RE: Memorymgrnew Chunk under-lock???

2001-04-12 Thread Richard Burmeister
> From: OmniSoftSystems > > Where can I find info on this type of error? I've already searched Yahoo > archives, no luck. > Did you see the following info from David Fedor (in the Yahoo Archives)? "Chunk under-locked" means you're calling unlock on a handle that isn't locked. With the debugg

Re: Passing memory to a shared lib

2001-04-12 Thread Nitin Nangia
I guess, this is not it. I'm only making a subroutine call into the shared lib and the control returns to the caller application after the call,where i make it a point to free the memory. In case of switching applications i've already used MemPtrSetOwner. And like is wrote in the earlier mail..

Dynaworks

2001-04-12 Thread David Quek
Greetings, Does anyone is using Dynaworks version 2? How is it compare with kawt? Please, any comments are welcome. Thanks. Dav -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: WinDrawChars problems (and another q)

2001-04-12 Thread big hungry joe
No, the current window is the same. I don't know about changing windows at all, so I *assume* it is the same. All I want to do is put a while loop around that, and have it work...basically I took a simple hello,world program and modifieed it. So I think the window is the same. Danny Epstein

Memorymgrnew Chunk under-lock???

2001-04-12 Thread OmniSoftSystems
Hello, Where can I find info on this type of error? I've already searched Yahoo archives, no luck. This error does not seem to occur while running CW7 IDE debugger, but it does when running standalone on POSE. Is CW masking this error? Any info appreciated! Thank you. -- George Aslanis [EMA

Re: Where to report bugs in the future?

2001-04-12 Thread David Fedor
>>> Since [EMAIL PROTECTED] has gone away, where do developers report bugs in >>> code and documentation? >> >> http://www.palmos.com/dev/bugs/ > >Where's the tracking number? Where's the feedback that a bug has been >accepted and is scheduled be fixed with release/patch x? What about >suggested w

SysUIAppSwitch odd behavior

2001-04-12 Thread Norris Pouhovitch
my situation appA calls SysUIAppSwitch to appB, when appB is done cals SysUIAppSwitch to appA. When user presses Quit button I issue appStopEvent. after the AppEventLoop call in the PalmMain I execute newEvent.eType = keyDownEvent; newEvent.data.keyDown.chr = launchChr;

Re: WinDrawChars problems (and another q)

2001-04-12 Thread Danny Epstein
"The Inanimate Carbon Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:45630@palm-dev-forum... > The chars drawn show up in a completely different place. They are about 20 > down, and 60 to the left, or so. To the left you say? I think WinDrawChar[s] takes an offset from the origin of the current

List and dynamic array

2001-04-12 Thread Walter Levy
Hi all - I'm trying to build a dynamic array of words to display in a list, but I'm running into a stumbling block. It must be my lack of C experience. Here are some excerpts from my code: // Global array Char WordArray[30][11]; // The list of words, 30 words, max length = 10 characters per

Re: Where to report bugs in the future?

2001-04-12 Thread Stephen Best
David, >> Since [EMAIL PROTECTED] has gone away, where do developers report bugs in >> code and documentation? > > http://www.palmos.com/dev/bugs/ Where's the tracking number? Where's the feedback that a bug has been accepted and is scheduled be fixed with release/patch x? What about suggested

Re: Changing the width of a list

2001-04-12 Thread Timothy Astle
> Try, FrmSetObjectBounds Looks good. Thanks! + Timothy D. Astle Embedded Systems Programmer ALT Group Inc. + "People who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else to blame it on." -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubsc

Re: database type question

2001-04-12 Thread James Preston
Hey, that's a potentially useful feature. Is it documented anywhere (I mean other than in this message :-)? --Jim Preston "Scott Johnson (Bellevue)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:45649@palm-dev-forum... > > > From: Danny Epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > There has been some deb

re: Changing the width of a list

2001-04-12 Thread Sean Kennedy
> Is there a function available that will change the width of a list? Try, FrmSetObjectBounds -Sean Kennedy Eclipta, Inc. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: Supermemo Database,

2001-04-12 Thread James Preston
There's generally nothing that prevents one Palm program from reading from or writing to a database that "belongs" to another program. The problem is in knowing what to write. A record in a Palm database is just a bunch of bytes; it's up to the program to know what those bytes mean. So if you want

DatebookDB structures.

