Can someone recommend some Palm Software Devlopment tools?
Can someone recommend some Palm Software Devlopment tools?
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I need to be able to create software which will run on the Palm OS platform (probably version 4.1). The application, whose basic function is to accept user inputted data and to perform calculations on it, will be used out in the field. Once data has been collected, it needs to be uploaded/synced to our AS/400 computer, either directly to one or more DB2/400 relational tables or indirectly to these tables via Lotus Notes.
I would prefer something easy to use. I have never programmed in Visual Basic or C++, so something which is easy to learn is important as well. Cost, of course, will be of primary concern. Having said that, however, I would still like to know how many different solutions out there that are available.
Can anyone make any recommendations?
I would prefer something easy to use. I have never programmed in Visual Basic or C++, so something which is easy to learn is important as well. Cost, of course, will be of primary concern. Having said that, however, I would still like to know how many different solutions out there that are available.
Can anyone make any recommendations?
RE: Can someone recommend some Palm Software Devlopment tools?
It's entirely possible that you may not need to program anything at all.
All you want is a database and a way to sync the data once received.
I think what you want is Pilot-DB or DB (for short) http://pilot-db.sourceforge.net
The price is right (FREE) And there doesn't seem to be any real limitations on it.
Try it and let us know what you think!
tgus
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RE: Can someone recommend some Palm Software Devlopment tools?
RE: Can someone recommend some Palm Software Devlopment tools?
RE: Can someone recommend some Palm Software Devlopment tools?
AppForge -- which others have mentioned -- works okay. But I've found it a bit limited.
CASL is a competitor to AppForge. FWIW, I've found it to be more useful / less limited than the latter. It's developer community seems pretty vociferous and loyal. I like it for smaller, quickie jobs.
JAVA...now you're talking. This is pretty sexy stuff, IMHO. There are a lot of JAVA tools available. Simplicity for JAVA is a really good package that I've used. Also, you can do MIDP development using good IDE's from Sun (Forte), Inprise (JBuilder), and IBM (Visual Age).
Bottom line: you first figure out what you want your app to do. Then you find the simplest-to-use -- or most powerful -- tool that will allow you to accomplish it all.
Hope this helps,
__Birmbear
Ricardo Birmele
RE: Can someone recommend some Palm Software Devlopment tools?
how much java have you done on the palm? most things i've read about it really complain about loading the jrt(?) on the palm.
RE: Can someone recommend some Palm Software Devlopment tools?
If you are interested in the C/C++ approach you can always try to obtain Codewarrior for Palm.
On a pocketPC device, development sugestions are going to vary of course due to the higher processing capabilities and storage capacity (however doesnt mean its going to be any easier to develop on, just means the results might be more promising far as performance and reliability goes )
Karl Blessing aka kb244{fastHACK}
RE: Can someone recommend some Palm Software Devlopment tools?
Truth be told, I haven't done an awful lot of JAVA on the Palm. Mostly that's due to 1) I haven't found that much demand for it; and 2) many of the same reasons sited by Karl in this thread. I tend to mostly go with C on the PALM.
If you want to try it and get your feet wet, I'd suggest that you get a trial version of Simplicity for Palm OS Devices. It uses IBM's J9 vm, and will get you going faster than any other JAVA stuff I've seen.
Hope this helps,
__Birmbear
Ricardo Birmele