Re: Newsgroup name in subject

> My vote is to keep the newsgroup name in the subject line (I would suggest > something a little shorter though). It's hard for me to filter mail when I > get so much directly from Palm employees. I filter all my other mailing > lists this way. What are you filtering with? Visually? o

[pilot-link] Re: Getting ROM image out of device

they're commented in the sources) for Xcopilot rom and POSE rom support. Hope that helps... .+--+. | .. | | | -o-o-- | | *---------* | | -o--o- | | | David A. Desrosiers - [EMAIL PROTECTED] aka hacker | | | -o-o-- | |

Missing resources

When I try to build some recent applications under linux (using any SDK) with a working m68k-palmos compiler, I get the following: --- build-prc bart.prc "BART Scheduler" "BART" code0001.bart.grc code.bart.grc data.

Re: New Palm IX!

> Support for the Palm IX will appear in the next version of the Palm OS > Emulator (3.0a69sqrt(-1)). Oh jeez.. right when I started to figure out what was going on =/ -- Coding Rates: I do it: $120/hr. You watch: $140/hr. You help: $180/hr. You tried already: $500/hr. -- For

Re: C++ loops

> Well, hopefully you'd code it up like: > > for (int a = 0; a < 10; a++) > { > doSomething(); > } Won't 'gcc -S foo.c' help you here? I've used it in the past to compile the loop execution into asm source, then test the loop for speed and byte size. Then again, that's really argui

Hit the limit... (32k + jumps)

I've hit the wall with one of my applications, where I can go no further with it until I go into multiple segments. I tried investigating multilink, but building it requries a tool which I don't have: m68k-palmos-coff-bfd. I've tried using both toolchains to build this application with id

Re: Doubt on Palm

> There was a tables howto that included this very function, but it > moved and I can't find it (though I have a copy). The copy said it > might be on roadcoders (now developer.earthweb.com I think), but I > couldn't find it there. I believe this is what you refer to: http://d

Re: web browsers for the palm

> Does anyone know of a web browser for the palm? I'd like source code > if possible. I'm looking for something similar to what AvantGo > offers. Support of a subset of HTML and working in both connected and > disconnected devices. Plucker, of course. Here's the quick laundry list of f

Re: Sony and GPL violation

> The Sony emulator source code can be found here: > http://www.us.sonypdadev.com/program/develop_tool/palm_os.html As the original poster of that advogato entry, I can say that the whole thing was blown way out of proportion. I was replying to someone else who was about to purchase a co

Re: Rom Transfer.prc for Sony Rom

> Will the Rom Transfer application work with the Sony version of the > emulator? Or should I just wait for the ROMS from Sony. I've used pi-getrom to suck the ROM out of my Clie, modified it with romeo (removed calculator, expense, etc. added mathlib and zlib) and re-burned it back to

Re: Palm Desktop Application

> What is the reason Palm has not given the destop applcations source. > Or if its there can some one tell me where i can find it. I'm sure everyone's already seen this, but.. http://msgs.securepoint.com/cgi-bin/get/bugtraq0102/116.html And yes, Palm Desktop 4.01 has fi

Re: Palm Desktop Application

> OS 4 doesn't encrypt any data. The enhanced security is due to Palm > closing holes that would allow getting into a device that had been > locked (when locked, you cannot debug or hotsync). There also are > automatic timeouts for locking the device that can be set. However, > once you have a

Re: Any top issues migrating to OS4.0?

> However, Ezekiel wrote a nice developer-oriented summary of 4.0's > changes and it is posted at > http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/docs/palmos40/ I just pawed through this, and didn't happen to see anything related to the question I have, which is: What changed in the Palm-side

Re: Any top issues migrating to OS4.0?

