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Palm OS® Cobalt Simulator Guide

Palm OS Cobalt Version 6.1

About This Book

What This Book Contains

Additional Resources

1 Introducing Palm OS Cobalt Simulator

What Is Palm OS Cobalt Simulator?

Palm OS Applications

Palm OS System Code

Palm Application Compatibility Environment

Device Driver Set

How Does Palm OS Cobalt Simulator Compare to Palm Simulator for Macintosh?

Prerequisites

Security

2 Using Palm OS Cobalt Simulator

Installing Palm OS Cobalt Simulator

Starting Palm OS Cobalt Simulator

Specifying Command Line Arguments

Using the Initialization File

Loading ROM Images

Running Palm OS Cobalt Simulator

Palm OS Cobalt Simulator Display

Displaying Menu Items

Entering Data

Installing Applications

Using AutoRun, AutoLoad, and AutoRunAndQuit

Using AppCreator to Start an Application

Starting Simulator with a Storage Snapshot File

Using Communication Functions

Testing Infrared Communication (Beaming)

Performing a HotSync Operation

Using External Debug Tools with Palm OS Cobalt Simulator

Using Palm OS Cobalt Simulator with 68K Debuggers

3 Using Skin Files

Using Simulator Skin Files

Using Skin Files

Modifying or Creating Skin Files

4 Using Palm OS Reporter

About Palm OS Reporter

Palm OS Reporter Features

Installing Palm OS Reporter

Palm OS Reporter Package Files

Adding Trace Calls to Your Application

Tracing ARM-Based Applications

Trace Manager Functions in a Code Sample

Tracing 68K-Based Applications

Specifying Trace Strings

Displaying Trace Information in Palm OS Reporter

Starting a Palm OS Reporter Session

Filtering Information in a Palm OS Reporter Session

Using the Palm OS Reporter Toolbar

Troubleshooting Palm OS Reporter

5 Palm OS Cobalt Simulator User Interface Reference

Menu Reference Summary

Displaying the Palm OS Cobalt Simulator Menu Items

Reset Menu

Soft

Hard

No Notify

View Menu

Databases

Heaps

Events

Install Menu

Settings Menu

Display > Resolution

Display > Orientations

Display > Color Depth

Display > Renderer

Display > Skin

Display > Magnification

Display > Always on Top

Communication Ports

Networking > Standard Palm OS TCP/IP

Networking > Winsock-Based STREAMS Module

Networking > Winsock-Based SocketLib Replacement

Dock Status

Memory

Battery

HotSync Name

Enable Sound

Traces

Storage Menu

Load

Save

Export Database

Volumes

Screenshot Menu

About Menu

Exit Menu

Keyboard Equivalents Reference

Hardware Buttons

Additional Keyboard Functions