April 2002
Intermediate to advanced
440 pages
12h 37m
English
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Required Software
This book covers a lot of ground, from straight Palm development to SQL to wireless Internet to C++ Ingot construction. As you might imagine, you are going to need a lot of software if you want to build and run all the applications in this book.
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
Almost any version (Enterprise, Professional, Learning) can be used. There is a specific service pack requirement documented on the AppForge web site (http://www.appforge.com). We use service pack 4.
- AppForge 2.0 for Palm OS
This product is available for purchase or as a 30-day evaluation from the AppForge web site. There is a personal edition, which we do not recommend, as it lacks many of the features used in this book.
- Palm Operating System Emulator 3.3
This freeware tool lets you test almost all your Palm code on the Windows desktop. Earlier releases will not work with AppForge 2.0.
- Palm Desktop Software 4.01
This freeware software suite allows you to install software to real Palm hardware and to develop and test conduits for data synchronization. We use release 4.01, but most any version is acceptable.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Several of the applications in Chapter 4, Chapter 5, and Chapter 6 use SQL Server to demonstrate the use of relational data. We used the 2000 release, but 7.0 should work as well. If you want to use a different database manager, make sure it supports stored procedures.
- Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0
We use IIS for the wireless applications developed in ...
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