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Title: Programming Visual Basic for the Palm OS (O'Reilly Palm) by Matthew Holmes, Patrick Burton, Roger Knoell ISBN: 0-596-00200-9 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book
Comment: Good book from two perspectives: if you use AppForge for Palm development then this is a complete (slightly dated) book, or if you use MS VB6 for conduits or Palm-flavored web applications with IIS. Almost everything in the book is backed up with running code.
As an aside, I am not sure if the previous reviewer actually read the book or tried to run the code. There are very few typos in the chapter mentioned (which is online) and I didn't see any errors. For me, the code worked fine; the book specifically mentions VB6 and service pack 3.
Rating: 5
Summary: A highly recommended self-teaching tool
Comment: Collaboratively written by computer experts Matthew Holmes, Patrick Burton, and Roger Knoell, Programming Visual Basic for Palm OS is a solid and reliable programmer's guide to designing effective applications, transferring data to the PDA, building security through data encryption, and much more. Focusing especially on using AppForge to write programs, Visual Basic for Palm OS also covers SQL databases, Piedmont, and a great deal more. Step-by-step instructions, sample programs, excellent diagrams and comprehensible flowcharts make Programming Visual Basic for Palm OS a first-class reference and a highly recommended self-teaching tool.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not much help for Conduit development
Comment: This book is directed at users of AppForge for VB6. AppForge is an excellent VB add-in that lets you quickly develop Palm apps in VB. You don't need a book to help you develop in App Forge.
AppForge is very weak, however, in the Conduit and installer areas since it offers no help unless you buy the Professional version for [price] which includes the Universal Conduit. Again, if you've got that, you don't need this book to develop the conduit.
Writing a Conduit on your own is tough and I was hoping this OReilly book would help. Sadly, all the relevant conduit info. from chapter 4 is available for free on the OReilly web site [URL]. Chapter 4 is poorly written and organized, has typos and errors and the sample code you download from the web site will not load or compile in VB6.
I was hoping the book had much more than the sample chapter I saw on the web site. I was disappointed. If you're looking for help with Palm Conduit development in VB6, look elsehwere.
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Title: Palm OS Programming: The Developer's Guide, 2nd Edition by Neil Rhodes, Julie McKeehan ISBN: 1565928563 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Palm Programming in Basic by Jon Kilburn ISBN: 1893115496 Publisher: APress Pub. Date: 01 January, 1970 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Palm OS Programming Bible, Second Edition by Lonnon R. Foster ISBN: 0764549618 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 18 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Palm Programming for the Absolute Beginner w/CD by Andrew Harris, Andy Harris ISBN: 0761535241 Publisher: Premier Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Instant Palm OS Applications by Kris A. Jamsa, Kris, Ph.D. Jamsa ISBN: 0072193301 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 31 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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