Palm Programming
by Bachmann, GlennFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-07-01
Publisher(s): Pearson P T R
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Summary
Glen Bachmanns Palm Programming is a straightforward tutorial which teaches developers to create applications using the CodeWarrior development environment. Topics covered include Palm programming fundamentals, user interface development, working with databases, memory management, infrared exchange, networking support, and programming for the new Palm VII wireless device. Written by developer, for developers, this book is a must have for anyone interested in creating customized applications and forms to be used on a PDA running the Palm OS. Professionals developing custom applications for corporations and business as well as hobbyists developing applications for their own use will find this book a valuable resource for Palm Programming.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Getting Started With Palm Programming Using Codewarrior | |
| Introduction to Palm Programming and Code Warrior | |
| The Palm Computing Platform | |
| What Is a Palm Application? | |
| How Are Palm Applications Written? | |
| The CodeWarrior Tools | |
| The Palm SDK | |
| Summary | |
| Anatomy of a Palm Application | |
| PilotMain and the Smallest Palm Program Ever | |
| The Main Form | |
| Hello Palm! The Source Code | |
| Creating a CodeWarrior Project for "Hello Palm" | |
| Building and Running "Hello Palm" | |
| Summary | |
| Rapid Development Using the Palm Emulator | |
| Why Palm Development Is Slow | |
| But First, a Short Detour.... Effective Debugging Techniques for the Palm | |
| Summary | |
| Creating and Managing Resources | |
| What Is a Palm Resource? Why Use Constructor? | |
| Creating a Resource Project File in Constructor | |
| What's a Resource Fork? Version Control Considerations | |
| Example: "Hello Palm" Revisited | |
| Summary | |
| Programming The Palm User Interface | |
| Interacting with the User: Forms | |
| The Palm User Interface | |
| What Is a Form? Programming with Forms | |
| Using Forms to Capture User Input | |
| More Complex Forms: Event Handlers | |
| Summary | |
| Button Controls | |
| What Is a Control Object? What Is a Button? Button | |
| Push Button | |
| Repeating Button | |
| Check Box | |
| Pop-Up Trigger | |
| Selector Trigger | |
| Guidelines for the Use of Buttons | |
| Using Buttons in Your Application | |
| Survey Says: A Simple Survey Application | |
| Summary | |
| Labels and Fields | |
| What Is a Label? What Is a Field? Using Constructor to Create Labels and Fields | |
| Using Labels and Fields in Your Application | |
| Just What the Doctor Ordered | |
| Summary | |
| Giving the User a Choice: Lists and Pop-Up Triggers | |
| Lists in the Palm Environment | |
| Guidelines for Using Lists in an Application | |
| Creating List Resources | |
| Creating Pop-Up List Resources | |
| Adding List and Pop-Up List Handling to Your Application | |
| A Shopping List Revisited | |
| Summary | |
| Menus | |
| What Is a Menu? Guidelines for Menu Usage | |
| Using Constructor to Create Menus | |
| Handling Menu Events in Your Application | |
| Summary | |
| Drawing Graphics | |
| The Palm Display | |
| Graphics Primitives | |
| The Palm OS Window Model | |
| PalmDraw: A Graphics-Drawing Demonstration Program | |
| Summary | |
| Handling Pen Events | |
| What Is a Pen Event? How Pen Events and Control Events Coexist | |
| What About Graffiti? Doodle: A Pen-Drawing Program | |
| Even More Fun: Tic-Tac-Toe | |
| Summary | |
| Databases | |
| Understanding Databases | |
| The Palm Database Model | |
| The Palm Data Manager | |
| Using the Data Manager to Create and Manipulate Databases | |
| Browsing Palm Databases with DBBrowse | |
| Summary | |
| Palm Databases: Record Management | |
| How Are Databases and Records Connected? Using the Data Manager with Records | |
| Querying Database Records | |
| Manipulating Database Records | |
| Fish List: A Record Management Sample Application | |
| Summary | |
| Tables | |
| What Is a Table? Table Functionality | |
| When to Use Tables Instead of Lists | |
| Adding Tables to Your Program | |
| Putting It All Together: FishTable | |
| Summary | |
| Categories | |
| What Is a Category? Palm SDK Support for Categories | |
| How to Add Category Support to Your Application | |
| Fish List Revisited: What Kind of Fish Is That? | |
| Summary | |
| Saving Program State: Application Preferences | |
| The Problem with Application Switching | |
| What Are Application Preferences? | |
| When Should I Use Application Preferences? | |
| Using the Palm SDK Functions to Handle Application Preferences | |
| System Preferences | |
| Summary | |
| IV | |
| Palm OS Memory Management | |
| Overview of the Palm OS Memory Manager | |
| Allocating and Using Memory | |
| Memory Allocation Functions | |
| Memory Manipulation | |
| Summary | |
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