2001-04-12 Thread Arona Ndiaye
Greetings, I'm writing a hack that traps the tapping on the note icon (next to an appointment) in the DayView of the Datebook application. So far I've been using the Datebook sources from the SDK 3.5 examples. What is the shortest way to get the record corresponding to the note icon a user just t

Supermemo Database,

2001-04-12 Thread Mark
Hi All, I would like to programmatically add records to the Supermemo 1.1 database (http://www.mapletop.com). Do any know have clues? Mark -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: nilEvent (was: How to go to another form after specified Seconds of time)

2001-04-12 Thread HowY
Well I just got drilled & grilled over this again.. I'll start with... I don't generally SPLASH anymore... This is a snip from an old PILOT program and PLEASE FORGIVE ME! As I extinguish my smoldering fanny You're kidding, right? You really don't see the hole in your " if (TimeTks ==

Changing the width of a list

2001-04-12 Thread Timothy Astle
Is there a function available that will change the width of a list? + Timothy D. Astle Embedded Systems Programmer ALT Group Inc. + "People who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else to blame it on." -- For information on using the Palm Developer F

Re: Add Appointment To Built-In Date Book

2001-04-12 Thread Steve Mann
>It is much safer to use the exchange manager if you're just trying to >insert a record into one of the PIM apps. Turn on loopback mode, turn off >the "prompt to recieve" option, and you're done, and it'll even not break >when we change the PIM record formats. Decreases your code size, increases

Re: Reading Next Database

2001-04-12 Thread Jim Garozzo
Yes..Yes..that is a big mistake..thanks..also, I like the DmQueryNextInCategory way too! Appreciate the quick response! Have a great w/end! Jim Ray Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:45661@palm-dev-forum... > > How about the DmQueryRecord( dbPtr, 1 ) instead. You're adding 1 t

Help with strange crash after upgrading to SDK 3.5

2001-04-12 Thread Sean Kennedy
I have been subscribed to this list for sometime and it has of immense help to me. I thank everyone who participates in this list. This is the first time I am posting a question, one that has me quite perplexed. I recently upgraded from CW6 to CW7 (for Macintosh) and from SDK 3.0 to SDK 3.5

RE: Reading Next Database

2001-04-12 Thread Ray Marshall
How about the DmQueryRecord( dbPtr, 1 ) instead. You're adding 1 to the DmOpenRef and not the record index. //Ray -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Garozzo Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 12:46 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Reading

RE: Reading Next Database

2001-04-12 Thread Richard.Johnstone
This is the code I use to loop through a database. Cast the recP to whatever the record is your are bringing back VoidPtr recH; VoidPtr recP; Uint16 index = 0; while(true) { recH = DmQueryNextInCategory(PackedDB,&index, dmAllCategories); if (recH == NULL) { /**

Reading Next Database

2001-04-12 Thread Jim Garozzo
Hi! I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to increment to the next database location...I know this is simple.but my brain is drained. Thanks for the help anyone can suggest. Here's the code i'm writing... MemHandle h = DmQueryRecord(dbPtr, 0);/* Opens the first Record of my databa

VFSFileWrite, but no VFSFileDBWrite

2001-04-12 Thread DeAnna Davidson
Just a little sanity check here. In my pre-SD card implementation if I need to write info to my database, I do. I know what the structure of my records is and DmWrite lets me point to the record I want to update (- I never need to do any resizing). I'm thinking I want to maintain most of my fun

Re: Edit Menu Resource ID

2001-04-12 Thread Steve Achelis
First I created my own Edit menu. I then catch menu events and pass them to MyEditFormDoCommand: case menuEvent: return MyEditFormDoCommand (&event->data.menu.itemID); MyEditFormDoCommand() changes the itemID to the system's so it'll handle the event. static Boolean MyEditF

Re: Where to report bugs in the future?

2001-04-12 Thread David Fedor
>Since [EMAIL PROTECTED] has gone away, where do developers report bugs in >code and documentation? http://www.palmos.com/dev/bugs/ -David Fedor Palm Developer Support -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/f

RE: database type question

2001-04-12 Thread Scott Johnson (Bellevue)
> From: Danny Epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > There has been some debate about this, but it's probably best > to avoid all-lowercase types, other than the predefined ones Also note that databases of type 'temp' (all lowercase) get deleted by the system on a reset, as of Palm OS version 4.0.

RE: Launching Palm Mail application directly to Outbox

2001-04-12 Thread Wang Yan-FYA009
Dave, Maybe you can try sysAppLaunchCmdGoTo. It is for handle the case that user hit the "Go To" button in the Find Results dialog. But you can use that to jump to Mail's outbox your message. Hope this will help. Yan > -Original Message- > From: David Leland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

RE: Help w/ writing MemoPad record

2001-04-12 Thread Schettino, John
Hmmm... Well, there are some problems with using the exchange manager to stuff new memo records: - Size limited to 4kb - No control over category records are saved in Oh well... it is the "right way", but looks like I'll need to stick with the wrong way for now. - John -Original Message---

Is this really correct?

