Re: WDBAS

2002-05-17 Thread Ed Lineberry
I also sent an email requesting price and availability information, but instead of an answer I got back a question. So I answered their questions and I'm still waiting for them to do the same. I imagine that if you have to ask about the price, you probably can't afford it. Does the product eve

Re: Urgent - Category problem

2002-04-11 Thread Ed Lineberry
>while ((mh = DmQueryNextInCategory(dbPtr, &index, CurrentCat)) != NULL) { > [snip] > >I am testing with a list of 50+ items and changing item 2 - so it shouldn't >return NULL, just skip to the next record. Are you changing the records as you iterate through them? Doesn't this cause problems fo

Re: Where are OS 5 preview & tools?

2002-02-05 Thread Ed Lineberry
Actually, I believe it says that they _will_ be available. No time frame. I looked as well and couldn't find them "Members of the Palm OS Developer Program will be able to download the following tools from the Palm OS website:" - Ed

Re: Hidden Shortcut Command

2002-01-29 Thread Ed Lineberry
One option would be a password protected "maintenance" dialog that itself had an option to exit the app. Of course, if you never wanted the user to realize this was there, you would still need the hidden command. Insert generic warning about security through obscurity. -- For information on

Re: My never ending struggle with menu bars and gcc/pilrc development

2002-01-25 Thread Ed Lineberry
Hi Alan, The sourceforge.net project page has a link to download sample applications. I don't know if any of them qualify as HelloWorld, but if they don't work you might have problems. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4429&release_id=55473 Looking at your rcp file, this m

Re: pilrc issues

2002-01-23 Thread Ed Lineberry
Hi Alan, >From the pilrc 2.8p7 README : " PilRCUI can be compiled by typing the following at your command prompt when using a system with "gtk" support (unix systems mainly): make -f Makefile.gui NOTE: PilRCUI has not been updated, and may not build correctly - unless ther

Re: Sales, Handango, PGHQ

2001-10-25 Thread Ed Lineberry
I agree that the current state of PalmOS software distributors is disappointing, and I'm also glad that it's discussed openly on Palm Dev, but... ... I don't think Palm should intervene. I don't even see how they could. (Unless they go after PalmGear for the Palm name, which is another can of w

Re: Advantage Program

2001-10-23 Thread Ed Lineberry
Their website seems to be a mix of the old and new programs. I couldn't get to the linked dev programs below by navigating the site. My guess is it will take some time for the web people to catch up with the PR people. Did I read correct that there's no more hardware discount? - Ed -

Re: OT--RE: I hate to say I told you so but..

2001-09-17 Thread Ed Lineberry
>Also, one of the important things about Palm is backward compatibility, and >so far I have suffered minimum inconvenience for Palm, while I have stopped >using my own WinCE devices altogether. Maybe this is where Palm has truly missed the boat. What better way to boost hardware sales than to

Re: I hate to say I told you so but..

2001-09-14 Thread Ed Lineberry
I don't think this is off-topic. The charter explicitly lists "questions and concerns about future technologies or the future of the Palm OS platform or of Palm, Inc.", so I'll take a shot. >Over a year ago, I said that Palm would have to bend to market demands >for Color, sound and other featu

Re: pilrc-edit and PRC-Tools to CW

2001-08-22 Thread Ed Lineberry
>rob is in the UK right now from memory.. email him :) if you want to >support the product.. make changes and send him patches - thats how >free software works.. :) I would love to support and contribute. But I'm happy with vanilla PilRC and before I suggested this as a good solution for my co

pilrc-edit and PRC-Tools to CW

2001-08-22 Thread Ed Lineberry
Does anyone here have experience with the Java program PilRC-Edit? I've moved from PRC-Tools to CW and I'm finding Constructor almost unusable. PilRC-Edit looks good, but I noticed that it hasn't been updated in about a year. If PilRC-Edit is a quality tool, then I'm thinking that a combination

Re: PRC-tools and GCC will not work

2001-08-22 Thread Ed Lineberry
Sorry, Christian. I didn't mean to confuse anyone or slander your product. Next time I'll check the archive before naming names. :) - Ed -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: PRC-tools and GCC will not work

2001-08-21 Thread Ed Lineberry
Hi Ken, Last time I checked, the link from PalmOS was out of date. You might have more luck going directly to the project page on Sourceforge : http://sourceforge.net/projects/prc-tools/ Also, there was some discussion about the Falch IDE installing an older version of the cygwin.dll that was

Re: looking for Plonk!'s author

2001-08-15 Thread Ed Lineberry
You might try: http://www.alcita.com/palmpilot/ and: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good luck! -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/

Re: what can drain the new batteries in 3 days?

2001-08-13 Thread Ed Lineberry
Are you sure you're not using a PocketPC? I drained the batteries in my non-rechargeable Palm IIIe every week by leaving it in the cradle. I can drain the batteries in my Symbol 1500 in a day by scanning stuff all day long. But I don't think you should be able to drain a Palm device in 3 days

Re: TimGetSeconds in year 2036?

2001-08-13 Thread Ed Lineberry
Finally an answer to that age-old question: "What do people at the top of the world worry about?" Shouldn't you be out wrestling polar bears or something? :) Really I'm just jealous. Off I go to sit in traffic for another 2 hours. - Ed -- Si

FrmGetControlGroupSelection, 4.0 Docs, and PilRC Bug ?!?

