One option that has not been mentioned is CASL. It was about to be
abandoned but has new owners, and you can download a fully functional
version for development of freeware. Commercial development requires
registration. Casl compiles to machine code (68K) and is fast, has a
reasonable IDE and a de
SiteInfo is a structure variable. I'm still getting hardware error #3 when
I try to exit the program with the message indicated. I can push "save",
trigger the save from "whats in" Record to the SiteInfo structure, call the
appinfo write function, then continue to navigate within the program.
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Logan Shaw wrote:
Anyway, if the memory space is really a concern, the simplest solution
is going to be to decode the JPEG in bands, then write each band
into the final 8-bit bitmap. For example, if you are decoding something
that's 320x320, create a 320x320 8-bit bitmap, then decode the fir
> 700,000??!!??> Dear me, I can't help but think you don't really need them all... :-)I can see that you would think that :>)
I was just being generic to avoid additional explanation. In fact it stores all the voters for a county together with where they are suppose to go to vote.
Actually loa
Aaron Ardiri wrote:
if your not concerned about the quality; you could cheat.
16 bit = 565 RGB
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Hi Aaron,
but how I do that programmatically? do I need to access the bits internals?
give me the directions. And quality is not problem as I am converting
from Jpeg low
> > i would check that a float is 2 bytes and a double is 4 bytes first tho.
> > reading and writing 2 bytes should always be the same.
>
> aren't floats normally 4 byte and double 8 ?
thats why i said better to "check" their sizes first - but, the concept will
remain the same :)
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Aaron Ardiri wrote:
> On 11/22/05, Dirk Bridgedale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>I'm having a problem writing a float data type to a database using DmWrite:
>>
>> char *s
>>
>> DmWrite(s, offset, &data->maxTemp, sizeof(data->maxTemp));
>> offset += sizeof(data->maxTemp);
>>
>> There are other wri
What I want to do is have a central update computer that will be on the internet
I think the first thing is to decide how that connection is going to be made,
and whether you are going to go via HotSync or not.
Since a conduit is just a DLL, in principle it can do pretty much anything. It
On 11/22/05, Dirk Bridgedale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm having a problem writing a float data type to a database using DmWrite:
>
> char *s
>
> DmWrite(s, offset, &data->maxTemp, sizeof(data->maxTemp));
> offset += sizeof(data->maxTemp);
>
> There are other writes before and after the flo
From a standing start, I was able to develop an application that stored
just under 700,000 contacts in a read only, fast, searchable database in
just 16MB.
700,000??!!??
Dear me, I can't help but think you don't really need them all... :-)
Not sure whether I will be able to do the same u
On 11/22/05, Jim Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > One still cannot AFAIK, build an ARM-only program.
>
> Doesn't matter, because there are no devices you could run it on.
you can build ARM-only OS 5 applications :) if you do some messing
around. there are a number of examples:
- hotsync
One still cannot AFAIK, build an ARM-only program.
Doesn't matter, because there are no devices you could run it on.
That's the other big disappointment about Palm for me - PalmOS 6 looks dead in
the water. It was released to manufacturers years ago now, and still not a sniff
of a device
They surely do count.
No they don't :-)
For example, VS 2005 from the beginning could not
even open "old" project files
But you were using beta versions. It is unrealistic to expect all the betas to
be identical to the finished product. With many other vendors you'd find it very
difficu
moving between laptop + desktop = just copy the vmware.
Yes, it's much nicer.
i've had a number of sub-contractors who just get stuck before they can
do any development just because they dont know how to install the tools.
this was one of the reasons why i used a vm for this - just ship them
I'm having a problem writing a float data type to a database using DmWrite:
char *s
DmWrite(s, offset, &data->maxTemp, sizeof(data->maxTemp));
offset += sizeof(data->maxTemp);
There are other writes before and after the floats. Anything before the
floats is ok. Iv'e tried moving things around a
Hi Pablo...
Maybe the problem isn't because of the WinScreenMode settings but more of what
you're actually doing in the frmLoadEvent generated by the FrmGoToForm() call.
