Re: Off-Topic: PalmGear Financial Status?

2001-08-28 Thread Denis Faivre
From: "Mike Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Even with all the problems with PalmGear... > 1) PalmGear have sold 3 to 4 times that of Handango, for my product. > 2) You may have noticed that Handango has gone from 2 times a month, > where payments were very quick to once a month with payments sliding

Puzzled by Repeating button behavior

2001-08-28 Thread Edwin Hoh
Hi all, I have two repeating buttons; ScrollUpRepeating and ScrollDownRepeating with both set with Font 'Symbol 7'. My question is, how can I make both the up and down arrows appear during Form load? I tried this : ScrollUpIndex = FrmGetObjectIndex(pFrm, ScrollUpRepeating)

Palm i705 - Palm's Next Generation Wireless Device

2001-08-28 Thread Shaikh Khurram Saghir
I received this news in one of the newsletters (The Developer.com Update August 28, 2001), I hope that you'll find it interesting too :-) Palm's Next Generation Wireless Device The next-generation wireless device from Palm may be closer than we expected. Palm recently received regulatory approva

RE: Getting invoked upon install

2001-08-28 Thread Peter Epstein
Check out the sync notify launch code. You should get this when the app is installed by the install conduit during a HotSync, and when the app is installed by being received as an incoming beam by the launcher. The name of the launch code is a bit misleading, but it's very important that there is

Getting invoked upon install

2001-08-28 Thread Scott Sumner-Moore
Hi, all -- The quick question: How can I get control when my app is first installed, without the user having to invoke the app? The background: I need to register for Sync Start and Sync Finish so that my app can talk properly to my conduit (via SysNotifyRegister). Trouble is, it seems I need t

RE: Off-Topic: PalmGear Financial Status?

2001-08-28 Thread Peter Epstein
I have no concern at all about PalmGear. If Kenny thought he might not be able to pay us, I'm sure he'd be up front about it. The one thing you can always say about Kenny is that he's honest and forthright. No bullshit. -- Peter Epstein -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or

Re: Off-Topic: PalmGear Financial Status?

2001-08-28 Thread Mike Davis
> I've heard of several developer's pulling their product-sales > from PalmGear and moving them exclusively to Handango (which I > have always received timely payments from), and other online sales > companies (digibuy, etc.) Even with all the problems with PalmGear... 1) PalmGear have sold 3 t

Maximum size of a database record.

2001-08-28 Thread Leonardo Gomes Holanda
Since the index of a record is given by a UInt16 it can not have more than 65535 records. But, a record can be created using DmNewRecord which receives the record size (UInt32). So can I created a pdb with 65535 records of size 4,294,967,296 (4GB) each if my device has (suppose that such device ex

RE: Off-Topic: PalmGear Financial Status?

2001-08-28 Thread Borislav Kolev
Unlike most publishing companies, PalmGear relies on their own money. They might have some financial problems now, but I like their business model and attitude and this is what I really trust. I would have been much more concerned if they were externally funded and their securities were running lo

Global Data Alignment v.s Struct Member Alignment

2001-08-28 Thread George Aslanis
Hello, I have a multi-seg app using CW7.1. I've built a couple of "stream" databases which I'm trying to process on the PC using VisualC++ 6.0. In swapping int16 & int32 bytes to handle the "endian" differences, I was wondering if the data alignment in CW was the same as I have setup in VC. CW

Re: Network HotSync via Modem

2001-08-28 Thread Alan Zaitchik
Aha! I finally woke up and unchecked the Network option in HotSync manager, stopped running RAS, and succeeded in doing a direct modem Hot Sync. So at least that is working now. When I get a chance I will try to do the network Hot Sync option using RAS. Perhaps there is something about the Palm Ho

Re: Off-Topic: PalmGear Financial Status?