2001-04-12 Thread Curtis Jackson
WinDrawMumble functions draw in WinPaint mode WinPaintMumble functions draw in current draw mode So if you want to display an image using WinPaint mode regardless, DON'T use WinPaintBitmap, DO use WinDrawBitmap. Is this really correct? The word "counterintuitive" does not begin to cover this.

Re: Launching Palm Mail application directly to Outbox

2001-04-12 Thread David Leland
The problem is I don't want to go to a specific record (and don't always have one). I just want to go to the "Outbox". Dave Schettino, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:45644@palm-dev-forum... > > Can you not send a "Goto" launch code? Seems like Mail has support for it in > its "P

RE: Launching Palm Mail application directly to Outbox

2001-04-12 Thread Schettino, John
Can you not send a "Goto" launch code? Seems like Mail has support for it in its "PilotMain()" function. You'd just need to set up a GoToParams struct the right way and pass it into the UIAppSwitch call. Assuming you know the record number of the new mail message it should work. Take a look at GoT

Re: Help w/ writing MemoPad record

2001-04-12 Thread David Leland
Sure, easy for you to say :) But for us rookies, that are just getting getting the hang of databases, now to think about doing it a different way can be a little frustrating. Any code examples you'd like to share? Dave David Fedor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:45624@palm-dev-forum

Edit Menu Resource ID

2001-04-12 Thread Wang Yan-FYA009
Hi, If I add a edit menu to my menu bar with those undo/cut/copy/paste, I have to give this edit menu as resource ID 1, then I don't have to anything in my code to support those undo/cut/copy/paste/keyboard for edit field, right? How can I do that in constructor? I checked Mail sample code,

Launching Palm Mail application directly to Outbox

2001-04-12 Thread David Leland
I have an application that allows the user to create outgoing e-mail in the Palm Mail application's Outbox. I would like to be able to then launch Mail directly to the Outbox so the user can review (before sending) the e-mail that they placed into the OutBox. I have looked at the Mail applicatio

Re: What's with this IrAdvanceCredit thing ?

2001-04-12 Thread Fred Dujardin
Hi and thanks for your answer. However, I'm not accepting a connection: I'm initiating one. I don't know if your remarks apply in that case. The reason I'm asking all this is because after a few exchanges, my connection hangs for no apparent reason. I was thinking maybe I'm misusing the credit

Re:database type question

2001-04-12 Thread ThuNguyet Nguyen
Hi Shawn Hutchinson, >hey everyone, >i'm a little unclear about the use of the database type parameter, >especially in regards to the CreateDatabase() method SystemMgr.rh (.rh, not .h) has all the pre define for database types. type is UInt32 (can be 4 characters), type of 4 lowercase char

RE: Help w/ writing MemoPad record

2001-04-12 Thread Schettino, John
Thanks for this reminder David... I was making a Memo record "by hand" and had forgotten this. - John -Original Message- From: David Fedor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 10:44 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Help w/ writing MemoPad record >Just wante

Re: database type question

2001-04-12 Thread Danny Epstein
"Quentin Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:45622@palm-dev-forum... > The type code is user defined, and can be anything you like, although I think 'appl' is reserved for > executables. Most people seem to use 'DATA' or 'data'. There has been some debate about this, but it's probab

WinDrawChars problems (and another q)

2001-04-12 Thread The Inanimate Carbon Rod
Hello. In MainFormHandleEvent, I am calling a function that calls 'WinDrawChars' when a button is clicked: func_that_calls_WDC(); This works just fine, drawing in the correct place. Then, if I put the call to the function that calls WDC in a while loop: while(1) { func_that_calls_WDC();

Re: Installation of application on device

2001-04-12 Thread Danny Epstein
"Eugene Mayevski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:45607@palm-dev-forum... > Can I use FileRead to read the data directly from the file to the buffer, > given to ReadProc, or I should use FileDmRead? FileDmRead is used when the buffer being written to is in the storage heap. So use this

Re: nilEvent (was: How to go to another form after specified Seconds of time)

2001-04-12 Thread Bradly J. Barton
It does seem strange that your success has come with ==.. but you know, we didn't get into this line of work because it was easy... I've ended up using (successfully) a combination of the EvtSetNullEventTick function and a flag.. basically, when I detect a nilEvent, I check to see if an amount of

Re: nilEvent (was: How to go to another form after specifiedSeconds of time)

