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diff --git a/Docs/_Bugs.txt b/Docs/_Bugs.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8f31052 --- /dev/null +++ b/Docs/_Bugs.txt @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +======================================================================== +Bug List for the Palm OS Emulator +Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. +All rights reserved. + +Please send bug reports, comments, suggestions, etc. to +<mailto:bug.reports@corp.palm.com> +======================================================================== + +This document contains the list of known significant bugs in the Palm +OS Emulator. This list is not complete -- many insignificant or +low-runner bugs have been omitted just to keep up the signal to noise +ratio. + +* Neil needs to receive cmdInitDatabase when his app is installed. + +* You can't reliably change the time with the Preferences App. The + time is generally synched with the host PC time. + +* It's not a good idea to load applications while the Launcher (the + "Applications" application) is running. If the program you're + loading doesn't already exist, it won't show up in the list of + installed application until you quit and restart Launcher. If the + application you're loading _does_ already exist, the Launcher won't + refresh it's list, and will end up with a stale reference to the + version you'd just replaced, leading to a Launcher crash. + +* We've seen one case where MacEmulator will draw the LCD area with a + white background in single-scale mode instead of green. The cause + of this problem appears to be with an out-of-date driver for a video + acceleration board. Unless this is an issue for you, we probably + won't try to figure out a workaround. + +* When working with an external debugger, make sure the ROM is awake + (and not sleeping with a blank screen). Otherwise, communication + between the two applications will not occur. + +* Selecting Pilot, PalmPilot, Palm III, or Palm VII as the device to + emulate always results in a PalmPilot being emulated. There are + very few side effects of this bug (for instance, a Pilot will now + indicate that it has backlighting) but fixing this problem will + probably cause more problems than it fixes (for instance, the Palm + VII OS would then think that it's on Palm VII hardware instead of + PalmPilot hardware and start trying to do Palm VII-specific things, + and crashing because there is little actual support for Palm VII + hardware). + +* When using NetLib redirection, NetLibSelect doesn't support the use + of sysFileDescStdIn or sysFileDescStdOut. + +* There is no IR emulation. + +* HotSync doesn't work on Visor devices. + +* Many operations will hang the emulator if performed when the + emulated power is off. These operations include -- but are not + limited to -- typing characters, clicking on the LCD area, running + Gremlins, and installing files. To be on the safe side, limit + yourself to clicking on the hard buttons and closing/quitting the + session. + +* Sound emulation doesn't work on the Mac. The facilities previously + used don't appear to be available under Carbon, and we haven't yet + found any alternatives. If you know about sound on the Mac, we + could use your help! + +* The English Output created by the minimization process is very + preliminary, rough, and incomplete. Some things to know: + + * Pen down-drag-up event sequences are reported as a series of + "Tap Pen" messages instead of "Press pen here, move to there, + and finally lift up". + + * The English output will likely contain many messages to "Tap + at x,y" instead of something more helpful like "Tap on button + called 'Foo'". That's because the code that determines what was + tapped on is incomplete. For instance, if the tap was on a menu + item, you'll get the generic tap message. + + * In the cases where a tap at a specific location can't be + related in terms for form objects or menu items, or where the + exact location in the form object is critical (for instance, in + the case of a scrollbar, where taps on the arrows are different + from taps on the main part of the scrollbar but are still + reported the same way), we hope to provide screen shots with + cross-hairs at the location you should tap. + + To address these shortcomings, you may want to do one of two things: + + * Help the Palm OS Emulator effort by modifying Poser's output + to be more accurate and expressive. The schedule for the next + release of Poser doesn't include time for Palm to address the + issues in-house. + + * Replay the events from the <Original_File>_Min.pev file. This + effectively carries out the steps described in the English + output. The drawback with this approach is that replaying + events also reloads the initial state that existed when the + events were generated. That is, you can't, say, start debugging + your application under CodeWarrior, replay the events until an + error occurs, and then break into the debugger. + + Enabling such a scenario may also be considered a third party + opportunity. + +* Certain versions of Windows (NT 4.0 and '95 for sure, don't know + about '98 or ME, but fixed in 2000 and XP) have a problem where they + can truncate the bottom of the Choose File common dialog. The amount + of this truncation (and even whether or not it occurs) is based on + the size an location of the topmost window when the dialog is + opened. If you are seeing this truncation, try moving the + underlying window or dialog up on the screen before opening the + Choose File dialog. + +* Single-stepping in Gremlins when there is no specified upper event + limit doesn't work. |