitmap from rectangle

2001-03-27 Thread Aaron Ardiri
Just to check: you do realize that directly accessing the screen and its internal data structures is not guaranteed to work in future OS versions, right? yes, i do realize. but the new solution will have to present itself when the time comes. right now i am really frustrated with this

Palm blessed 4.0 functionality question

2001-03-27 Thread DeAnna Davidson
Hi All, I just started messing around with 4.0 and so far so good, but I wanted to get the official Palm word on the best way to do what I'm doing. Right now, with all our applications, pdb files are distributed with our prc. I've set the code up so that it checks all volumes and the actual

RE: Strange character sent in OS2

2001-03-27 Thread jacky Cheung
Thanks, so how do I write a program that uses serial port to run in both OS2 and 3? Any documentation on it? Thanks again. Jacky -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Lippincott Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 2:39 AM To: Palm Developer

Hotsync API call

2001-03-27 Thread Elizabeth Featheringill
Hi, Does anuone know if there is a API call to get the last hotsync date and time? Thanks, Liz -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: Access to PalmOS structures

2001-03-27 Thread Jon Åslund
David Fedor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If the OS had to permanently support every operation on every object in every structure that ever existed, it'd have a really limiting effect on the continuous improvement of the platform, would bloat the code, slow it down, make devices more expensive

Command line compilation without Code Warrior IDE !!

2001-03-27 Thread Kamran Kundi
Hi, I am doing development for Plam OS using Code Warrior Release 6 for Windows. I would like to make the release method for my projects command line based. For this I would need to compile and generate PRCs from command line without using Code Warrior IDE. Is this possible? If it is then

Re: Problem w/ sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify

2001-03-27 Thread Jim Schram
At 12:25 PM -0500 3/27/01, David Leland wrote: Interesting and I see your point. Unfortunately, the application I am writing must be a type of "tdpi" - I am writing a Plug-in for thinkDB 2.0 and this is required in order for my application to be recognized by thinkDB. Just brainstorming here,

Re: Palm blessed 4.0 functionality question

2001-03-27 Thread David Fedor
If a database is on a card and I can copy the database onto the device (enough space, whatever) I do, and if not, I run from the card. If I copy the database to the device, I delete the database from the device when the app closes (it is still resident on the card, of course). Is this the

Re: #defines in Prefix file ofproject settings ignored

2001-03-27 Thread Jim Schram
At 10:33 AM -0800 3/27/01, Horace Ho wrote: Code Warrior 4.1.0.2 build 0646 Added a #define XYZ in a .h file to the "Prefix File" field, under C/C++ Language in project settings. However, codes between the: #ifdef XYZ // ... codes here #endif section in the .c source file are ignored. If I

Re: Strange character sent in OS2

2001-03-27 Thread Dave Lippincott
A) You need to approach this problem from the other side of the connection since there is no way to prevent an OS 2.0 device from sending the character. See if there is a way to get whatever you are communicating with to ignore the extra character or maybe send a 'reset your buffer' command

What is in the OS 3.5.2 Patch?

2001-03-27 Thread Shannon Pekary
The readme file says it fixes a problem that might rarely occur in 3rd party software. Well, it appears to be happening pretty regularly in our software. What is the magic in OS 3.5.2? What OS calls does it fix? Anyone know? Shannon -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

RE: Palm blessed 4.0 functionality question

2001-03-27 Thread DeAnna Davidson
So what would be the desired process? Is there some app like the Clie's file mover that allows the user to move files in and out, or if the pdb is on the card I just pull data from the card? -Original Message- From: David Fedor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001

RE: Palm blessed 4.0 functionality question

2001-03-27 Thread Aaron Ardiri
So what would be the desired process? Is there some app like the Clie's file mover that allows the user to move files in and out, or if the pdb is on the card I just pull data from the card? how about reading directly from the card using the VFS manager? :P VFS manager is used to access

Re: Command line compilation without Code Warrior IDE !!