> So if you're on a 4.0 device with a password, you need a 4.0 desktop > if you want to perform a HotSync operation. Where is this documented, so I can properly configure my conduit to handle this? /d -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please

Re: Hotsync via IR

> Please follow the steps for Hotsync Via IR port in the site below, > http://www.palm.com/support/helpnotes/hotsync/irhotsync.html Or here: http://www.gnu-designs.com/pilot-link/howto/irhsync/ /d -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, p

RE: How to download 4.0 ROM thru USB

> You will need to download the RomTransfer.prc file to your Device using > the hotsync manager.The hotsync manager is available with the CD you get > along with the device. The hotsync manager for that version will then have > the option to download the ROM. That doesn't work, since th

RE: How to download 4.0 ROM thru USB

> S'truth! And since the original poster is using an m505, he can't use the > trick of downloading the ROM via the USB-enabled PalmDebugger, which works > only with Handspring devices. I've managed to get it working over IR with pi-getrom here, but I don't think he has the platform to u

(Do not continue the "Demand Immediate..." thread) Re: hi

> Is there a way to filter out indescent mails from this developer forum. It > hurts to see mails like the one from "Mr. Towel Head" on a platform like > this. I'm sure I speak for the whole developer community when I say that it's unfortunate your "ears" had to see something as ugly as

Re: "Waiting for Sender.." alert missing on OS4

> None of these solutions is very good when you're trying to beam something > to the laptop. :) A "Disable IrDA Polling" in Prefs could have solved that also, so you could toggle between both behaviors. > The IrDA stack won't come up fast enough to catch the first discover > request, bu

Re: devnation?

> ? someone trying to make a quick buck here? what bothers me is how > devnation may obtain its information (which users must pay for) - > do they take it from developer forums like this?? *cough* "free developer forums" > if so, what right do they have to take our comments and

Re: devnation?

> Thanks, > Prakhashiku V. > Goober Nation Spin Doctoring Engineer Gee, I'll bite. Let's take a closer look here: Mr. Goober Nation - >> X-Originating-IP: [64.223.210.203] X-Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Goober Nation" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To

Re: usb palm craddle + Win NT

> Nope...Windows NT 4.0 does not support USB. Not without additional software anyway. It does work, just not out of the box, and of course, unpredictably. /d -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support

Re: OT: My M505 won't sync anymore

> Does anyone know of any debugging techniques I can use to identify the > fault ? Perhaps turning off any relevant "speedup" hacks, such as Afterburner, and give it a quick reset-pin reset to reset the communications port/libs. That should do it, unless you think you just had o

Re: Integration Of Palm's ToDo Application with my Custom App

> What is the most efficient way to implement this section without > reinventing the wheel? There must be ways I could reuse the Palm's inbuilt > applications. Look at the sources for the ToDo application found in http://www.palmos.com/cgi-bin/sdk40.cgi/sdk40-examples.tar.gz, extract the

Re: Integration Of Palm's ToDo Application with my Custom App

(resent, because the Palm list manager was on crack last night) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 23:19:22 -0700 (PDT) From: David A. Desrosiers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Integration Of

RE: Why XML?

> 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?

> 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?

> 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: Can Palm Inc own the word "Palm" ?

> "Naming Your Product or Company To ensure the protection of our branding > eff o rts, we have imposed the follow-ing guidelines on the usage of > Palm brand identities. You may not use Palm, Palm OS, HotSync > technology, or any other Palm trademark as part of your own company > name, product n

Re: Registering creator IDs

> Is it just me, or has the page for registering and searching creator IDs > disappeared from the Palm site? If it's there, it's hidden quite > well... http://dev.palmos.com/creatorid/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.

Re: Too the PRC tools users out there

to Windows prc-tools? If yes, well... can't help you there. I don't do Windows. . pgp://7075AE4A,-. pilot-link plucker David A. Desrosiers \,-' \ sourcefubar cvs gnu-designs.com, Inc. `--' hacker at gnu-designs.co

Provider Pavillion down (again)

Has anyone noticed that the Hardware Discount Program page has been down for weeks now? I just tried to log in and it says: The Palm Alliance Membership discount order form is currently offline for updates and will be back online Thursday, September 6, 2001.

Re: Provider Pavillion down (again)

> It does seem to be currently down. I was in it just last week so its > hasn't been down that long. It's like they just keep posting new messages about it being down over and over, just changing the dates. Here's the one I just got today. Let's see if it changes again on Tuesday:

Re: Chat on palm room

to OPN a few years ago. Usually a good bunch of guys, but it's irc, so the normal rules of trolls apply here. There are some of them over there. Keep your wits about you. . pgp://7075AE4A,-. pilot-link plucker David

Contact names required (re: Provider Pavillion)

They've failed the test again. It's Tuesday, September 18th, and logging into the Provider Pavillion still returns the error: Member Hardware Discount Program The Palm Alliance Membership discount order form is currently offline for updates and will be back onlin

Re: Visor + PPP?

