Re: Always On Top POSE

2000-08-29 Thread Andrew Lathrop
To install a prc or pdb, you don't have to have POSEon top. If you select the file in explorer, then drag it over the POSE box/button/whatever on the taskbar and hold it there for a sec, POSE will automatically pop to the top. Then just drag the file to POSE, let go. POSE is still on top. That

Re: Palm Eye-Candy (palmsource)

2000-08-28 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I just checked it out, and didn't find an actual schedule. There is a "track" listing of different seesions or labs based on various topcis, but no set schedule. Is that what you had in mind? Tom Zerucha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:22488@palm-dev-forum... Is it too much to ask if

Re: Queston on POSE

2000-08-25 Thread Andrew Lathrop
You have to download the skins zip file from the same place you got the emulator. Then but the skins directory that unzips into the same directory as the emulator. palm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:22297@palm-dev-forum... Hi, can anyone tell me how to change the skins under POSE

Re: Question about tables

2000-08-25 Thread Andrew Lathrop
already been freed?). So says the documentation. Hope this helps, chances are, I haven't given you all possible explanations. I've only been doing this for a couple of months. Andrew Lathrop wrote: I have a table in my app. The way i am using the table, once the user selects a table item

FrmGetFormPTr() problem

2000-08-25 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I am trying to use FrmGetFormPtr so that I don't have to use FrmGetActiveForm and call call the function from other places. When i use FrmGetFormPtr, i always get a value of 0x. For example, i used the following lines. 1000 is the resource ID for InputOneForm FormPtr form2, form3;

Re: Question about tables

2000-08-25 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Scratch that, reverse it. I get chunk overlocked errors. That is because i am never unlocking it, so it gets overselected. Andrew Lathrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:22338@palm-dev-forum... If you don't mind my asking, did you get around it? If so, how? I tried not unlocking

Re: Serial Problems with the new emulator

2000-08-25 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Ok. I get it. Thanks for explaining. Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:22271@palm-dev-forum... Makes sense. But even if you don't migrate the preferences backwards, shouldn't the older preferences stay the same? Not a major issue, just a curisoity question. For

Re: Question about tables

2000-08-25 Thread Andrew Lathrop
One more question on the topic. I thought i read somewhere that when a Palm app closes, Palm releases all its memory. So in that case, the chunk that has been locked multiple times should be freed when the app closes. Correct? Andrew Lathrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:22338@palm

Question about tables

2000-08-24 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I have a table in my app. The way i am using the table, once the user selects a table item, they then have to click a button to edit the record, delete it, etc. The table and buttons work fine. But, if the user double clicks the table selection, (selects it twice without clicking anything

Re: Emulator OR Pilot?

2000-08-24 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I think so. I remember seeing some code in the includes that mentioned if emulated vs real device. (I think) Dig around in the includes, but i think it can be done. Rick Gadbois [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:22163@palm-dev-forum... Is there a way to tell from within your program if

Re: Serial Problems with the new emulator

2000-08-23 Thread Andrew Lathrop
is really messed up, or I have done something strange. Yesterday afternoon, the only one i could get to work was the 3.0a6, and now its the 3.0a7. Right now, as long as one works, I'm good. Andrew Andrew Lathrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:22008@palm-dev-forum... Sorry about

Serial Problems with the new emulator

2000-08-22 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Has anyone else has problems using serial communications with the new emulator? I have several programs that use serial communcations that all worked fine before i got version 3.0a7. Now they work randomly, but not very often. They occasionally work when i first start up, but then not after

Re: Little icon in main view

2000-08-22 Thread Andrew Lathrop
You have to create a smaller icon the same way you made the larger icon. I believe the larger one must be made first, then the smaller one second. Palm goes based on the object ID of the icons, so don't change them. The dimensions are either 15x9 or 9x15, i think the first. Andrew Farzin

Re: list selections?

2000-08-22 Thread Andrew Lathrop
If you have Palm OS Programming from the ground up, chapter seven deals with something similar. In the event handler they have case lstSelectEvent: { file://set the db cursor to the selected item cursor = event-data.lstSelect.selection; file://go to details FrmGoToFrom(

Re: searching the list/newsgroup archives

2000-08-21 Thread Andrew Lathrop
A few options. Try http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/ or try going to egroups.com and searching there. You can also use the Find function in OutlookExpress if you run that. Escribe seems to give the best results though. Hope that helps. George Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message

undefined identifier

2000-08-17 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I'm trying to use the snippet of code below to change a isspace c call, to the palm TxtCharIsSpace call. When I do, I get the undefined identifier message. I have no idea where the _CN|_SP|_XS even comes from. Any help? Thanks Andrew { static char last = ' '; register int ch;

Re: undefined identifier

2000-08-17 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Thanks. Got it now. John Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:21374@palm-dev-forum... Andrew Lathrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no idea where the _CN|_SP|_XS even comes from. Any help? When you have no idea where something comes from, it can be instructive to search your

