Instant Palm OS Applications

Name: Instant Palm OS Applications
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ISBN: 9780072193305

ISBN-10: 0072193301

ISBN-13: 9780072193305

Edition: 2001

Authors: Kris Jamsa

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This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the Palm OS environment for programmers moving into the Palm arena. The CD contains all code from the book so developers can modify the applications to fit their needs. The book focuses on C-based applications and on the GCC compiler.

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List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 8/31/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 800
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
Understanding the Palm OS Environment	p. 1
Understanding How a Palm OS Device Differs from a PC	p. 2
Understanding Palm OS Input Operations	p. 3
Understanding the Palm OS Battery	p. 4
Palm OS Devices Have No Fixed Storage	p. 5
Using the Palm OS Emulator (POSE)	p. 6
Using Palm OS Software Development Kits (SDKs)	p. 7
Palm OS Is a Preemptive Multitasking Operating System	p. 8
Understanding Events	p. 8
Introducing the Players	p. 9
Selecting a Compiler	p. 10
Understanding Palm OS Programming Practices	p. 11
Understanding Web Clippings	p. 12
Summary	p. 13
Using Web Clippings to Access the Wireless Web	p. 15
Understanding How pqa Files Launch Web Clipping Applications	p. 16
Understanding How Users Get pqa Files	p. 18
Surfing pqa Files from Your PC	p. 18
Taking Web-Clippings for a Test Drive	p. 20
Designing a Web Clipping	p. 20
Understanding the Web-Clipping Development Process	p. 22
Behind the Scenes at the Remote Site	p. 23
HTML Features Web Clippings Do Not Support	p. 24
Understanding Web Clipping Security	p. 24
Creating Your First pqa File	p. 24
Adding an Image to a Web Clipping	p. 35
Building a Multipage PQA File	p. 37
Placing a Button Around a Link	p. 39
Building a Multipage Clipping	p. 40
Working with Fonts	p. 41
Assigning Background and Text Colors	p. 42
Using Tables to Organize Information	p. 44
Using a Form to Query the User for Information	p. 46
Using a Perl Script to Manage Your Grocery List	p. 55
Using an Active Server Page to Locate a Nearby Gas Station	p. 59
Valid HTML Tags for Use in Web Clippings	p. 61
Web Clippings and Palm OS 4	p. 64
Summary	p. 64
Creating Your First Palm OS Applications	p. 65
Understanding the Hello, Palm OS World! Application	p. 66
Examining the Hello, Palm OS World! Application's Source Code	p. 68
Checking the Palm OS Device's ROM Version	p. 96
Summary	p. 103
Programming the Palm OS Interface	p. 105
Using Alerts to Interact with the User	p. 106
Understanding Form Objects	p. 113
Understanding Form Object Events	p. 115
Working with Various Form Objects	p. 118
Summary	p. 143
Performing File-Stream Operations	p. 145
Opening a File for Read or Write Operations	p. 146
Reading from and Writing to a File	p. 148
Closing a File	p. 150
Storing the Message Hello, Palm OS World! in a File	p. 150
Reading the HelloPalm.dat File	p. 154
Deleting a File	p. 158
Manipulating the File Pointer	p. 161
Understanding File Errors	p. 162
Using File Streams to Simulate Databases	p. 162
Summary	p. 169
Working with Graphics	p. 171
Understanding Graphics Windows	p. 172
Understanding the Window Data Structure	p. 173
Creating, Using, and Deleting a Window	p. 178
Drawing Pixels, Lines, and Rectangles	p. 183
Saving and Restoring the Image Beneath a Window	p. 189
Understanding Image Clipping	p. 192
Using Fill Patterns and Fill Lines	p. 195
Displaying Text Within a Graphics Window	p. 198
Using an Array to Represent an Image's Coordinates	p. 201
Erasing and Inverting Pixels, Lines, Rectangles, and the Window Itself	p. 201
Summary	p. 202
Creating 3D Graphics	p. 203
Projecting a 3D Image onto a 2D Surface	p. 204
Understanding X, Y, and Z Coordinates	p. 206
Representing 3D Images	p. 209
Building the CabinetCube Application	p. 211
Taking a Closer Look at the CabinetCube Application	p. 215
Changing Projection Angles	p. 215