> How do I hook up a Visor device with mochaPPP (or other PPP solutions)? > I have a serial cradle for the Visor, but somehow it doesn't work with > mochaPPP. Is there any way to get PPP to work with Visor devices using > serial cradle? I wrote a detailed howto on this quite awhile ago:

AARRGH! (re: Palm Pavilion down again)

Ok, who do I need to tar and feather? This is the third week in a row that the Pavilion has been down. Can anyone log into the Pavilion at all and get to the Hardware area? This is most frustrating. Member Hardware Discount Program The Palm Alliance Membership discount o

Developer Account Deleted (re: Palm Pavilion down again)

> I just got into the Hardware Discount Program area with no problem. It's > 7:17pm central time. It gets better. Now they've deleted my developer account. I'm looking right at the original confirmation email with password from 1999 that I've always used, and it says that it's t

Re: password doubt

> Show the password on the screen, don't mask it. The input methods are > not accurate enough to prevent mistakes. Besides, the Palm is small > enough so no one should be looking over your shoulder. or write your > password dialog complete with numeric/alphanumeric buttons so the user > doesn't

Re: password doubt

> To satisfy users that insisted on this, I have used a check box on the > screen with the password.. when the box was checked, it changed the font of > the field to Symbol (and thus replaced all the letters with boxes).. Here's the problem with Symbol: When/if you are running any font h

Re: password doubt

> If you are going to bother with this, you will need to block the virtual > keyboard, & (possibly) write your own, since you can't intercept its > keystrokes until the user finishes with it, rendering the mask technique > inoperable... Let's start from the beginning? Was the goal to pro

POSE ported to the iPAQ (was: Re: Possible ???!!!)

> > > There are about 30 pages of content here; if you'd like to see them all > at once on one page, add "&perpage=1000&pagenumber=1" to the URL. POSE has already been "somewhat" successfully ported to the iPAQ, which se

Re: Alliance program Hardware discount

> Has anyone else noticed this on the list or it is just me. Not to be > paranoid or anything, but could I have been downgraded as a developer or > something? ;) After 6 full weeks of trying to log in, I managed to find the right person to look into my Pavilion issues, and now upon logg

"Developer Shopping Cart"

spp.palmos.com, clicking on "Developer Shopping Cart" seems to barf. Scotcrest07 error '800a005b' Object variable or With block variable not set /palmos/xt_orderform_start.asp, line 11 I am only reporting it here, since the website provides no contact fac

Non-english Palm Address category ordering (fwd)

Forwarded here for a wider audience to respond. -- Forwarded message -- Can someone with a non-English Palm (French/etc.) give me an example of the ordering of the AddressDB categories, with an example record (all fields filled in)? I have been hearing that non-E

Re: SYSTRAP(..) vs __attribute__ ((systrap (..))) or wrning messagesfrom Sony headers in PRC tools 2.0.92 and sdk-4

> and, think of this.. even though you may write a fix, people will > still use prc-tools 2.0, cause thats what is listed on palm.com > ... makes you wonder if its worth it right? :P Not to jump in here and add to the fire, but.. prc-tools was around long before Palm decided to beg

Re: how to combine a couple of prc's into a single prc and then onthe palm device separate them

> You can accomplish this with the help of following tools: Pilot Install > and PIA creator. Or the open source solution, ZBoxZ http://palmboxer.sourceforge.net/ /d -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com

Query on-Palm file size?

Is there a simple way to query the on-Palm size of a file or db from the desktop? What I'd like to do is whip up a quick conduit which can present a list of file names and sizes to the user. So far, I have something similar to the following: for (;;) { if (dlp_Rea

Re: Does Palm support GIF's?

> Is it possible to attach a GIF image as a Bitmap to a form ? or is the > constructor the only way to genetrate a bitmap... I am porting a GUI > from VC to Palm and I have these buttons (GIF images) which needs to > be used in the UI... Natively? No. You have to use Tbmp images. There a

Re: a .prc in the Emulator?

> Just Drag the prc file on the emulator. Only on Windows. Remember, the emulator works on other OS' besides Windows... you can sync to it from a backup directory, or right-click Install to it. I prefer right-click unless I've got a lot of apps to install (one demo session of POS

Re: New products from Palm, Inc.