2001-04-12 Thread Jim Schram
At 1:28 PM -0400 4/12/01, HowY wrote: >I've been flamed over this one in the while loop >not using >= but it only seems to work as an equal... You're kidding, right? You really don't see the hole in your "if (TimeTks == TimGetTicks())" logic below? > TimeTks = TimGetTicks() + 110; // <- here's

Re: Help w/ writing MemoPad record

2001-04-12 Thread David Fedor
>Just wanted to thank everyone for catching this error for me. Also, just >wondered if anyone had any advice on writing records to the MemoPad >database. Is it better to write them at the beginning or the end? Someone >said that the deleted records are stored at the end. As I just posted when

Re: Add Appointment To Built-In Date Book

2001-04-12 Thread David Fedor
>>This is fine, but this adds the appointment AT THE END of the database >>(dmMaxRecordIndex). However entries in the DateBook are stored in order >>(at least for non-repeating events; repeating events are different), so >>this means that the event will not be in order >>So unless I'm missing

Re: database type question

2001-04-12 Thread Quentin Wright
At 12/04/01 11:40:00, you wrote: > >hey everyone, > >i'm a little unclear about the use of the database type parameter, >especially in regards to the CreateDatabase() method. aside from knowing >that the system uses them to delineate databases based on types and their >corresponding application,

Re: nilEvent (was: How to go to another form after specified Seconds of time)

2001-04-12 Thread HowY
Just trying to splash? I've been flamed over this one in the while loop not using >= but it only seems to work as an equal... // display splash screen if (!FormNumber){ // if current form # is 0 FrmInitForm(SplashForm); frmP = FrmGetFormPtr(SplashForm); FrmDrawForm(frmP);

nilEvent (was: How to go to another form after specified Seconds of time)

2001-04-12 Thread Bradly J. Barton
> EvtSetNullEventTick will send you application a nilEvent after at a > specified time. A nilEvent might occur for other reasons than this function, though, right? So this isn't a really reliable way to wait, although it does allow for other messages to happen in the meantime (silk screen buttons

Re: Passing memory to a shared lib

2001-04-12 Thread Jim Schram
At 8:27 AM -0700 4/12/01, Nitin Nangia wrote: >i'm facing a problem wherein i get strange memory >crashes in my shared library if i pass memory >allocated on the heap using MemPtrNew intto it from >another application. Memory allocated by an application is freed by the OS when the application exi

RE: What's with this IrAdvanceCredit thing ?

2001-04-12 Thread Schettino, John
I've only had limited success with advance credit. What I've seen is this: when you accept a connection, you pass an initial amount of credit. IrConnectRsp(ir_ref, currentCon, &packet, 127); // accept w/ 127 credits Now, as far as I can tell, you will never need to advance any more credit, regar

Codewarrior Hack Project (including debugging capability)

2001-04-12 Thread Craig Patchett
Is there any interest in a CW for Windows (R6) project version of DemoHack that includes a target that allows debugging? I'm just finishing up my first hack and incorporated the suggestions Alan Pinstein made some time back regarding how to set up a project for hack debugging. It worked out quite

Broadcast UDP (or DHCP access) ??

2001-04-12 Thread Steve Spencer-Jowett
Does any one know a way to make broadcast UDP work ?? Non-broadcast UDP works fine. Setting the broadcast flag returns 'not implemented' as the Palm OS says it will which would lead one to think that it doesn't work at all. However, DHCP works OK and uses broadcast UDP which (I verified by usi

database type question

2001-04-12 Thread Shawn Hutchinson
hey everyone, i'm a little unclear about the use of the database type parameter, especially in regards to the CreateDatabase() method. aside from knowing that the system uses them to delineate databases based on types and their corresponding application, i can't find any good example of what 'ty

Re: MemPtrNew

2001-04-12 Thread Ritesh
You do a delete fro every new, similarly, you do a MemPtrFree fro every MemPtrNew. but what could be the error in such a case.. Tell us the details. Ritesh >:) - Original Message - From: Nicolas Raitman To: Palm Developer Forum Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 5:35 PM Subject: MemPtrNew D

Re: Installation of application on device

2001-04-12 Thread Eugene Mayevski
> ExgDBRead is the appropriate API to do this. It generates a database from a > "flat" prc or pdb file. Can I use FileRead to read the data directly from the file to the buffer, given to ReadProc, or I should use FileDmRead? Documentation doesn't say anithing about this ... Thanks in advance. Si

Passing memory to a shared lib

2001-04-12 Thread Nitin Nangia
Hi there, i'm facing a problem wherein i get strange memory crashes in my shared library if i pass memory allocated on the heap using MemPtrNew intto it from another application. If i allocate the memory structures on the stack,i get no errors.. If i put all files together in one big "C" projec

RE: MemPtrNew

2001-04-12 Thread DeAnna Davidson
You definitely want to call MemPtrFree each time you allocate memory with MemPtrNew. What kind of errors are you getting? DeAnna -Original Message- From: Nicolas Raitman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 8:05 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: MemPtrNew Do I

Re: API Function Timing

2001-04-12 Thread Dave Lippincott
as previously mentioned in another thread, have you considered using the profiler version of POSE? - Original Message - From: "Mike McCollister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 3:46 PM Subject: API Function Timing > Does

Flashing a Palm

2001-04-12 Thread SCMI
How can I flash a regular Spanish or French ROM onto a compatible device? Thank you, Farzin -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: How to copy memory (looking for MemCopy)...

