Programming Visual Basic for the Palm OS

Resources

In addition to the online documentation, the AppForge installation includes example projects, each of which highlights a specific AppForge feature or function:

Extensibility library

Illustrates how to call another Palm application in AppForge to obtain system-specific information; professional edition only

Palm DB samples

Illustrates how to read and write the native Palm application databases, such as the Address and To-do databases

PDB library

Illustrates how to use most of the AppForge database library calls, including database and record manipulation and sorting

Recipes to go

Illustrates how to build a large, multiform application that supports several databases with categories

Slide

Illustrates simple graphical programming, using the traditional 15-piece puzzle

Unit converter

Illustrates a data-driven application, using the AppForge Database Converter

Even after months of using AppForge, we still find ourselves coming back to the samples to review code snippets. In addition, there is a comprehensive tutorial that is nicely organized into lessons that cover almost all aspects of AppForge development.

The AppForge Developers Sector is an online resource that contains documentation, the knowledge base, and a code library. The knowledge base contains bug reports, fixes, and other technical articles. Of course, it is searchable. The code library contains example applications and techniques posted by both AppForge and members of the development community. See http://www.appforge.com/dev/index.html for details.

Two active user groups on Yahoo! are dedicated to AppForge development; one is moderated and one is completely open. See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/appforge for more information. AppForge actively monitors the lists as well, and will often provide clarification or support in this forum.