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Palm OS® Resource Editor Guide

Palm OS® Developer Suite

Palm OS Resource Editor Guide provides conceptual, guidance, and reference information for developers who want to use Palm OS Resource Editor to create resources for Palm OS® applications and shared libraries.

Palm OS Resource Editor runs on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

What This Book Contains ^TOP^

This book has the following organization:

Palm OS Developer Suite Documentation ^TOP^

The following tools books are part of the Palm OS Developer Suite package:

Document

Description

Introduction to Palm OS Developer Suite

Provides an overview of all of the Palm OS development tools:

  • Compiler Tools
  • Resource Tools
  • Testing and Debugging Tools

Palm OS Protein C/C++ Compiler Tools Guide

Describes the tools associated with the Palm OS Protein C/C++ Compiler.

Palm OS Protein C/C++ Compiler Language and Library Reference

Provides reference information about the C language and runtime libraries used with the Palm OS Protein C/C++ Compiler.

Palm OS Debugger Guide

Describes how to use Palm OS Debugger.

Palm OS Resource Editor Guide

Describes how to use Palm OS Resource Editor to create XRD files.

Palm OS Resource Tools Guide

Describes how to use the Palm OS resource tools:

  • GenerateXRD - migration tool
  • Palm OS Resource Editor - XRD editor
  • PalmRc - building tool
  • PRCMerge - building tool
  • PRCCompare - comparison tool
  • hoverlay - localization tool
  • PRCSign and PRCCert - code-signing tools

Palm OS Resource File Formats

Describes the XML formats used for XML resource definition (XRD) files. XRD files are used to define Palm OS resources, and are the input files for the Palm OS resource tools.

Palm OS Cobalt Simulator Guide

Describes how to use Palm OS Cobalt Simulator.

Palm OS Virtual Phone Guide

Describes how to use Virtual Phone.

Suggested Reading ^TOP^

This book describes how to use Palm OS Resource Editor to create XML-based resource description (XRD) files for Palm OS applications. However, this book does not describe the XML formats used in XRD files.

The XML formats used in XRD files are documented in the book Palm OS Resource File Formats, which is part of the Palm OS Developer Suite package.

In addition, to compile the XRD files, you will need to use the tool PalmRc. PalmRc is documented in the book Palm OS Resource Tools Guide.

Additional Resources ^TOP^