Re: exit call

2000-08-17 Thread Andrew Lathrop
} while (event.eType != appStopEvent); } Andrew Lathrop wrote: Lets see if i understand how setjmp/longjmp works. Using the following sample code down below, i would call some_function from my exit function. The call to longjmp transfers control to the line value=setjmp(environment_buffer

Re: Problem Using SelectDay()

2000-08-17 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I think the 1904 is being used since the palm gets the seconds since 12pm jan 1 1904 (or something like that, but the year is 1904) And they are assuming that the Today.Year returns the number of years since that date, and thus adding the 1904 gives the correct year. But beyond that, i have no

Re: Installing *.PDBs

2000-08-16 Thread Andrew Lathrop
As far as I know, there is no way around using an install tool of some sort. Simply copying the files to the install folder does nothing. The files have to actually be selected to be installed. There is at least one third party install app that i have heard of and probally more. Farzin Ashraghi

exit call

2000-08-16 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Does anyone know of a way to get the Palm to handle a c exit call? I am trying to adapt some code to the Palm, but want to minimize the changes to the actual code to make changes to future versions of the code simple. I have been able to write a way around most of the other c functions, but i

Re: exit call

2000-08-16 Thread Andrew Lathrop
ing function.\n"); some_function(environment_buffer); return 0; } void some_function(jmp_buf env_buf) { longjmp(env_buf,5); } Thanks, Andrew Adam Wozniak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:21207@palm-dev-forum... Andrew Lathrop wrote: I have been able to write a way around most of t

Questions

2000-08-14 Thread Andrew Lathrop
A few questions that have me stumped. First, why would an array change by itself? I have an byte array called packet declared as Byte packet[] Stepping through my code using the CW debugger, packet changes from "\p" to "Saving spool fiel / Entry not in queue " I am not touching the packet

Re: Questions

2000-08-14 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Yup. Thanks for the help. Apparently i had two smaller arrays that i didn't give a size to and they were causing the problems. Gave em dimensions and the problems disappeared. Andrew Andrew Lathrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:20932@palm-dev-forum... A few questions that have me

Class

2000-08-11 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I don't think this is possible, but i could be wrong. Can i define classes while programming in C? Or do i have to use C++? I don't think that classes are part of the C structure, and I can't find any reference to them in my C books. If I am wrong, could anyone please let me know? Thanks

Re: Class

2000-08-11 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Thanks for confirming this. Andrew Andrew Lathrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:20747@palm-dev-forum... I don't think this is possible, but i could be wrong. Can i define classes while programming in C? Or do i have to use C++? I don't think that classes are part of the C

InetAddress

2000-08-10 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Does any one know if the Palm OS declares InetAddress anywhere? I have tried to use the struct typedef struct { Byte a; Byte b; Byte c; Byte d; } InetAddress; in a header file, but yet i always get illegal name overloading. I tried to look through the reference and companion docs, but

Re: SerialMgr (old) problems

2000-08-10 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I have a similar problem. Wrote an app that uses the serial port, and it has no problem talking from the Palm to HyperTerminal, or even Palm to emulator. It also works from emulator to device using a null modem cable. But when i tried to go from the Palm to the device, no luck. Some people

Re: Emulator vs. Device (I.E. Serial problems)

2000-08-10 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! Andrew Lathrop wrote in message 20387@palm-dev-forum... Ok. Trying to make sense of what everyone said. I went to a few websites and tried to figure this out. From http://www.massena.com/darrin/pilot/luiz/

Re: palm projects

2000-08-09 Thread Andrew Lathrop
You may be able to find source code, but unless you ust rip that code and use that as your project, of course you are gonna have to code. But that wasn't your uestion now was it? The palmos site has some source code, and so does roadcoders.com. Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message

Re: POSE as selling support mechanism

2000-08-08 Thread Andrew Lathrop
binder. It says this is to be used for demostration and kiosk purposes. Binder to the best of my knowledge, is the right click, Save Bound Emulator. Hope this helps, Andrew Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:20224@palm-dev-forum... Andrew Lathrop wrote: That is true. But i believe

Re: Palm developer support email bouncing

2000-08-08 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Sounds good to me. Got 'em stumped have you and they don't want to admit it!! = Þ Bob Whiteman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:20218@palm-dev-forum... From: Andrew Lathrop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [...] The best bet seems to be to post to the groups. There are a few Palm

Emulator vs. Device (I.E. Serial problems)

2000-08-08 Thread Andrew Lathrop
A question. I have written an app that works fine in the emulator. It uses the serial port to connect to a third device via a direct serial cable. When the HotSync the program to my Palm, and then try to use it on the Palm, connecting to the third device using the HotSync cradle. It no longer

Re: Large Applications and Debugging Problem

2000-08-04 Thread Andrew Lathrop
This is an often asked question. Search the news group archives, or the PalmOS knowledge base for the BDWM string and the answer should come up. I don't remember what it is off the top of my head. And there was even a thread about what it meant. I believe it was MetroWerksDeBugger in reverse.