Especially if you're writing to an 8bit offscreen buffer with 16bit data.
You'll probably have to post the code after the F
At 02:27 PM 11/22/2005, you wrote:
OOPS! Actually I use resource entries like this:
ICON ""
SMALLICON ""
Are there ICON families, like BITMAP families, too?
Yes, there are. See the PilRC 3.2 documentation.
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/pilrc/pilrc/doc/manual.html?rev=1.44
On 11/22/05, Gregg Woodcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OOPS! Actually I use resource entries like this:
> ICON ""
> SMALLICON ""
>
> Are there ICON families, like BITMAP families, too?
yes.
i remember the days when before the remapping any bitmap (mono, 16color , 24bit)
code was in place (it u
If only
I use cygwin/GCC and use "flat" bitmaps referenced from a .rcp file like
this:
BITMAP ID "mybitmap.bmp" NOCOMPRESS
Where "mybitmap.bmp" is a regular file that I open with paint (or
whatever)...
You should use the BITMAPFAMILY format supported by the PilRC compiler
which lets y
OOPS! Actually I use resource entries like this:
ICON ""
SMALLICON ""
Are there ICON families, like BITMAP families, too?
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> Then try something like this instead.
>
> BITMAPfamilyex ID bitmapID_exclaim
> compress
> begin
> BITMAP "bitmaps/exclaim.bmp" bpp 1 density 1 transparent 255 0 0
> BITMAP "bitmaps/exclaim-c.bmp" bpp 8 density 1
Gregg Woodcock wrote:
If only
I use cygwin/GCC and use "flat" bitmaps referenced from a .rcp file like
this:
BITMAP ID "mybitmap.bmp" NOCOMPRESS
Where "mybitmap.bmp" is a regular file that I open with paint (or
whatever)...
Then try something like this instead. Bob.
BITMAPfamilyex I
"Doug Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> And in the good-old Constructor you do it when you create a Bitmap Family
resource in a similary way -- check the transparency option and then assign
the color.
If only
I use cygwin/GCC and use "flat" bitmaps reference
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Del Ventruella wrote:
> I have a structure that contains data entered from a form. I want to first
> put data into that structure from an AppInfo block, although I don't know how
> to determine if anyone has filled in the data yet. I have written a function
> to put data
And in the good-old Constructor you do it when you create a Bitmap Family
resource in a similary way -- check the transparency option and then assign the
color.
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Guilherme C. Hazan wrote:
Hi,
Is the Zire 22, with 16bpp, 565 ?
thx
guich
AFIK, the Z22 (no Zire 22) can draw true 16bpp. The last PalmOne device
non 16bpp as I know is old Palm IIIc.
The Z22 hardware screen limitation is the low 160x160 (same of the Treo
600) instead of all other s
I have a structure that contains data entered from a form. I want to first put
data into that structure from an AppInfo block, although I don't know how to
determine if anyone has filled in the data yet. I have written a function to
put data into an AppInfo block, and it seems to run, but I ge
I know this is not directly possible because all that can be done to a field
is to set the foreground/background colors and then display the text. So I
know that I'll be stuck "painting" the text somehow. The problem is that I
also want to retain the built-in text features that come with using a
"Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> >Now we are getting someplace (BTW, shouldn't there be some "porting your
app
> >to NVFS" KB/doc somewhere?)
>
> Have you read the Palm SDK Developers Guide, downloadable from
> pluggedin.palm.com?
No. And I haven't beca
Now we are getting someplace (BTW, shouldn't there be some "porting your app
to NVFS" KB/doc somewhere?)
Have you read the Palm SDK Developers Guide, downloadable from
pluggedin.palm.com?
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"Combee on Palm OS" weblog: http://palmos.combee
"Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >The following obtuse comment from another developer seems to confirm my
> >vague suspsicions but did not provide details, references, documentation
or
> >work-around:
> >
> >"New NVFS from garnet 5.4.9 can remove any
Hi,
Is the Zire 22, with 16bpp, 565 ?
thx
guich
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At 10:49 AM 11/22/2005, you wrote:
ll wrote:
CodeWarrior for Palm is an _old_ product, I grant you. When I used it
first ( '96 I believe ) it was a crappy port of a Mac program that tried
to run a Mac IDE on a PC. It sucked. As did the next version, and the next.