2001-08-28 Thread Chris DiPierro
I'm going to through my 2 cents in here. First off, I'm not going to pretend that it's been easy to be PGHQ over the past years, and I'm sure they (like some of the rest of us) struggle with the lousy economy for venture money at this point. However, there's a few things that I wish PGHQ would ad

Re: Off-Topic: PalmGear Financial Status?

2001-08-28 Thread Bradly J. Barton
> Sorry again for the "off-topic" subject and for speaking so negatively. Considering that the software store on Palm's website is run by PalmGear, I don't consider this an off topic discussion. I got a personal message from Kenny this morning that sounded very positive (after I was somewhat neg

Oops! Perhaps I spoke too soon. :)

2001-08-28 Thread Robert Purcell
Hi Everyone, I may have spoke too soon with my last message. I just read Aaron's message from PGHQ. Maybe the situation isn't as bleak as I originally thought. Sorry for all the off-topic messages. I guess I'll shut-up for now and get back to developing! :) Thanks guys, -Robert __

Off-Topic: PalmGear Financial Status?

2001-08-28 Thread Robert Purcell
Hello Everyone, I'm really getting concerned about PalmGear. After two months without receiving any payment from them, I sent an email to the president (Kenny). I got a reply that he would be sending out a letter explaining the company's "financial situation" and their plans for the future. Th

Determining if prc is ROM-based

2001-08-28 Thread John Crouch
How can I determine if a prc file is located in ROM or RAM? Should I use DmDatabaseInfo and check the attribute for dmHdrAttrReadOnly? Or is there a better method? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/fo

Re: Too the PRC tools users out there

2001-08-28 Thread Aaron Ardiri
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Richard M. Hartman wrote: > I think there's a java-based form editor that generates pilrc output. > Don't recall the name, or where it can be found though. Perhaps > somebody else will recognize it & supply that info. pilrcedit it was mentioned here a few times :) rob

Re: Too the PRC tools users out there

2001-08-28 Thread Richard M. Hartman
I think there's a java-based form editor that generates pilrc output. Don't recall the name, or where it can be found though. Perhaps somebody else will recognize it & supply that info. -- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! "David A. Desro

PGHQ: message to developers

2001-08-28 Thread Aaron Ardiri
hi in light of all the discussions around PGHQ lately, kenny west has asked me to forward this message on (he is having problems with sending it for some reason).. the message is as follows: --- Kenny West PalmGear.com THE One Stop Source for the Palm OS! http://www.palmgear.com I wa

Re: Help needed in Palm OS programming

2001-08-28 Thread Ken Krugler
Hi Yuva, >I saw a lot of correspondences of yours on the Palm-Dev-Forum and >thought of contacting you for some suggestions/advise. > >I am into Palm Programming and presently I am into localizing the >Memo Pad application to Spanish. The number of font characters to >be created is more than

Atlanta PalmOS Developers Group Meeting

2001-08-28 Thread Jon C. Zaring
Come join us at our meeting tonight (4th Tuesday of every month). In this meeting our members will be demonstrating their technologies and wares. For more information, please go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlpdg Hope to see you there! -- Jon C. Zaring Zaring Technologies 404.431.5915

Manual Load of Overlays under 4.0

2001-08-28 Thread K. Ferrero
Hi, I'm having trouble getting an overlay to automatically load under POSE (PalmOS40-efigs-v-full.rom). I'd like to see if I can load the overlay manually using DMOpenDBWithLocale() as described on pg. 366 of the 4.0 Development Tools Guide. Unfortunately, DMOpenDBWithLocale is not available for

Re: Visor ROM image

2001-08-28 Thread Gary Gorsline
The answer is simple. Go to Handspring's web site. Print the PDF agreement, sign it and fax it to them. They emailed me the images the next day. No big deal and it's legal for everyone. Gary Gorsline Easy Business Software ==

Re: PocketStudio - Opinions Anyone?