Drawing a Cube Within a Cube	p. 218
Summary	p. 222
Programming Palm OS Device Colors	p. 223
Understanding Color	p. 224
Determining a Palm OS Device's Level of Color Support	p. 225
Understanding Palettes and Color Tables	p. 232
Drawing Images and Text Using Various Colors	p. 233
Assigning Colors to User Interface Elements	p. 238
Summary	p. 244
Taking Advantage of Palm OS Services	p. 245
Using the Clipboard to Perform Cut-and-Paste Operations	p. 246
Revisiting the Palm OS ROM Version	p. 254
Retrieving the Palm OS Device Serial Number	p. 257
Working with Dates and Times	p. 259
Performing a Soft Reset	p. 263
Getting Information about the Palm OS Device's Battery	p. 265
Displaying a Graffiti Reference Dialog Box	p. 268
Displaying the System Keyboard	p. 270
Summary	p. 271
Managing Palm OS Memory	p. 273
Understanding Palm OS Memory Management	p. 274
Understanding Memory Fragmentation	p. 274
Allocating Memory within the Palm OS	p. 276
Determining the Palm OS Memory Settings	p. 281
Taking a Closer Look at the Palm OS Memory Management Functions	p. 286
Using the Palm OS Memory Management Functions to Create a Linked List	p. 288
Summary	p. 297
Getting Started with Palm OS Databases	p. 299
Understanding Palm OS Databases	p. 300
Creating and Opening a Database	p. 301
Storing Information Within a Database	p. 303
Deleting a Database	p. 308
Retrieving Information from a Database	p. 310
Sorting a Database	p. 313
Deleting a Database Record	p. 317
Viewing the Databases that Reside on Your Palm OS Device	p. 317
Summary	p. 322
Advanced Database Operations	p. 323
Inserting Records at a Specific Location	p. 324
Viewing the Appointments	p. 332
Displaying Appointments Sorted by Time	p. 337
Taking Advantage of a Sorted Database	p. 345
Using Categories to Further Organize Data	p. 351
Viewing Records in a Category	p. 358
Summary	p. 365
Saving and Retrieving User Preferences	p. 367
Using the StartApplication and StopApplication Functions	p. 368
Defining Your Application's Preferences	p. 371
Retrieving an Application's Preferences	p. 372
Storing Preference Settings	p. 373
Storing and Retrieving Preference Settings	p. 373
Be Aware of Abandoned Preferences	p. 377
Retrieving System Preferences	p. 378
Storing Work in Progress	p. 381
Summary	p. 382
Creating and Processing Alarms	p. 383
Understanding Palm OS Alarms	p. 384
Handling an Alarm Within PilotMain	p. 384
Setting on Alarm	p. 386
Building a Reminder Application	p. 392
Summary	p. 404
Performing Network Operations	p. 405
Understanding the Palm OS Network Libraries	p. 406
Using the INet Library	p. 407
Retrieving Content from Across the Internet	p. 411
Using the Personal Web Server to Interact with Your Network Applications	p. 416
Sending Data to a Remote Site	p. 417
Implementing Network Applications Correctly	p. 423
Performing Low-Level Network Operations	p. 424
Summary	p. 425
Improving Palm OS Security	p. 427
Encrypting Your Palm OS Device	p. 428
Relying on the Palm OS Device ID	p. 430
Understanding Private Records	p. 432
Encrypting Your Own Data	p. 437
Encrypting the Database Contents	p. 442
Summary	p. 449
Creating Simple Animations	p. 451
Animating Text	p. 452
Creating a Simple Animation Using Time-Delayed Graphics	p. 456
Understanding Image Translation	p. 460
Translating a 3D Object	p. 464
Scaling an Object	p. 469
Scaling a 3D Object	p. 474
Using an Off-Screen Draw Window	p. 479
Summary	p. 479
Performing InfraRed Communication	p. 481
Understanding IR Communications	p. 482
Registering the Data Types and Application Supports	p. 483
Receiving IR Data	p. 484
Sending IR Data	p. 487
The Hello, IR World Application	p. 488
Receiving the IR Message	p. 492
Testing IR Applications Using Only One Palm OS Device	p. 497
Creating a Simple IR Chat Program	p. 497
Practical Changes to the HellolRSend Application	p. 503
Summary	p. 503
Creating Simple Palm OS Games	p. 505
Programs in the Palm OS Software Developer's Kit	p. 506
Creating a Simple Interactive Palm OS Game	p. 508
Extending the HoverCraft Game to Two Players	p. 526
Summary	p. 530
Index	p. 531
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