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Palm OS® Resource Editor Guide

Palm OS® Developer Suite

About This Document

What This Book Contains

Palm OS Developer Suite Documentation

Suggested Reading

Additional Resources

1 Palm OS Resource Editor Fundamentals

Palm OS Resource Editor Fundamentals Overview

What Is a Palm OS Resource?

Palm OS Resource Tools

Resource Files

Resource Workspaces

Resource Description Files

Custom Resource Description Files

Resource Header Files

Opening a Resource Description File in Resource Editor

Resource Editor Interface

Main Window

Windows Pane

Files Pane

Tasks Pane

Properties Pane

Keyboard Toolbar Button

Resource Types

Forms and Form Objects

Menus

Character Strings, String Lists, and Category Names

Alerts

Icons and Bitmaps

Fonts

Sounds

Data Types

Palm OS Protein Resource Types and 68K Resource Types

2 Working with Application Resources

Overview of Application Resources

Using the Application Preferences Editor

Understanding the App Prefs Editor

Using the Application Extended Preferences Editor

Understanding App Extended Prefs Editor

Using the Application Information Strings Editor

Understanding the App Info String Editor

3 Working with Forms

Working with Forms Overview

Creating a New Form

Modifying an Existing Form

Editing a Form's Title

Editing Popup Objects

Using the Toolbar

Using the Toolbox

The Pointer Tool

Toolbox Pane

Creating a Form Navigation Resource

Hand-Coding the Form Navigation Resource

Generating the Form Navigation Resource

4 Working with Menus

Working with Menus Overview

Creating a New Menu Bar

Creating a New Menu Item

Modifying an Existing Menu

Using the Menu Editor

5 Working with Strings

Working with Strings Overview

Creating New Strings

Modifying an Existing String

Modifying an Existing List of Strings

Editing Strings and String Lists

Using the String Editor

Using the String List Editor

6 Working with Alert Dialogs

Working with Alerts Overview

Creating a New Alert Dialog

Modifying an Existing Alert Dialog

Adding a Button to an Alert Dialog

Deleting a Button from an Alert Dialog

7 Working with Icons, Bitmaps and Other Images

Overview of Icons, Bitmaps, and Other Images

Creating New Bitmaps

Modifying an Existing Bitmap

Using the Bitmap Editor

Setting Image Family Properties

Viewing Image Family Elements

Adding and Deleting Image Family Elements

Importing Images

Using the Color Palette

Using the Bitmap Editor Toolbar

Working with Other Formats—Graphic Families

Creating a New Graphic Family Resource

Importing Images to a Graphic Family

8 Working with Other Resource Types

Overview of Other Resource Types and How to Work with Them

Using the XML Editor

Creating a New Resource

Modifying an Existing Resource

Working with the Hex Viewer

9 Menu Reference

Menu Reference Overview

File

Edit

Form

Image

Window

Help