CW Palm is going to die, I ag
The following obtuse comment from another developer seems to confirm my
vague suspsicions but did not provide details, references, documentation or
work-around:
"New NVFS from garnet 5.4.9 can remove any resouce (locked or unlocked)
from closed unprotected database."
What this means: t
Does anyone know how to capture the Customizable button on the Treo 650?I want to at least have the option of making my app do something whenever the customizable button (on the side, beneath the volume buttons) is pushed.
I'll keep looking in the usual places, but any help would be great.Thanks,Be
Gregg Woodcock wrote:
I would like my app's icon to be transparent (instead of white block
background) but as I understand it, bitmap does not support transparency
(unlike other image formats like GIF). So how is this done (I am using
Microsoft Paint on W2K if that makes the explanation easier)?
Hi all!
What has happened with Network preferences on Zire 22? There are only
Connection setting remaining, Network is gone.
One of the ways of connecting Palms to the Internet was with usage of PC and
Palm connected to it via USB and emulation of HTTP connection with a desktop
software like S
ll wrote:
CodeWarrior for Palm is an _old_ product, I grant you. When I used it first (
'96 I believe ) it was a crappy port of a Mac program that tried to run a Mac
IDE on a PC. It sucked. As did the next version, and the next.
CW Palm is going to die, I agree with you.
Metrowerks recently
Sorry that I have jumped into the middle of this thread. So please forgive me if I am repeating what someone else reported.
I was new to Palm development and opted for Pocket Studio. It was really good. The language is Pascal and the IDE reminiscent of Delphi. Perfectly stable.
Naturally it cre
I have just noticed that clicking on "reply" under a message just adds the new
message to the end of the list, at least when viewed from
http://news.palmos.com/
Sorry if that make my comments hard to connect to the parent.
And please add that to my list of what sucks...
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I am here, I like PalmOS and I want to develop for it, but I do not want to
have to do things like writing my own linker to do that. Maybe that's some
people's bag, but it's not mine, and I suspect many other developers are also
being pushed to other OSes by the lack of decent tools and support.
CodeWarrior for Palm is an _old_ product, I grant you. When I used it first (
'96 I believe ) it was a crappy port of a Mac program that tried to run a Mac
IDE on a PC. It sucked. As did the next version, and the next.
In 2005 - Stable ?:
Yes, it is - although, for example, my 9.2 regularly c
Does anyone have an opinion on how efficient Appforge
code is? I've got an application that I created with
cw 9.3 that needs to execute as quickly as possible.
If I were to write it with Appforge, how much of a
performance hit would there be, if any? Is it
pseudo-code that runs through an interp
I have heard rumors of there being serious problems with Tungsten-X and NVFS
causing crashes on just about any app under certain (common) circumstances.
Yet I cannot find anything in the dev forums or KB so I am asking here. My
app (New Yanoff: http://www.PalmYanoff.com) plays no tricks of any kin
I would like my app's icon to be transparent (instead of white block
background) but as I understand it, bitmap does not support transparency
(unlike other image formats like GIF). So how is this done (I am using
Microsoft Paint on W2K if that makes the explanation easier)?
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I agree that Palm OS development is a mess. However, it's interesting
to note that, for our organization at least, Palm was the easiest mobile
platform to develop for several years ago, mostly because of its Linux
support. Windows Mobile development is pretty much impossible under
Linux, for
14237 should be TCP and 14238 should be UDP right?
"Lee Church" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Yes, it can be done. Set the PC up for a network HotSync, and preferably
> try a connected network HotSync from another PC on the network, to test
the
> settings.
> If the
I tried this before it does not work for some reason. (except port is 14237
and 14238)
"Lee Church" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Yes, it can be done. Set the PC up for a network HotSync, and preferably
> try a connected network HotSync from another PC on the netwo
3?
