[missing-sync-palmos-dev-talk] 5.0 API changes

[Scott Gruby]

On Nov 2, 2005, at 10:00 AM, Bryan Nystrom wrote:

> Are there any API updates or changes we should know about (new  
> features we
> 3rd party developers can take advantage of)? The 5.0 release kind  
> of threw
> me there. Perhaps I missed any beta discussions? I've been looking  
> forward
> to this release since you guys demoed it to me at PalmSource this year
> (...guess we'll have to attend Mac DevCons now in order to see new  
> things
> ;-O )
>

No real "API" updates; there are a couple of plist entries you can  
make to give a description of the conduit in the info pane (open up  
our conduits to see) and there is a concept of "helper app" where an  
app icon appears next to the conduit and clicking it will launch the  
app. This works with Cocoa conduits (look at our conduit's  
ConduitInfo.plist files).

If you have an old conduit that has settings that don't use a sheet,  
now is the time to upgrade (a few years ago, really was, but...).  
Some of the conduits that are incompatible with version 5 (and some  
with version 4) use old dialog routines which cause major refresh  
issues.

(BTW, we did post on this list and the general list for beta testers  
back in July, I think.)

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Scott Gruby
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Mark/Space, Inc.
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