2001-08-28 Thread Douglas Olson - Pocket Technologies, Inc.
Peter, We have an expected release of Mid-September. Shortly thereafter we will be supplying an evaluation version of PocketStudio. I hope this works with your timeframe and look forward to your comments once you've had time to play with it. Sincerely, Douglas Olson - President & Co-founder P

RE: Visor ROM image

2001-08-28 Thread Raymond Ochoa
Thanks, will do. -Original Message- From: Michael S. Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 9:10 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Visor ROM image On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Raymond Ochoa wrote: > Hello, > > I'm kind of in a rush to get a hold of > a couple

Re: Visor ROM image

2001-08-28 Thread Michael S. Davis
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Raymond Ochoa wrote: > Hello, > > I'm kind of in a rush to get a hold of > a couple of Visor ROM Images and I was > wondering if anyone had a copy they > wouldn't mind sending to me. > > I know I have to join the Developer > Seeding program, and I've done it > before, but for

Re: Visor ROM image

2001-08-28 Thread John Leung
You won't get Visor ROM from Palm's web site even if you signed everything. Visor is a Handspring product. You should go to Handspring's web site for it. At 08:59 AM 28/08/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Hello, > >I'm kind of in a rush to get a hold of >a couple of Visor ROM Images and I was >wonder

Visor ROM image

2001-08-28 Thread Raymond Ochoa
Hello, I'm kind of in a rush to get a hold of a couple of Visor ROM Images and I was wondering if anyone had a copy they wouldn't mind sending to me. I know I have to join the Developer Seeding program, and I've done it before, but for some reason i'm unable to get to the ROM area without

Net Library: Checking open status...

2001-08-28 Thread Rickard
Hi I'd like to know if there's someway to check the status (state) of NetLib. When my application starts I want to know if netlib is opened (another application forgott to call NetLibClose) if its closed or in close-wait state (another application called NetLibClose passing false for immediate). I

Re: SysCopyStringResource and DmGetResource

2001-08-28 Thread Thomas Maeder
Richard Burmeister wrote: > > void MySysCopyStringResource (Char *string, Int16 theID) > { [snip] > } > > Is that "basically the same"-enough for you? It's totaly the same now, including the dangerous first parameter. > If you are retrieving one of your own string resources, then you know > e

Re: PocketStudio - Opinions Anyone?

2001-08-28 Thread Todd Cary
I would like to offer my comments that come from a different perspective: I have no experience with the Palm OS and limited "C/C++" skills (my professional environment is Delphi). PS has offered me a way to get a grasp of the Palm OS in a "simplified environment". It is "simplified" because of

SV: Please Help. this project has to get done today

2001-08-28 Thread Karl-Konig Konigsson
Jonathan, 1) Your question is a _very_ basic C/C++ question, hardly eligible for this forum. 2) You asked the same question yesterday. The answer you got then should have got you rolling; why waste bandwidth if you don't read the answers you get? This is getting silly... Karl-Koenig Ko

Re: Trouble compiling whith GCC

2001-08-28 Thread maria jönsson
I don´t know if I need iostream.h. I think I will need palmos.h but if I write that I get the same message: Can not find palmos.h. >From: "Anton Nikolaev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Trou

Re: Please Help. this project has to get done today

2001-08-28 Thread Dave Lippincott
>Basic C problems... (or C++) >the header that contains the CharPtr definition is not included in your >source. >dayStr, monthStr, etc are either not defined in your function or are defined >outside of the function's scope. AKA: add the header include that contains the CharPtr definition and def

How do I delete a preference

2001-08-28 Thread Mike McCollister
Does anyone know how to delete a preference? I can crate a preference with PrefSetAppPreferences and I can read a prefernce with PrefGetAppPreferences but I don't know how to delete one. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike McCollister __

Re: Please Help. this project has to get done today

2001-08-28 Thread Mike Faith
Try Changing CharPtr to Char *. You may also want to allocate an extra byte for these strings to hold the Null terminator. - Mike >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/28/01 08:56AM >>> I am very new to palm, c and c++ programming. I am using CodeWarrior 7 in C++ mode and I am trying to get the following c

Re: Index out of range

2001-08-28 Thread Dave Lippincott
It may mean you're attempting to access an array element that doesn't exist. A likely suspect would be if you have a table or lilst your displaying data to, data arrays start from index 0 while a list or scroll bar will have an index starting from 1. Put some break points in your code and find th

Re: Possible ???!!!