> A more valid question is why the 3.5.1 ROMS are not on the pavilion > yet. It would also be nice (but not entirely necessary) to see POSE > skins for these new devices released to developers on the day of the > hardware release. I fail to see how a POSE skin helps develop and test an a

RE: New products from Palm, Inc.

> Michael, remember, the m100 screen is smaller because the pixels are > smaller! You just answered my last question, danke. I'll post "Over There(tm)" with my other issues on 30a7 after catching up on past mail there to see if others may have answered those questions ahead of m

Re: New products from Palm, Inc.

> When a product is on the shelf it is far less likely to change than > when it is still being designed. It's far better than the plethora of > "announced" but unreleased Springboard Modules... There's a certain company in Redmond who does this all the time as a matter of business pract

Re: New products from Palm, Inc.

> Developers ARE the public. If you don't want to tell the public, you > don't tell the external developers. What about "internal" developers (not Palm employees) who have signed up for and given their NDA with signature (on paper no less) for access to information that is not general

RE: Source Code Resource?

> sourceforge.net has a repository for code snippets (in addition to its > main purpose of hosting entire projects). Assuming the snippets you > post are being given up as PD or with an Open Source/Free Software > license, you should be able to post them there. Source Forge also > hosts a numbe

Re: What is the Maximum size of a MemoPad record?

> What is the limit of a MemoPad record? I am directly interested in this as well, since I maintain pilot-link, and will need to develop support for this format in the very near future. As yet, I have been unable to find any details on the format and API for this application and it's ass

Re: My Findings on the m100

> Diddlebug is GPL (i.e. available on the net at no cost). Does your > internet link cost more than postage? Now now... I'm sure you already know that because something is considered GPL does not mean you can't charge anything for it. Let's not confuse things here. Free Software does no

Re: My Findings on the m100

> My personal guess is all of that is scheduled for PalmOS 4. I have > heard lots of geek praise about the iPaq but I haven't been able to > get a good answer to the following questions: I'm pondering a port of POSE (sans skins) to run on the iPAQ (under linux of course), modal. Just to

Re: tracking with GPS / pdQ

> I'm designing a system to track pedestrians with a Qualcomm pdQ / GPS > device. I need to write a Palm Application that retrieves the location > from the GPS (via the serial port) and automatically sends it to a web > server every five minutes by establishing a PPP connection. I'm a > beginner

Re: Is code warrioer the definitive

> I'm glad it's not, and so's my wallet. > > www.vfdide.com http://www.falch.net isn't bad either, but it's got it's own set of bugs. Reminds me of Visual Interdev 6, but for Palm development. I tested it under vmware (I don't run Windows), and it was quite robust. Found a handful of bu

SetSysDateTime failing on OS 3.3

I've added some code to pilot-link 0.9.5 which allows the user to sync their local desktop time to their Palm. This code works on every single device and OS I've tested it against... except OS 3.3. When running the same code against an OS 3.3 device, I get "Error waking task". I can't see

Re: data compression

> hope everyone had a pleasant weekend. i have a question about data > compression: is there a utility or code snippet that will be able to > compress data the will be received by my app? if this is not > possible, do i need to compress prior to sending it out? i'm aware of > compression util

Re: this is getting really bad now...

> Now I have about 13 duplicate messages from Jaco Vis. > Has anyone addressed this on the forum yet? I wouldn't > know because I have a couple hundred messages to > sift through every hour. I posted this quick and dirty hack in the conduit-forum group. I wrote a 5-line perl script w

In-Reply-To stripped in *palmos.com mailing lists

Who maintains the mailing lists these days? I notice that In-Reply-To is being stripped from all of the palmos.com mailing lists, thus breaking threading irreperably. Is there a decided reason for this? I doubt that this is an issue of security because it's a very trivial matt

Re: In-Reply-To stripped in *palmos.com mailing lists

> I suspect that since these messages are going through a mail/news > gateway (Lyris), they may be getting reduced to the lowest common > denominator between the two varieties of headers. Threading through > the newsgroup interface is broken too. Adding the In-Reply-To header while gati

RE: FAQ fodder: "How do I implement registration / etc.

