PROFESSIONAL PALM OS PROGRAMMING

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Professional Palm OS Programming is everything programmers need to create applications for the world’s most popular operating system for handheld devices. Veteran Palm developer Lonnon Foster, who has been developing commercial applications for the platform since its introduction nearly a decade ago, provides readers with hands-on instruction, lots of code, and advice that only comes from thetrenches - giving readers everything they need to build cutting edge applications and take advantage of the features of both Garnet and Cobalt. Table of contents : Introduction· The Palm OS Success Story· Understanding the Palm OS· Introducing the Development Tools· Writing Your First Palm OS Application· Debugging Your Program· Creating and Understanding Resources· Building Forms and Menus· Programming User Interface Elements· Managing Memory· Programming System Elements· Programming Graphics· Programming Multimedia· Programming Alarms and Time· Programming Tables· Storing and Retrieving Data· Manipulating Records· Using Secondary Storage· Sharing Data Through the Exchange Manager· Using the Serial Port· Communicating Over a Network· Learning Conduit Basics· Building Conduits· Programming Navigation Hardware· Odds and EndsGlossaryIndex Market Description : The number of PalmOS programmers has skyrocketed in the last 18 months, and many of those will be anxious to dig into the new features afforded by the new Palm OS 6. Readers need not have any previous experience in developing for the Palm OS platform, but should already be well-versed in C, C++ or Java. About Author : Lonnon Foster is a programmer and writer who has spent the past eleven years creating desktop applications, database front ends, Web sites, communications software, technical documentation, and handheld applications. He has been developing Palm OS applications almost as long as the platform has existed, starting with his first Pilot 5000 and progressing to more complicated wireless software for Symbol's 1700 series.