2001-03-27 Thread Horace Ho
There is a cmdide.exe program, try: cmdide /? Regards horace "Kamran Kundi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:43659@palm-dev-forum... Hi, I am doing development for Plam OS using Code Warrior Release 6 for Windows. I would like to make the release method for my projects command line

Re: #defines in Prefix file ofproject settings ignored

2001-03-27 Thread Horace Ho
Of course the #define XYZ is inside a .h file. The name of the .h file is entered in the Prefix File field. When I type some garbage in the .h file, the compiler complains the error. Thanks horace "Jim Schram" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:43663@palm-dev-forum... At 10:33 AM -0800

m500 and m505

2001-03-27 Thread Ralph Krausse
I thought I heard that the new m500 and m505 from Palm would use the ARM processer. Are they? I can't find any documentation on this. Also I heard that the new 4.0 OS was to support BlueTooth. Again, can't find any info on this. Thanks Ralph Krausse www.consiliumsoft.com ** Free Palm Source Code

RE: Strange character sent in OS2

2001-03-27 Thread jacky Cheung
Thank you very much for your help. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Lippincott Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 9:09 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Strange character sent in OS2 A) You need to approach this problem from the

Table draw problem on 3.3 device

2001-03-27 Thread Jim Duffy
I am drawling cells in a table using TblSetCustomDrawProcedure() It has been working fine on both the Emulator and an actual device running 3.5. But when I run it with a Palm III with os 3.3 the changing text in the cells just get writen over top of what is already there. I tried drawling a

to anyone who has done signature++ on OS3.5

2001-03-27 Thread Laor, Boaz
after you switch the gDeviceP- to bitmapP- what do you do on this line in GetSignatureBitmap( RectangleType* theBoundsPtr )? it gives me an error MemMove( (Ptr)((ULong)(theBitmapPtr) + sizeof(BitmapType)),DeviceWindowGetPointer(theWindowHandle), theRowBytes * theHeight); the size allocated

Re: m500 and m505

2001-03-27 Thread Horace Ho
No, M500 and M505 use Dragonball VZ . See: http://www.palm.com/support/m500/m500_faq.html Regards horace "Ralph Krausse" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:43673@palm-dev-forum... I thought I heard that the new m500 and m505 from Palm would use the ARM processer. Are they? I can't find

Re: Not getting inetStatusClosed

2001-03-27 Thread Ben Combee
I'm slightly confused by your statement. Do you mean: 1) You try to communicate, and the socket opens, but get 0 bytes, indicating some type of failure? or 2) The socket opens, data is transferred, and then 0 bytes are received, indicating the transmission is done? I believe you mean

RE: Palm blessed 4.0 functionality question

2001-03-27 Thread DeAnna Davidson
I understand how VFS works, what I was asking is whether reading directly from the card is the Palm blessed way of doing it or not. I vaguely remember some discussions at the conference about doing card accesses being slower, so I wasn't sure if that was what was supposed to be done or if the

Building a standalone Hack w/o Xmaster or Hackmaster

2001-03-27 Thread Anthony Randazzo
Does anyone know what is required? I've been able to figure out how to write a hack using Xmaster. I'm now tasked with doing it w/o Xmaster. YAHOO! Thanks -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

What is the preferred method for creating a PDB file?

2001-03-27 Thread Craig Austin
Hello, I need to be able to create a PDB file on the desktop without going through a conduit. (i.e. using the Sync Manager API's.) I've been reading the PDB Database Format document and it says: "...One the host computer, the PDB file is written by the Palm backup conduit and read by

Re: What is in the OS 3.5.2 Patch?

