Programming Visual Basic for the Palm OS Building Palm Business Applications with AppForge

Name: Programming Visual Basic for the Palm OS Building Palm Business Applications with AppForge
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ISBN: 9780596002008

ISBN-10: 0596002009

ISBN-13: 9780596002008

Edition: 2002

Authors: Roger Knoell, Matt Holmes, Patrick Burton

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Due to the immense popularity of Palm OS devices, demand for Palm OS applications has increased dramatically. Over 16 million Palm Powered PDAs have sold over the past six years, and the number of registered Palm Developers is currently over 100,000 and growing by about a 1,000 per month. Visual Basic is one of the most popular development platformsin the world. Until recently Visual Basic developers were not able to create applications for the Palm OS platform. By integrating into the Visual Basic environment, the AppForge Basic compiler has brought Palm development right into the main tool used by millions of VB Programmers. In fact, Visual Basic in conjunction with AppForge is fast…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/21/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Patrick Burton has been programming in C/C++ for most of his career. His experience inlcludes algorithm development for embedded satellite receivers, Linux system programming, and Windows programming using the Win32 API and Microsoft Found Classes (MFC). His recent experience includes writing COM based plugins to extend the capabilities of RealPlayer and RealServer.



Preface



Programming with AppForge



Introducing AppForge


Palm Software


Main Features of AppForge


Installing AppForge


Using AppForge


Resources



Application Development


User Interface Design


Basic Application Layout Example


Language and Libraries Support



Palm Database Programming


The Palm Database


AppForge PDB Library


The AppForge Database Converter


Resources



Data Connectivity



Conduit Development


Applications and Conduits


Conduit Design


Installing the CDK


Nuts and Bolts


Synchronization Logic


Data Formats


Resources



SQL Databases


SQL Publishing


Universal Conduit


Resources



Web Clipping Applications


Palm.Net Wireless Architecture


Simple WCA Tour


Building a Large Application


Palm OS 4.0


Resources



Advanced Topics



Operating System Access


Fuser Mechanics


A Data Encryption Program


Resources



Shared Libraries


Memory Concepts


Memory Management Functions


DBSLib Shared Library


DBSLib Driver Application


DBSLib Fuser


AppForge Driver Application



Piedmont


Obtaining Piedmont


Architecture Overview


Module and Interface Definition


Component Code Generation


Windows Component Implementation


Palm Component Implementation


AppForge VM Integration



Debugging


Conditional Compilation


Palm Reporter


Palm Buttons


Debug Database



Appendixes



Ingot and Enumeration Summary



DBSLib Sample Project Setup


Index