2001-08-28 Thread Dave Lippincott
Is it possible to run a Mac OS program on a PC? a) port it (rewrite the code for the target OS) b) find an emulator - Original Message - From: "Ai Lee Tang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 6:07 AM Subject: Possible ???!!!

Please Help. this project has to get done today

2001-08-28 Thread Johnathan Smith
I am very new to palm, c and c++ programming. I am using CodeWarrior 7 in C++ mode and I am trying to get the following code to build static void DetermineDueDate (DateType * dueDateP) { Int16 month, day, year; Char* titleP; MemHandle titleH; UInt32 timeInSeconds; DateTime

SV: Possible ???!!!

2001-08-28 Thread Karl-König Königsson
No (unless, of course, someone ports POSE to WinCE) Karl-Koenig Koenigsson -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]För Ai Lee Tang Skickat: den 28 augusti 2001 12:08 Till: Palm Developer Forum Ämne: Possible ???!!! hi all, Is possible a .PRC

hotsync crashes if additional dialog is used

2001-08-28 Thread Patrick B.
Hi all! I have a serious problem developing a stable solution using Palm HotSync 3.1.0 and an inhouse-developed conduit. The problem seems to only occur when I configure that conduit in a way that it shows a dialog during the sync operation. ( System: Win2k Dialog: Seperate DLL using MFC ) Sy

Re: Trouble compiling whith GCC

2001-08-28 Thread Anton Nikolaev
Do you actually need iostream.h? Anton > Hi! > > I have trouble with connecting the GCC compiler to the editor(Edit Plus). > Which GCC should I connect it with? GCC or G++ or m68k-palmos-gcc or > m68k-palmos-c++. > > What is the difference between these compilers?I am trying to make an > applicati

Re: Creating pure resource pdb files with pilrc and build-prc

2001-08-28 Thread Aaron Ardiri
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Klaus Kohlert wrote: > Is it possible to change the pdb TYPE ID from 'APPL'? in your .def file application { ... } pilrc also outputs the .ro format now, which is pretty much the same things.. 2.8p7 is available in the patch zone :) // az [EMAIL PROTECTED] h

Creating pure resource pdb files with pilrc and build-prc

2001-08-28 Thread Klaus Kohlert
Is it possible to change the pdb TYPE ID from 'APPL'? Thank you Klaus .. Oh, by the way, make the best Search Engine on the Internet, your startpage. Click on this link: http://www.searchalot.com/homepage.htm -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscr

Re: Index out of range

2001-08-28 Thread Madina
Hi, I have exhausted my little knowledge on this error. And i thought may be you need more explanation on the application to help me. The error "DataMgr.c, Line 8589, Index out of range" comes up when the main form is to be displayed from tapping an exit button from the Display form. The applicat

Re: Too the PRC tools users out there

2001-08-28 Thread Chalain Marc
There are PilrcEdit a java application to build *.rcp file (Pilrc description file). http://www.wn.com.au/rnielsen/pilrcedit/ I prefer an editor and write directly the *.rcp file. Salut, Marc. __ Faites un vœu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr P

Trouble compiling whith GCC

2001-08-28 Thread maria jönsson
Hi! I have trouble with connecting the GCC compiler to the editor(Edit Plus). Which GCC should I connect it with? GCC or G++ or m68k-palmos-gcc or m68k-palmos-c++. What is the difference between these compilers?I am trying to make an application in C++. I also have problems to connect the li

Re: C++ this - pointer gone lost

2001-08-28 Thread Werner Poschenrieder
.. You are perfectly right. Thank you all so much and sorry.. Thomas Maeder schrieb: > Werner Poschenrieder wrote: > > > > // This is "Member2" (private) > > void CTableForm::HighlightSelection() > > { > > RectanglePtr pR; > > > > TblGetItemBounds(_pVisTable, _nLineNumber, 0, pR); > >