2001-03-27 Thread Jim Schram
At 1:16 PM -0800 3/27/01, Shannon Pekary wrote: The readme file says it fixes a problem that might rarely occur in 3rd party software. Well, it appears to be happening pretty regularly in our software. What is the magic in OS 3.5.2? What OS calls does it fix? Anyone know? System Update 3.5.2

Re: to anyone who has done signature++ on OS3.5

2001-03-27 Thread Ben Combee
To the many people who are having huge problems getting signature capture code working on both OSes before 3.5 and OS 3.5 and later. Why haven't you refactored the problem? If the issue is getting data off the screen, why not change the problem? A signature capture program boils down to 1)

Re: m500 and m505

2001-03-27 Thread Steve Sabram
Ralph Krausse wrote: I thought I heard that the new m500 and m505 from Palm would use the ARM processer. Are they? No. I can't find any documentation on this. Also I heard that the new 4.0 OS was to support BlueTooth. Again, can't find any info on this. At PalmSource it was announced in

Re: problem initializing structs

2001-03-27 Thread Kristian Adrup
Right. When sizeof (struct X) 58, GCC inlines the clearing of thestruct, using a bunch of clr instructions. But when the struct is larger than the threshold you've identified, it creates a global const temporary with the value you want, and initialises thestruct with bcopy (i.e. memcopy):

Re: Issues with large PDB files

2001-03-27 Thread Stephen Best
David, In 3.5 the performance of this improved quite a bit, if I recall correctly, due to optimizations in the Data Manager. Doing fewer, larger records will still help, due to the per-record HotSync time overhead. I don't recall if there are further improvements in 4.0 or not. I just

Re: Access to PalmOS structures

2001-03-27 Thread Keith Rollin
Basically Keith, at design time one can't always predict what the 'correct' font will be when the screen is used. You can take a best guess, but it isn't necessarily right. Some our screens use the convention that editable fields use largeFont and non-editable fields use boldFont. The user can

Re: Coping bitmaps from rectangle

2001-03-27 Thread Jaba Adams
Okay, I've got a few comments. I'm not really going to look at the whole code sample, since I'm feeling lazy :) In this code: I am still having a problem with the MemMove( (Ptr)((UInt32)(theBitmapPtr) + sizeof(BitmapType)), DeviceWindowGetPointer(theWindowHandle), (theRowBytes *

Re: sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify and POSE?

2001-03-27 Thread Keith Rollin
At 8:48 PM -0800 3/26/01, Keith Rollin wrote: I tried using the "Install Application/Database" option. Using this menu item is not the same as using HotSync. Therefore, you do not get sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify notification. Getting that would have to be a feature that was added to the

RE: Command line compilation without Code Warrior IDE !!

2001-03-27 Thread Anthony Randazzo
CW6 comes with the command line tool that simply invokes the IDE. However, there are several options. Here is the command line that I use for the same reasons. cmdide /t PROJECTNAME /r /b /q /s PROJECTNAME.mcp cmdide /? will give you all the necessary information. Good luck. -Original

Re: Access to PalmOS structures

2001-03-27 Thread Keith Rollin
In my case, I have a custom font that's just the standard font with a few mathematical characters substituted in at strategic places. Throughout my application, I need to use this font in several types of UI objects, and in particular, I need the custom characters as button titles. Constructor

Note Pad Key Patch ( was Re: sysAppLaunchCmdSystemReset on m100?)

2001-03-27 Thread Charles E. Patisaul
"Chris DiPierro" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there something different about sysAppLaunchCmdSystemReset on an m100? snip "Chris DiPierro" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote again: To answer my own question What happens is that the NotePad app on the m100 will reinstate itself as the 'memo'

RE: What is the preferred method for creating a PDB file?

2001-03-27 Thread Richard.Johnstone
I am also trying to create a pdb on the desktop. the 2 sites I have found are http://www.righto.com/pilot/pdb.html http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~nr/pilot/pdb/ The first one is good if you have done java as it has the source code so you can hack it to suit your requirements. However, I haven't

Re: Auto launch an application

2001-03-27 Thread Danny Epstein
"Clement Chan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:43602@palm-dev-forum... Suppose I have a database storing records of tims and date. When the system clock matches any of these records' time and date, the OS lauches an application automatically. How can I do that? See the docs for the

Re: What is in the OS 3.5.2 Patch?