> The big name OSS projects Linux (and its variants), Mozilla (and what > will soon become its multitude of variants), and StarOffice have > either had large corporate backers to keep the programmers fed and > happy, or been run by a group of fanatics/fanatics that derived their > income from oth

Re: Erase native palm APP

> I need to prepare a demo with POSE. Do you know some program that erase all > native apps to leave only my app ? http://romeo.sourceforge.net/ /* d */ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/foru

Re: palm and linux

> Can any one help me in getting links related to "Palm with linux". books > or tutorials. please help me in this regard. I've got many links and links to other link sites on http://pilot-link.org. Take a look. If there's not something there you need, let me know (in private email) and I'

Re: c conduits for linux

> "Happy new year".I need to write c conduits for data transfer from > database to palm device in linux OS. can anyone help me in this regard. > where to find tutorials or materials to start from the scratch. please > help me. quiet urgent. Have a look at pilot-link. I'm working on the 0.

RE: c conduits for linux

> With Linux conduit development documentation this is really a detective > story. I would expect (at least a small) manual for libpicc and libpisock, > however it doesn't come with pilot-link. Well, there are some GPLed linux > conduits (pilot-sync etc), but having a manual is prefereed to diggi

Re: c conduits for linux

> I may be wrong about this...but the documentation for pilot-xfer is very > obtuse. ...always complaints, never contributions. The lack of documentation is a problem, but right now, getting new releases out is my personal top priority. If there's some bits of info or documentat

Re: palm emulator and linux

> Can't remember...does Cold Sync or Pilot Xfer do network sync yet? Last > time I checked they didn't. So, serial cable's your only solution (with > these two conduit engines). pilot-link has done Network Sync for over four years, in fact, since version 0.7.6 of pilot-link. I wrote an (

RE: Can Palm device access LAN TCP/IP

> With Linux it is really easy: I posted a message to falch.net and can send > a copy to you. You configure UNIX service in Prefs/Network, start a PPP > daemon in Linux and your Palm joins the net! And I wrote a comprehensive HOWTO on it last year as well... http://www.pilot-lin

RE: Can Palm device access LAN TCP/IP

> > You could use RAS + pilot-link here, as I have done in the past. > Well, I don't quite understand how pilot-link can help with ppp. Sorry, my bad. I use it as a diagnostic aid while performing Network Hotsync, which is not exactly the same thing as PPP connection, but still somewhat

Re: Can Palm device access LAN TCP/IP

> If you don't know linux, it is probably not an good idea to try. It is > NEVER as simple as download-install-reboot-run. Even a experienced Linux > user may suffer great pain in setting this things up. It's *MUCH* easier to set it up in linux than in Windows. I have yet to find a good

Re: Can Palm device access LAN TCP/IP

> Is this possible? The network connetcion in the palm supports PPP or SLIP > over the USB cable? Yes. /d -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: SDK-installation problems

> Hi. Don't bother compiling it. Pure waste of time. Just get a binary > built. "Pure waste of time."? Without someone to compile it, you wouldn't *HAVE* a binary to install. Some of us do take the time to build and test the software on many systems before producing binary packa

Re: Network Panel Database

> I am trying to change the phone number dialed to connect to a network. > I've seen this number stored in the NetworkDB database records, but there > is no information about it's structure. Ever read your SDK? Here's a hint: netIFSettingModemPhone // found in NetMg

Re: Alpha release of PalmOS Test Suite took place. You can get atrial 15 days version

> Alpha release of PalmOS Test Suite took place. You can get a trial 15 days > version. How about limiting it by testing capabilities instead of time. > PalmOS Test Suite will allow you to automate testing of applications on > Palm OS device or POSE Emulator to make the time for applica

Re[2]: Alpha release of PalmOS Test Suite took place. You can geta trial 15 days version

> DAD> Does it also include OS5 and Arm architecture testing? Is it platform > DAD> independant? > > This application is platform-dependant... but we're planning evolution of > our application for Symbian OS and Windows CE and for Zaurus from Sharp Let me ask the Golden Question: Does it

RE: Rom image with no utilities

> The "casual interloper" will be deterred by setting a password on the > unit and locking it. Or, for slightly more security, use one of the > password apps you can find at PalmGear. ...except that PalmOS versions >4.x use an md5 hash to store the password on the Palm device itself, in

Re: Rom image with no utilities

> I have a client who is concerned that his PDA's will be stolen. > Is there a way I can load a ROM image without the familiar utilities? Oh wait, I just re-read this question... I think you want the tool found at romeo.sourceforge.net, but BIG FAT WARNING: it will directly violate

RE: Rom image with no utilities

> By that, I meant one of the many programs that allow you to store > secure data on your handheld. My bad. I thought you were referring to the number of applications that allow you to retrieve the password from the Palm device, ala @stake's advisory. I thought we were talking from the

Re: Auto-Timeoff System Pref.