Re: Question

2000-08-04 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Thanks for you help. I think i fixed it. Andrew Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:19849@palm-dev-forum... Andrew Lathrop wrote in message 19835@palm-dev-forum... I am using the serial manager to read in a string. I am sending the string from the palm, and reading

Re: Module Help

2000-08-03 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Wright- "Andrew Lathrop" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:19607@palm-dev-forum... Im trying to split my larger program into several modules. I know you need to make the header file, and then include the header in both the main c file and the file you made the header fo

Re: Module Help

2000-08-03 Thread Andrew Lathrop
one of the .c files (wherever it seems to fit best; which file you declare it in is really just a style question, and won't affect functionality). -Thomee Wright- "Andrew Lathrop" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:19785@palm-dev-forum... Thanks Thomee. That did appear to

Module Help

2000-08-02 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Im trying to split my larger program into several modules. I know you need to make the header file, and then include the header in both the main c file and the file you made the header for. I can't get mine to quite work out right. I have tried changing the declarations in the header to extern,

Re: Rom images

2000-08-01 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Unless you reigster at the Dev Zone, the only place you can get them is to download them from your Palm. Read the documentation that came with the emulator. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:19369@palm-dev-forum... Where can I get Rom images, I need a Palm vx rom Images, where can I get

SLIP

2000-07-31 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Playing with the export database function on the emulatore, i noticed that there is a SLIP NetIF database that can be exported. I am wondering if anyone knows what this databse is. Is it a SLIP Driver similar to the one that is shown in RFC 1055? Meaning it sends the END, ESC, ESC_END,

Problem with SerSend

2000-07-28 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I'm using the following code snippet to send data over the serial port. It came from Bachmann's Palm Programming book. The compiled PRC that come withe the book works fne, but when i use the code from the book, it doesn't work. Instead of printing out the same thing that is in the field, i

Re: Problem with SerSend

2000-07-28 Thread Andrew Lathrop
properly (ie, isolate a form field problem vs. Serial problem). Frank Ableson - Original Message - From: Andrew Lathrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: Palm Developer Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 4:23 PM Subject: Problem with SerSend I'm

Re: Problem with SerSend

2000-07-28 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Ok. Thank you for that tip. I will try to do it that way instead. Andrew W.F. Ableson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:19137@palm-dev-forum... To do the open,send,close in one motion, you should use SerSendWait instead of SerSend. - Original Message - From: Andrew Lathrop

Problem with menus

2000-07-24 Thread Andrew Lathrop
My app uses a table to display the names of records. The user has to select a record from the table in order to edit it, delete it, etc. If the user tries to click the edit or delete button without selecting a record, it gets an error message. I check to see if the message needs to be

Libraries

2000-07-20 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Does any one know of any public SNMP or SLIP libraries that are vaailabnle for palm? Or even some that aren;t public? Thanks Andrew -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Debug question

2000-07-18 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I have the following line of code in my program precord = MemHandleLock( hrecord ); Sometimes when the program gets to that line, it crashes and i try debugging using CW6. Viewing the variables in code warrior, it says that precord has a value of *Saving spool value/Entry not in queue* Does

CloseEvent

2000-07-18 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Hello. I have another question. In a form on my app, i am checking to see if a field has data before the user can continue on. I am wondering how to stop a frmCloseEvent from happening. My code looks like this: case frmCloseEvent: { if( FldGetTextLength( getObject( form,

Splash Screen

2000-07-14 Thread Andrew Lathrop
Can anyone give me an idea as to how i can creeate a spalsh screen that does one of two things. 1. It only shows up the first time the program is run. 2. It shows up unless the user checks a checkbox saying not too. Thanks Andrew -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to

Questions (Emulated program counters)

2000-07-11 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I have a few questions. How do i test my program under different OS's? Also, is it possible to have the Gremlins simply not an error and then keep running? They give me an error about trying to change the emulated program counter to an invalid adress that isn't in either the RAM or the ROM. I

Serial Communications

2000-07-07 Thread Andrew Lathrop
I am going to have to write a program that communicates with a piece of hardware through the Palm's serial port. Does anyone know of any websites, documentation or books that would be helpful in doing this? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Andrew -- For information on

Re: Problem with Emulator

2000-06-23 Thread Andrew Lathrop
preferences. Thanks to everyone for their help. Andrew Andrew Lathrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:15247@palm-dev-forum... A question about the POSE. I downloaded the newest version of the Emulator from the Palmos website. It worked for about a week. Then this morning when i tried to use