New versions of the same tool don't count as different IDEs :-)
They surely do count. For example, VS 2005 from the beginning could not
even open "old" project files (I thnk they've added it in the final
release, after I've converted all my projects by hand).
These days you only need one
Thanks mate I will look into that.
What I want to do is have a central update computer that will be on the
internet (update FTP or whatever). Each Palm will have copy of what is on this
update computer, so any changes made will automaticlly get updated in the
master and pushed out to the other
> > every platform has its own little quirks and issues - it really comes down
> > to
> > how well you can manage the development kits to do exactly what you need
> > to have done
>
> Indeed. I've moved to doing all my development on virtual machines - this
> makes
> everything much neater and cl
But if we look at Misrosoft, with THREE different IDE's for 3 currently
used platforms - 2002, 2003 and 2005... no comments also.
3?
New versions of the same tool don't count as different IDEs :-)
These days you only need one. VS 2005 allows both native and managed code
development (in fac
every platform has its own little quirks and issues - it really comes down to
how well you can manage the development kits to do exactly what you need
to have done
Indeed. I've moved to doing all my development on virtual machines - this makes
everything much neater and cleaner. It is also mu
Appforge.
Yes you can.
"Mark Chauvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> What plug in are you using?
> Can you have the same source for Windows & Palm?
>
> --- Igor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm using visiual studio(with a third party plug in)
> > to develop my
>
Henk wrote:
>> I know that pnoJpegLib has its support compiled for
>>the ARM processor family, but does it also have the
>>68K code in it so that it will work on an old non-ARM
>>device?
>There is a 68k Jpeg lib as well. Just use both and
>when you are on a OS 5 (ARM) device, try first to
>o
I am in the process of creating a app that will HOPEFULLY sync using wireless
connection or through the internet?
Check the threads dated yesterday (21/11) entitle "Network Hotsync" and
"Wireless Network Hotsync using Verizon network and Treo 650"
There may be some pointers there. You coul
What plug in are you using?
Can you have the same source for Windows & Palm?
--- Igor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using visiual studio(with a third party plug in)
> to develop my
> applications. I can use visual c or visual basic
> .net
>
> Works prety good. Try it maybe you like it.
>
>
Off by one.
That's what you get for working from memory. I hope I was right with the
resource IDs :-)
Something I've been wondering for a long time is whether the 22x22
and 15x9 dimensions can be safely violated, and by how much?
Yes. I usually have 32x32 for the big ones but only use th
I'm using visiual studio(with a third party plug in) to develop my
applications. I can use visual c or visual basic .net
Works prety good. Try it maybe you like it.
"ll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Palm OS Development is a mess.
>
> - We have been developing fo
This is exactly configuration I have with firewall and everything and I had
exactly same specifications (except ports are 14237 and 14238), but it does
not work.
"Lee Church" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Yes, it can be done. Set the PC up for a network HotSync, an
Hello,
I am in the process of creating a app that will HOPEFULLY sync using
wireless connection or through the internet?
I am not sure if this is possible due to I can't find any information on this?
And any information on creating Palm Conduits on a Linux system would be
appreciated if anyo
Yes this is what I am talking about. I currentlly don't use the Palm OS API to
draw to the screen? Are the API calls fast for this use?
Also if I do use these API, I don't have to do anything special to get this to
work? (meaning special API calls or sets?)
I was looking at this one WinSetScree
ll wrote:
Palm OS Development is a mess.
- We have been developing for Palm OS with CodeWarrior.
- CodeWarrior is now at End Of Life.
- Palm (seem to) want us to use the Palm OS Development System (PODS) instead.
- PODS does not support ARM C++ code with language basics such as global variab
hi all
i have created an application. which runs well on emulator.
but when i try to install the prc file on palm using hotsync.
it gives error "Fatal Exception" at the "cleaning up" stage.
i tried following code to solve it.
===
U
On 11/22/05, ll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Palm OS Development is a mess.
then you haven't seem my laptop and some of the environments i build for.
every platform has its own little quirks and issues - it really comes down to
how well you can manage the development kits to do exactly what you n
Scratch this...