> Maybe "always on until battery low" option is a perfect? How about "Sleep" (Always On), "Suspend" (Deep Sleep, typical power button off action), and "Off" (a true off). /d -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com

Re: Where to download Palm OS 5 Simulator

> I've navigated on www.PalmOS.com and I was unable to find the Palm OS 5 > Simulator . It is not there yet or I simply did not find it? Probably because the OS itself doesn't exist yet. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.p

Re: Where are OS 5 preview & tools?

> say that the OS5 preview & tools are available for download at > www.palmos.com ... but I can't find them. does anybody know where they > are? I don't think it says that at all. "An early seeding program for developers is underway with downloads available at www.palm

Re: Where are OS 5 preview & tools?

> So, the real question is "Will any application written for 3.x run on a > system that uses OS 5.0?" I don't think Palm would be so stupid as to make their new OS completely incompatible with their previous userbase. Some applications will have to change, some many not. No hacks, no tra

Re: OS 5 == High Development Cost?

> And tools like the Palm Simulator give you a platform so completely > different from any actual hardware that it will be difficult for you to > accidentally incorporate any platform-specific dependencies that would > prohibit you from running on a subset of devices. Is POSE being recas

Re: OS 5 == High Development Cost?

> I agree. Palm is also publishing lots of tools, including the new > emulator and simulator to help you catch "incompatibility" problems. > I've also heard rumblings about PalmSource setting up a lab with > licensee devices where you can get time trying your application on lots > of different d

Re: Impressions of PalmSource?

> I'll pull out my digital camera and post some pictures of the "freebie" > items. :) Was there the stock backpack and fleece vest this year? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: OS 5 == High Development Cost?

> The new Simulator only runs under Windows NT/2k. It does not emulate the > ARM instruction set of a ROM image, as POSE does, There goes 2/3 of the existing Palm developers... -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/

Re: OS 5 == High Development Cost?

> I doubt it. Over 2/3 of our developer base use Windows. I'm not too > thrilled with that either (they'll pry this Mac from my cold dead > fingers one day...) but until then, welcome to "laer efil." I suppose as long as use of the Simulator isn't required, it's not a problem, but I coul

Re: OS 5 == High Development Cost?

> Not so, according to recent statistics. That was 2/3 of platforms, not number of developers. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: OS 5 == High Development Cost?

> Forget about the windows developers. They have paid the high price tag > for that OS already. From the previous suggestions, peopel assume that Windows users have multiple versions of Windows, which means multiple versions of licensing, at a very exhorbitant cost. > How about develop

Re: OS 5 == High Development Cost?

> > Is POSE being recast as POSS? > > I'm not sure what you mean by this question. But both products will be > available. Neither is going away. Ok, understood. POSS == Palm OS Simulator. I thought this was the next-generation POSE. My bad. /d -- For information on usin

Re: OS 5 == High Development Cost?

> I'm not sure who you've been talking to, but that's not the position or > conception of the Tools group. Phil Shoemaker was just talking about > making the tools as cheap as possible, preferably free. This was prior to the 'Tools' group being public. Things have changed, since the inc

RE: Palm OS 5 and built-in apps database access

> As long as we can still get access to them. This is especially important > for us that write PIM apps that work with the built-ins like Action > Names. ..and conduits which must manipulate that data. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please se

Re: converging POSEs

> Except from FSF explicitly pointing this out, I agree with you about > providing patches instead of the complete sources, but that might not > make FSF change their minds... :-) I've been fighting this same exact issue with Sony and the FSF since last May, in fact. I have requested the

Re: converging POSEs

> This is the part I have issue with. The last time I checked, I had to > sign up for their developer program in order to get their Poser and > their sources. I don't want to sign up for their developer program, so > I can't get their Poser and their sources. Even if you sign up, you g

Re: converging POSEs

> > This is the part I have issue with. The last time I checked, I had > > to sign up for their developer program in order to get their Poser > > and their sources. > > I agree that this is annoying, and against the spirit of the thing. Many > people consider such a restriction to violate the GP

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