2001-08-07 Thread Ed Lineberry
In the PalmOS Reference on p. 77 group id is defined as: Group ID of a push button that is part of an exclusive group. Only one push button in an exclusive group may be depressed at a time. Ungrouped (nonexclusive) push buttons have zero as a group ID. This feature must be enforced by the applica

Re: Want Information for memory and modem

2001-07-18 Thread Ed Lineberry
Hi Shiram, We are currently looking into developing for MIDP, but have been a little put off by what we've found. Here's a link to the hardware comparison matrix on the PalmOS site. http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/hardware/compare.html This will tell you the heap for each shipping unit, but the

Re: TimSetSeconds doesn't work

2001-06-06 Thread Ed Lineberry
Hi Helmut, I've never used the TimSetSeconds function, but you might try something like this: TimSecondsToDateTime( TimGetSeconds(), &dtPalm)) This will put the current time into your DateTimeType structure. Maybe looking at this structure will tell you what going wrong. Also, this func

Re: Where to find FloatToString? (FplFToA no good)

2001-06-06 Thread Ed Lineberry
I found this in the archives some time back, but I couldn't find the original message to reference. Apologies to the orginal author. Here's the code: #ifdef UNIX #define StrChr(x,y) strchr(x,y) #define StrCopy(x,y) strcpy(x,y) #define StrLen(x) strlen(x) #include #include #endif /* f

Re: XML parser written in C ?

2001-06-04 Thread Ed Lineberry
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Data_Formats/Markup_Languages/XML/Tools/Parsers/ - Ed Hi: Thanks for the useful link. I must most certainly look into using the Aelfred parser. However, could anyone direct me to a C library implementation of an xml parser? It would be greatly appre

Re: Meet Ben Combee Tonight at Atlanta Palm Developer's Group!

2001-05-22 Thread Ed Lineberry
Great idea! I live in Atlanta and this would give me a chance to finally get a copy of |HaCkMe| 1.0. (Sorry, Aaron. Couldn't resist.) - Ed >> Aaron, We would love to have you as a guest speaker! Just say when and I will set it up. Jon C. Zaring [EMAIL PROTECTED] 404.431.5915 US "Aa

Re: Sort does not work consistently (Solved! Thanks!)

2001-05-17 Thread Ed Lineberry
Thanks, Mark! That solved my problem. If I had bothered to read the DmCompareF documentation I could have solved it myself. But I assumed that since it worked on reset that my DmCompareF function was working correctly. I don't even want to know why it did what it did. - Ed "Ed

Sort does not work consistently

2001-05-17 Thread Ed Lineberry
I know I am missing something simple, but the more I look at this, the more I can't understand why it doesn't work. I have a DmCompareF function (see code at the bottom), and I call DmQuickSort at three points in my application: when a record is saved, when the app is reset, and when the app rec

Re: what do u think is the best way

2001-04-27 Thread Ed Lineberry
350k ! For that kind of money, you could start your own company and hire someone to write it for you... but I guess you came to that conclusion as well. : ) >AppForge is a nice package for vbasic 6.x 'tho a little expensive. >the runtime is around 50k i'm told. I constantly find myself >embr

Re: @stake ridiculousness

2001-03-05 Thread Ed Lineberry
I think @stake is right. The question is: who cares? Data stored on the Palm is not secure unless the application encrypts it. There is no OS security to speak of. Viruses are trivial to write and any data can be corrupted by any other application. Palm could add security, but this would ta

RE: X-Master: successor to Hackmaster

2001-01-22 Thread Ed Lineberry
> i think the concern really would be the nature of the application. > we are dealing with a system patches here - is this code something > we really want to be "open" for every palm developer to lay their > eyes on? Yes. The nature of the app makes this more important not less. The develo

RE: [Pointless] Palm M100 Name Speculation

2000-08-10 Thread Ed Lineberry
It's always a little scary to look into the mind of marketing, but I'll have a shot. "M" for miniature and 100 for the first generation of new smaller devices. Maybe the press release is incorrect and it should actually be the PalM 100. After all, Palm has always lost out on the ind

Re: PRC-Tools and Mount Points

2000-08-09 Thread Ed Lineberry
Are you sure the install is failing? It's been a while, but I remember this as a generic warning. I don't know that the installer is actually checking for anything here. Please respond to "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[

Re: Lotus Notes Group Calendar

2000-07-25 Thread Ed Lineberry
Hi Elizabeth, You have a problem with your Notes setup. The correct behavior for Group Calendar is people who are granted access can see calendar events marked public, but nothing else. This allows free time lookups and all that other fun Notes stuff. I'm assuming you are using R5. I don't h

[OT] Re: How does one execute a Total Memory Dump

2000-06-28 Thread Ed Lineberry
>If you provide this person with assistance, just be aware of the possible >purposes your information could be used for. Given the nature of his company (eedinc.com), I think he's aware what the information could be used for. Fascinating stuff, but I'm glad I don't have to do it. -- For info

RE: [OT]Certification

2000-06-26 Thread Ed Lineberry
This is a great idea, and repserver.com is available! Go for it, Don! I'll be waiting for the IPO. Don Hyde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@news.palmos.com on 06/26/2000 10:48:01 AM Please respond to "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Palm Developer Forum

Re: Certification

2000-06-23 Thread Ed Lineberry
I agree with what Michael has written below. Certifications have little practical value for technology professionals, but they do provide a small amount of insurance for people who are forced to hire outside of their own expertise. IMHO, the value of certifications are irrelevant. Palm will ev