2001-04-12 Thread Pietro F. Maggi
"Daniel Morais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Unluckily The documentation of MemMove don't say what happens to the > > original range of memory... > > Can I assume that the original buffer is left untouched? > > Yes, of course, like the 'original' memmove function do. > OK, thanks > And forge

RE: Combo Box in CodeWarrior

2001-04-12 Thread Nicolas Raitman
Yes it does, but they are not ComboBoxes as you might know from other environments like Visual Basic or VC++. In CodeWarrior you have to mix a combo with a list and use them together, however, it is not so difficult. -Mensaje original- De: Akash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: Palm Developer Fo

Re: What's with this IrAdvanceCredit thing ?

2001-04-12 Thread Shaikh Khurram Saghir
Hello, This is used for extending Tiny TP credits among the IR enabled units. Since there does not exist any TTP credit policy at the offcial level hence I suppose that this is exposed for the developers who wish to implement their own (I used it for the same purpose). Various OS are following

MemPtrNew

2001-04-12 Thread Nicolas Raitman
Do I have to call MemPtrFree each time I allocate new memory with MemPtrNew? Because sometimes, when I want to deallocate memory using MemPtrFree I have some errors... -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/fo

What's with this IrAdvanceCredit thing ?

2001-04-12 Thread Fred Dujardin
Hi I had asked this on comm-dev-forum and got no answer. Then I asked Palm Developer Support, where I got a nice reference number but no answer (after more than 3 weeks) So I'm asking on this forum now, sorry for the inconvenience & this will be the last time before I decide to change and sell p

Re: Portable keyboard and traps

2001-04-12 Thread Kristian Adrup
Kristian Adrup wrote in message <45077@palm-dev-forum>... > >Kristian Adrup wrote in message <44776@palm-dev-forum>... >>Hi, >>I know that I can't use the serial port and IR port at the same time since >>they share the same UART. My app sends/receives data through IR using >>Netlib. If a user has

Re: How to copy memory (looking for MemCopy)...

2001-04-12 Thread Daniel Morais
Jeudi 12 Avril 2001 11:43, Pietro F. Maggi a écrit: > Unluckily The documentation of MemMove don't say what happens to the > original range of memory... > Can I assume that the original buffer is left untouched? Yes, of course, like the 'original' memmove function do. And forget what I said abo

Re: Dynamically building Menus

2001-04-12 Thread Stephan Veigl
Hi Ian > I am writing an app where we want to dynamically build menus at runtime > from scratch. The books I have consulted on the issue seem to indicate > that this isn't possible, but they don't exactly say that. yes and no - until Palm OS 3.5 dynamic menu creating is not (legally) possible

Re: How to copy memory (looking for MemCopy)...

2001-04-12 Thread Pietro F. Maggi
"Daniel Morais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, where is the MemCopy function? > > Just try the MemMove function ! > Take care : the order of the parameters are not the same than for the memmove > C function... > Thanks for the reply! Unluckily The documentation of MemMove don't say what h

Re: How to copy memory (looking for MemCopy)...

2001-04-12 Thread Daniel Morais
Jeudi 12 Avril 2001 10:56, Pietro F. Maggi a écrit: > So, where is the MemCopy function? Just try the MemMove function ! Take care : the order of the parameters are not the same than for the memmove C function... -- Daniel Morais -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

Page to Page

2001-04-12 Thread David Quek
Can anyone please tell me how does one frame/page(Viewpage1) switch to a different frame(Viewpage2) in KVM? How does one field or value from Viewpage1 is pass to Viewpage2 and fort. How to control the paint() method? Thanks. Dav -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubs

How to copy memory (looking for MemCopy)...

2001-04-12 Thread Pietro F. Maggi
Hi, I'm looking for a function to copy N-bytes to a new location. Till now I've used StrNCopy, but I'm no more sure that this is the right choice. As already stated in this newsgroup, the StrN* function are only for null terminated string. So, where is the MemCopy function? Best regards Pi