Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Hallvard Trætteberg
"David A. Desrosiers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i melding news:55758@palm-dev-forum... > For me, I am using XML in a test capacity to hold and "represent" my > Palm data on my desktop. I am beginning to mature the pilot-link toolchain > to handle the input and output of this format natively. Why

High res bitmaps on the 710C

2001-07-08 Thread Ng Wei Gee
Hi all, I understand that to display a high res bitmap on the HandEra 330, you just need an alternate bitmap of the correct res and add 4096 to the bitmap resource ID and HandEra will take care of displaying the correct bitmap. I would like to know if there's something equivalent on the Sony Clie

Trouble in Window Type structure while converting into bitmap

2001-07-08 Thread Vijay Raghavan
Hi all Anybody gone through the sample Signature++-1 which converts a signature into a bitmap and then stores it in a database?Kindly help. The sample creates an offscreen window to copy the bits bound by the gadget and then copies the gadget's screen rectangle into the new window. It then all

programming game

2001-07-08 Thread I am johnny~
Dear All: I am interesting develop game on palm, but I need some sample code. Anyone to know where can get games code ? or programming guide . thx~ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: NetLibReceive fromAddrP/fromLenP - POSE VS Device

2001-07-08 Thread Keith Rollin
At 5:47 PM -0400 6/25/01, Gary Gorsline wrote: >I have a new wireless app that use Minstrel S on Visor Prism (test device). >Palm OS SDK Ref says that NetLibReceive uses fromAddrP and fromLenP and that >they must point to a buffer that will hold the NetSocketAddrType and the len >of that buffer.

Auto Shift Problem..

2001-07-08 Thread ±è¹«Ã¢
I have some problem with graffiti... Is there any way to turn Auto-Shift off programatically? I find out that when I call the GrfSetState(...); to set tempShift.. then autoShift was always turned on... I wanna turn off that... in my program(a little keyboard hack..). I spend many days... but s

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread David A. Desrosiers
> With the Palm's limited memory and processing power it makes it all the > more important to take a really hard look before incorporating it just > because it's the newest fad around. Like any new technology, XML can be > a solution looking for a problem, but it has found a lot of important > us

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread David A. Desrosiers
> That makes it very flexible in cut & paste situations, or at times when > you want to shrink down an XML file which has too much information. An XML file which has too much information has absolutely no bearing on the use of that XML file at all. You can simply change the query for the

RE: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread David A. Desrosiers
> XML is a way to define, organize and express data in human readable text > format. By definition it is extremely verbose, which puts it counter to > the way of Palm, where all our data is scrunched up into the smallest > space possible due to RAM size constraints. It's important to not

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Amleth Hyde-Brown
I am using the Jabber XML Parser, In Australia i connect my Palm via a mobile phone to the internet, It contacts a Server in Chicago. I can get a round trip from My Palm, Palm XLM Parser, Mobile Phone (IR), to My Australian ISP, Chicago, and to my PC, then all the way back again in less time than

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread The Armadillo With The Mask
Igor Mozolevsky wrote: > > > > --On 08 July 2001 11:07 -0700 The Armadillo With The Mask > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Jimi Malcolm wrote: >> >>> What would someone use it for on the Palm? How would a database >>> interact >>> with it? Would the XML records be put into database recor

TxtCharIsDigit()

2001-07-08 Thread Beata Bar
Can somebody tell me why I'm getting this error: undefined identifier '_DI' ((TxtCharAttr(text[i])&_DI) !=0) when I compile code containing a line: (TxtCharIsDigit(text[i]) Beata __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail

Re: MathLib pow() function

2001-07-08 Thread Alan Ingleby
There are quite a few ways around this program. The most powerful (IMHO) is a set of public domain BigNum functions that let you represent arbitrarily large integers. I'll email you an attachment which contains all the functions. Regards, Alan Ingleby "Aaron Ardiri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote i

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Chris Faherty
On Sunday 08 July 2001 04:59 pm, Igor Mozolevsky wrote: > There are also a thousand of different ways of resolving a problem and > while XML might be one of them, it does not have to be the right one or the > most efficient one... XML requires a parser, and like most parsers, you > need speed+mem

Re: MathLib pow() function

2001-07-08 Thread Aaron Ardiri
> I don't think Int32 will be enough. I need to be able > to deal with 10^15 and 10^(-15). What can I use for > that? not much? you might want to check out some articles/papers written on mathemetics using computers - i am sure there are some IEEE papers where people have done what yo

