Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-19 Thread Brad Figler
> I would expect that Palm OS 6 would continue to include PACE for backward > compatibility. If that is the case, then POL would be a great framework to have. It could be upgraded with new classes that support the new OS (and programming model) directly, while leaving the legacy classes that take

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-19 Thread James
Brad Figler wrote: > What that basically says to me is that moving from 5.x to *new > programming model* is going to be a re-write of just about every palm > app out there (kinda like going from DOS to Windows XP). Is this a > correct assumption? I would expect that Palm OS 6 would continue to

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-19 Thread Brad Figler
> V9 product. It is unlikely that POL will be easily portable to future > versions of Palm OS due to a changed programming model, but the current POL > works very well for Palm OS versions through the 5.x series. What that basically says to me is that moving from 5.x to *new programming model* is

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-19 Thread Oliver
Ben wrote: > We do not have the rights to modify the source for POL, > just to redistribute it. It's a rather unfortunate timing that the very day I got my CW9 upgrade in the mail POL gets desupported by its creators (it wasn't the only reason I upgraded, but it certainly made the $99 special pr

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-19 Thread palm
My main concern was future PALM OS versions and it sounds like POL would need a major re-write for 6.x? Does metrowerks plan on having a C++ framework for 6.x? On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Ben Combee wrote: > At 15:29 2003-3-19 -0500, you wrote: > > >Wow. Does this mean Metrowerks has no plan to tak

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-19 Thread Ben Combee
At 15:29 2003-3-19 -0500, you wrote: Wow. Does this mean Metrowerks has no plan to take over the source code for future versions? This is a serious blow to us here... We do not have the rights to modify the source for POL, just to redistribute it. I don't see why this is a serious blow. You h

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-19 Thread palm
Wow. Does this mean Metrowerks has no plan to take over the source code for future versions? This is a serious blow to us here... On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Ben Combee wrote: > At 19:50 2003-3-18 +0100, you wrote: > >I just got an email from TeT saying that POL support is cancelled. > > > >This ca

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-19 Thread Richard M. Hartman
I'd suggest changing the data structure to put the data first, but this might have other problems ... if it is an expandable array of char it can't be first and not having seen the POL sources I wouldn't want to suggest it at this point. However, you _can_ define the casting operator for const cha

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-18 Thread Henry Skoglund
"Brad Figler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I agree. I just converted our project over to use POL. It is a solid > framework. If it ever gets converted to a GNU project or such, I will be > more than willing to contribute to it. > Me too. I spent 10 years doin

RE: POL cancelled?

2003-03-18 Thread Vinu Raj
> I'm a newbie, what's POL. > Pat... POL is Palm Object Library. It's a C++ framework for Palm OS. It's like MFC for Palm OS programming. Here's a link to the POL home page for more information: http://www.aqpoint.com/pol/default.htm. -- Vinu -- For information on using the Palm Developer Foru

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-18 Thread Brad Figler
ECTED] > > I'm a newbie, what's POL. > Pat... > > - Original Message - > From: "Brad Figler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum > To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 2:33

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-18 Thread Patrick
I'm a newbie, what's POL. Pat... - Original Message - From: "Brad Figler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 2:33 PM Subject: Re: POL cancelled? > I agr

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-18 Thread Brad Figler
I agree. I just converted our project over to use POL. It is a solid framework. If it ever gets converted to a GNU project or such, I will be more than willing to contribute to it. ~Brad "Florent Pillet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I just got an email from

Re: POL cancelled?

2003-03-18 Thread Ben Combee
At 19:50 2003-3-18 +0100, you wrote: I just got an email from TeT saying that POL support is cancelled. This can't be true. This is a nightmare. We were disappointed to hear this as well. I'm a big fan of the library, and I think Maks, the primary author of POL, has done a wonderful job growing

POL cancelled?

2003-03-18 Thread Florent Pillet
I just got an email from TeT saying that POL support is cancelled. This can't be true. This is a nightmare. -- Florent Pillet, Code Segment [EMAIL PROTECTED] Developer tools and end-user products ICQ: 117292463 Palm, Mac, Unix, Windows http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fpillet -- For info