Re: C++ this - pointer gone lost

2001-08-28 Thread Thomas Maeder
Werner Poschenrieder wrote: > > // This is "Member2" (private) > void CTableForm::HighlightSelection() > { > RectanglePtr pR; > > TblGetItemBounds(_pVisTable, _nLineNumber, 0, pR); > WinInvertRectangle(pR, 0); > > } This looks buggy. I'd write: void CTableForm::HighlightSelection(

conduit with VBasic?

2001-08-28 Thread adi
I want to develop a conduit program in VisualBasic with specification: - i have a PDB database on palmtop(daily changing) - when hotsync the new records are updated to PC and writed to an Access database PS. I can read PDB file from /Backup folder in PC and put records in Access database(with .ex

Index out of range

2001-08-28 Thread Madina
Hi, Can anyone tell me what could be a possible cause of this message? "DataMgr.c, Line 8589, Index out of range" It comes up when the main form is to be displayed by tapping an exit button from another form. I am using CW Lite in Win Me and POSE 3.1. Thanks Madina -- For information on using

Possible ???!!!

2001-08-28 Thread Ai Lee Tang
hi all, Is possible a .PRC file running on HP Jordana (window CE device) rgds, ailee _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsu

Re: C++ this - pointer gone lost

2001-08-28 Thread Werner Poschenrieder
Hello James, watch below.. James Nicholls schrieb: > Hi, > > In C++, every member function has an implicit initial argument that takes > the value of this. In your case, Member1 actually has two arguments of > MyObject* this and EventPtr pEvent. When you write > myObject->Member1(pEvent), the co

Re: Too the PRC tools users out there

2001-08-28 Thread Chalain Marc
There are PilrcEdit a java application to build *.rcp file (Pilrc description file). http://www.wn.com.au/rnielsen/pilrcedit/ Me, i prefer an editor and write directly the *.rcp file. Salut, Marc. __ Faites un vœu et puis Voila ! www.voila.f

SV: Too the PRC tools users out there

2001-08-28 Thread Karl-Konig Konigsson
You could also take a look at Handsprings RscEdit: an editor for PilRc files. It is still in beta but very nice. See http://www.handspring.com/developers/sw_dev.jhtml for details. So far is my only gripe that it is very picky when it comes to capitalisation. It absolutely refuses to read a file w

Re: C++ this - pointer gone lost

2001-08-28 Thread Werner Poschenrieder
This is a good idea, well .. MyObject has not been allocated on stack, it has been allocated by new (i.e. nonmoveable chunk) and referenced by a living objects pointer: StarterPalmMain -> CApp * pApp -> CBusiness * pBusiness -> CTableForm * pTableForm Only ~CBusiness( ) can destroy pTableForm, a

Re: Serial preferences

2001-08-28 Thread Tulkas
At 15:10 27.08.2001 +0200, you wrote: >What is the correct way of opening a serial connection to the serial >device specified in the serial perferences. I've written an >application that works fine with IrComm (SysFileCVirtIrComm), but also >want it to work when serial is configured via the cradle

Re: C++ this - pointer gone lost

2001-08-28 Thread Werner Poschenrieder
> > Please post some real code, the above isn't C++. Ar .. yes it ain't really .. here is the real code .. thank you .. // This is "Member1" (protected) Boolean CTableForm::HandleTableEvent(const EventPtr pEvent) MemHandle hRecMem; RectanglePtr pR; switch (pEvent->eType) { c

Re: 9bit serial

2001-08-28 Thread Tulkas
At 09:10 27.08.2001 -0400, you wrote: >What type of serial system uses 9 bits? I doubt its RS232. (which, with the >exception of the start and stop bits, is only capable of transmitting data 8 >bits at a time). Can you communicate with your target via a PC? If so, how >does that work? Maybe a l