Professional Palm OS Programming

Lonnon R. Foster, Glenn Bachmann - Collection Programmer to Programmer

930 pages, parution le 04/05/2005

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Résumé

Palm OS has defined the standard for handheld and mobile devices for nearly a decade, thanks to its convenience, power, and ease of use. As the popularity of these devices continues to grow, so does the demand for programmers to build original applications. This book guides both aspiring and experienced programmers through the ins and outs of creating software for Palm OS.

Covering nearly every aspect of Palm OS development, this useful resource gets you started with the fundamentals, such as how Palm OS works and the available development tools. You'll then quickly move on to new aspects of Palm OS, including the new Palm OS Cobalt, the next generation operating system. Packed with hands-on instructions, lots of code, and insider advice, this book will help you make your applications work seamlessly.

What you will learn from this book

The various multimedia functionalities for audio and video recording and playback
How to create applications that make use of TCP/IP communications options
New and updated coverage of Palm OS development tools, including Metrowerks' CodeWarrior 9.3 and the new PODS from PalmSource
Methods of programming system elements, graphics, and alarms
Techniques for storing, manipulating, and retrieving data
An understanding of the very complex topic of conduit programming and why it uses different tools

Who this book is for

This book is for experienced C programmers who are looking to either start developing applications in Palm OS or who would like to take their Palm OS skills to the next level.

L'auteur - Lonnon R. Foster

About the Author Lonnon R. Foster is a freelance programmer who has spent the past seven 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. Lonnon fills his sparse free time with tactical tabletop gaming, recreational Perl coding, and reading everything he can get his hands on.

L'auteur - Glenn Bachmann

Glenn Bachmann is president and founder of Bachmann Software a leading provider of software products and professional software development services for the mobile computing and wireless communications industries since 1993. Bachmann Software's popular PrintBoy mobile printing software and FilePoint Pro file management suite are available through major retail stores and online software channels, and are in everyday use on Palm OS and Windows CE PDAs worldwide.

Sommaire

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 Ends
Glossary
Index

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wrox Press
Auteur(s)	Lonnon R. Foster, Glenn Bachmann
Collection	Programmer to Programmer
Parution	04/05/2005
Nb. de pages	930
Format	18,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1404g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780764573736
ISBN13	978-0-7645-7373-6