2001-03-27 Thread Danny Epstein
I described the 3.5.2 update not long ago. See the archives: http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/index.html?by=OneThreadt=ExgDBRead% 28%29%20broken%20in%20OS3.5.0 (Beware of nasty multi-line URL's.) -- Danny Epstein OS Engineer, Palm Inc. -- For information on using the Palm Developer

RE: What is in the OS 3.5.2 Patch?

2001-03-27 Thread Scott Johnson (Bellevue)
From: Jim Schram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I do very strongly recommend that all customers everywhere always be sure to have the very latest System Update installed on their device. Also note that POSE version 3.1 now supports patches like 3.5.2 without throwing memory access warnings.

RE: Table draw problem on 3.3 device

2001-03-27 Thread Nicolas Raitman
I think I am having the same problem. I mean, when I tap over any cell, it contents changes. -Mensaje original- De: Jim Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Grupos de noticias: palm-dev-forum Para: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Martes, 27 de Marzo de 2001 06:33 p.m. Asunto: Table draw

RE: Palm blessed 4.0 functionality question

2001-03-27 Thread David Fedor
I understand how VFS works, what I was asking is whether reading directly from the card is the Palm blessed way of doing it or not. I vaguely remember some discussions at the conference about doing card accesses being slower, so I wasn't sure if that was what was supposed to be done or if the

Trapping a launch from the expansion card

2001-03-27 Thread Gary Spinelli
I'm attempting to trap the sysAppLaunchCmdCardLaunch code from my PilotStart routine and force my application to exit immediately. I'm catching the code OK , but when I try to exit the application by returning from PilotStart with a non-zero error, it appears it is getting launched again with a

RE: Palm blessed 4.0 functionality question

2001-03-27 Thread Aaron Ardiri
I understand how VFS works, what I was asking is whether reading directly from the card is the Palm blessed way of doing it or not. I vaguely remember some discussions at the conference about doing card accesses being slower, so I wasn't sure if that was what was supposed to be done or if

Re: Trapping a launch from the expansion card

2001-03-27 Thread Danny Epstein
"Gary Spinelli" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:43702@palm-dev-forum... I'm attempting to trap the sysAppLaunchCmdCardLaunch code from my PilotStart routine and force my application to exit immediately. I'm catching the code OK , but when I try to exit the application by returning

Serial Port Conflict

2001-03-27 Thread Stan Burton
When I run my program, which opens the serial port, while my Visor is in its cradle it claims the serial port is in use. When I run the same program while holding the Visor in my hand it successfully opens the port. Obviously I'm fighting with some other app for the serial port. Since it has to

How can we support PalmOS 3.5 and 3.1 at the same time if:

2001-03-27 Thread Vitaly_Romanishko
How can we support PalmOS 3.5 and 3.1 at the same time if: 1. When you creating a new project in CodeWarrior you have to choose between following a. Palm OS 3.1(English) Stationary b. Palm OS 3.5 Stationary Hence CodeWarrior will generate machine code targeting

Re: Trapping a launch from the expansion card

2001-03-27 Thread Gary Spinelli
I was getting an error from the application when it tried to load a shared library that was also on the card. If you could tell me how to make SysLibLoad look on the card for the library I'm trying to load, I guess there would be no reason to prevent a card launch. "Danny Epstein" [EMAIL

Cannot get Constructor(1.5) for Palm OS 3.5 working

2001-03-27 Thread Shane Chhuor
Hi All, I cannot seem to be able to run Constructor 1.5. I down loaded and installed the Palm OS SDK 3.5 for CodeWarrior Installer on top of CW for Palm OS R6 and then install Palm OS SDK 3.5 Update 1. I am not able to open or create projects. Anybody has any idea how I can fix this? Shane

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