- Original Message -
From: "Del Ventruella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum"
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5:35 AM
Subject: Deleting List Object Array before Abrupt Close
> I am able to delete a list object array (containing the strings in shown
in the l
Palm OS Development is a mess.
Hm, I won't argue against this as it's mostly true.
But if we look at Misrosoft, with THREE different IDE's for 3 currently
used platforms - 2002, 2003 and 2005... no comments also.
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Palm OS Development is a mess.
- We have been developing for Palm OS with CodeWarrior.
- CodeWarrior is now at End Of Life.
- Palm (seem to) want us to use the Palm OS Development System (PODS) instead.
- PODS does not support ARM C++ code with language basics such as global
variables, virtua
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David Oldis wrote:
> Hi Pablo...
>
> The depth parameter is a pointer to an UInt32, not the actual UInt32. So
> you'll need to use something more like this:
>
> UInt32 depth = 16;
> WinScreenMode(winScreenModeSet, NULL, NULL, &depth, NULL);
>
> Da
> It's 22x22/44x44 for the icon view, and 15x9/30x18 for the "small
> icons" shown in the list view. See the Palm OS Programmer's Companion,
> Vol 1, on page 159-160.
>
> Something I've been wondering for a long time is whether the 22x22
> and 15x9 dimensions can be safely violated, and by how muc
Jim Cooper wrote:
> >I'm curious you said you use bitmaps? You don't even have to make .ico
> >file?
>
> No. You can also specify a family of bitmaps with different colour depths
> if you want.
What I've been doing is creating 24-bit color bitmaps in Paint Shop Pro,
and then importing them into
I am able to delete a list object array (containing the strings in shown in the
list) by calling a function to do when "Exit" is selected and the form on which
the list appears is exited via a menu or an object related function that causes
another form to appear. If I try to call the same funct
Jim Cooper wrote:
> >Palm OS icons should be 22x22 and 44x44 (for single and double density),
>
> There's also 16x9 used in the list view of the launcher, icon resource 1000
> for the large and 1001 for the small, IIRC.
Off by one.
It's 22x22/44x44 for the icon view, and 15x9/30x18 for the "sma
Hello Developers,
From last few days I am working on palm C++. Initially I used to be a C++
Programmer. I have few querries regarding to Memory Handling.
I have one Engine for C++ platforms. It just does some task for me. I am
reusing that in my Palm Application. I wanted to use the classes(
I'm curious you said you use bitmaps? You don't even have to make .ico file?
No. You can also specify a family of bitmaps with different colour depths if you
want.
The only thing is that I have occasionally had problems with the bitmap format
(Windows seems to have several internal variati
Palm OS icons should be 22x22 and 44x44 (for single and double density),
There's also 16x9 used in the list view of the launcher, icon resource 1000 for
the large and 1001 for the small, IIRC.
Cheers,
Jim Cooper
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Thank you very much for your suggestion. I have done the ROM update before
installing piloc 3.6. When piloc crashed with fatal error my T5 turned to be
extrimly slow after the hard reset.
I did the T5 ROM update once again and it looks bit better but I do not know if
piloc did not introduced so
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Ed,
Can u please tell me wht do u mean by notepad since in my Clie
there is no such application.
Just use a text field in any application. It can be the datebook,
the memopad, the to-do list, or several others. Just anywhere
where you can enter text.
- Logan
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Doug Gordon wrote:
I know that pnoJpegLib has its support compiled for the ARM processor family,
but does it also have the 68K code in it so that it will work on an old non-ARM
device? I know that some apps work on both platforms, but am not sure about
this library.
There is a 68k Jpeg lib
Igor wrote:
I'm curious you said you use bitmaps? You don't even have to make .ico file?
Because that is what I was doing, and with your specifications it worked
fine.
On the other hand what you are using probably application dependent. I think
I can use only .ico files.
.ico is just a .bmp f
Ignazio Di Napoli wrote:
A user reports this not working on its T3: he says that with some applications work, some
other not. Mine is in the "not" list. But it works on my TE2. What can i do?
Thank you
There is a search flag in the list type struct. I actually see the same
happen with my o
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