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  1. Sep 16th, 2003, 08:57 AM #1
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    Palm OS Programming

    I have been thinking of doing some Palm OS Programming, and have stumbled upon 2 languages - C and Visual Basic.

    I need advice on which language to use? Which would be better?

    I am also open to suggestions on a good application to develop for this subject.

    ALso, does anybody have any good Palm OS Programming book to suggest, which is up to date?
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  2. Sep 23rd, 2003, 07:52 AM #2
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    take it this way. C is lower in the system therefore, C is much more powerful than VB. VB needs all the runtime crap to run and you end up with a huge file...

    Use C
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  3. Sep 23rd, 2003, 08:13 AM #3
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    hm.....but can i use C to create palm apps which have color?

    any disadvantages using c compared to vb in writing palm apps?
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    C is hard if u dont know it.... Not object oriented... C++ is....
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  6. Sep 23rd, 2003, 08:17 AM #5
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    i see, but wat i'm mainly concerned with is color, can C incorporate color into palm apps?
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  7. Sep 23rd, 2003, 08:20 AM #6
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    http://mobile.eric-poncet.com/palm/tutorial.html

    http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/channe...velopment.html

    http://www.dougsparling.com/comp/links/palmprog/
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  8. Sep 27th, 2003, 04:12 AM #7
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    It's not as fast as the native compilers available for Palm OS but PocketC is a superb tool for small utilities and testing out algorithms. Check out www.orbworks.com
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