Sounds like what you are looking for is an intro on PalmOS programming ... there are a number of books out there. The first, and still king, is the book by Neil Rhodes. It can now be found online in it's entirety at http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/docs/devguide/TableOfContents.htm#TopOfPage. Other online resources include Palm's "Programmer's Companion" at http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/docs/palmos/CompanionTOC.html and of course the API reference at http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/docs/palmos/ReferenceTOC.html (you are correct though that this last may be of little use until you know more about what you need to search for <g>)
Finally, there are the paperware books. In addition to Rhode's work I opted for "PalmOS Programming For Dummies". (Despite the title, the "For Dummies" book is anything but.) Other people seem to like the Sam's book by Bachman. (Note: there are two Sam's books. The Bachman book is in Sam's Professional Series and not the "... in 24 hours" book.) When I was looking for a new book I checked the index for the item I was interested in -- I found it in the For Dummies book and not the Bachman book. That doesn't mean that the Bachman book isn't a good resource, just that it did not meet my needs at the time. Other people still recommend. If you search on Amazon.com you'll find 9 books you can choose from. -- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! DIAMOND JEFF wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > >Thanks! > >I'll check out EvtEventAvail - it sounds like the best option! > > > >You know, I saw a research paper the other day about the paradox of >searching - that when someone is searching for information they often >don't know what words to look for... :) > >What I need is something in between a tutorial and a reference - >something that describes the use of the functions in a module and ties >them all together with examples. > > > >Roger Chaplin wrote: >> >> DIAMOND JEFF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > This is a very basic API question and I apologize if I have just >> > overlooked in in the SDK documentation, but I was wondering if the >> > PalmOS has something like PeekMessage such that if you have no messages >> > in your queue, you don't block your application... >> > (If you have messages, you of course handle them - I'm not trying to >> > lock up the machine - just to keep my app from freezing while waiting >> > for feedback...) > >> >> How about EvtEventAvail? Or, have you tried experimenting with a zero >> timeout value to EvtGetEvent? (I haven't, but looking at the source, it >> seems that it would do what you want, but it also seems to incur lots >> of overhead compared to EvtEventAvail.) >> >> -- >> Roger Chaplin >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> -- >> For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