Re: MathLib pow() function

2001-07-08 Thread Beata Bar
Aaron, I don't think Int32 will be enough. I need to be able to deal with 10^15 and 10^(-15). What can I use for that? Beata --- Aaron Ardiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 10^2 = 100 but 10^6 = 16960 and 10^7 = -27008 > > sure, makes 100% sense.. > > 10^2 = 100 > 10^6 = 100

Re: MathLib pow() function

2001-07-08 Thread Aaron Ardiri
> 10^2 = 100 but 10^6 = 16960 and 10^7 = -27008 sure, makes 100% sense.. 10^2 = 100 10^6 = 1000 10^7 = 1 100 % 65536 = 16960 1000 % 65536 = 38528 = -27008 do the binary math :) you are obviously using Int16's - you might want to consider usin

MathLib pow() function

2001-07-08 Thread Beata Bar
When I use the MathLib pow(x,y) function the results are correct up to power value of 4. After that I get some strange results, eg: 10^2 = 100 but 10^6 = 16960 and 10^7 = -27008 Has anybody had a similar problem? What I need to do is read two numbers (a and b) from two fields, and then cal

IR under os 4

2001-07-08 Thread jont
a)are there any particular problems using IR under hotsync 4? b)Is anyone talking to me! last couple of times Ive been posting things Ive had zero response, did I offend someone! regards Jon -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.pa

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Igor Mozolevsky
--On 08 July 2001 11:07 -0700 The Armadillo With The Mask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jimi Malcolm wrote: > >> What would someone use it for on the Palm? How would a database interact >> with it? Would the XML records be put into database records according >> to a DTD? > > I would say that

RE: How do i make a demo version to get expire ?

2001-07-08 Thread Richard Burmeister
> From: Jimi Malcolm > > Note that an application's preferencs are discarded > when the application is deleted from the handheld. > The user can bypass this demo by just deleting > and reinstalling the application on the Palm. > ... > Since you've created a program now, I'm sure you > know how to

RE: How to do Serail Communication using Emulator?

2001-07-08 Thread jacky Cheung
Right click on your Emulator and select properties, then you can choose which COM port to use. Than simply connect the COM port you have selected to the other COM port for the PC. Am I answering your question or do you need something else? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ma

Re: How do i make a demo version to get expire ?

2001-07-08 Thread Jimi Malcolm
Set the application preferences with an integer that keeps incrementing until it's expired or a DateType that will have the expiration date, or both. Call 'demoExpired' from your application's startup function. It will return true if the demo has expired (in this case, if the application has bee

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread The Armadillo With The Mask
Jimi Malcolm wrote: > What would someone use it for on the Palm? How would a database interact > with it? Would the XML records be put into database records according to a > DTD? I would say that you would use XML not directly on the Palm, but as a format to translate to for the Palm. A likel

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Richard C. Dunn
> --On 08 July 2001 10:22 -0400 Jimi Malcolm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've been looking at a lot of XML pages and I understand the markup but am > > not sure if I have a use for it. > > I totally agree, the only thing I find XML useful for is for writing manual > pages. The way I do them i

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Chris Faherty
On Sunday 08 July 2001 10:25 am, Igor Mozolevsky wrote: > I still can't see use for XML on palm... Would anyone care to point out one > thing that would actually benefit, opposed to doing something in a > different way, the users? XML is used for rss/rdf headlines from thousands of web sites. I

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Michael Nyrup
> What would someone use it for on the Palm? How would a database interact > with it? Would the XML records be put into database records according to a > DTD? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Igor Mozolevsky
--On 08 July 2001 10:22 -0400 Jimi Malcolm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been looking at a lot of XML pages and I understand the markup but am > not sure if I have a use for it. I totally agree, the only thing I find XML useful for is for writing manual pages. The way I do them is tag the

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Jimi Malcolm
What would be an example of integrating XML into a Palm application? Jimi -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Jimi Malcolm
What would someone use it for on the Palm? How would a database interact with it? Would the XML records be put into database records according to a DTD? I've been looking at a lot of XML pages and I understand the markup but am not sure if I have a use for it. Jimi -- For information on us

RE: Why XML?

2001-07-08 Thread Mitch Fawcett
A lot of us are asking ourselves these same questions... why would we want to use XML? It is kind of like asking "What can I do with SQL" or "What can I do with relational databases" (See Dr. Dobb's Journal, August 2001, "DBMS Past, Present and Future".) XML is a way to define, organize and expr

Re: XML parser written in C ?

2001-07-08 Thread Ralf Meyer
"C Srinivas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uh, could you point out the link for the parser? I > seem to be having trouble finding it on the site. > > --- Amleth Hyde-Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am using a an Open Source Jabber XML Parser, you > > can get it at > > www.jabber.org, it h