Palm OS Web Application Developer's Guide: Developing and Delivering PQAs with Web Clipping
Teach yourself how to develop wireless Web applications for the Palm.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Palm OS Web Application Developer's Guide: Developing and Delivering PQAs with Web Clipping
Appendix: Palm OS Web Applications Fast Track
This Appendix will provide you with a quick, yet comprehensive, review of the most important concepts covered in this book.
Chapter 1 Introducing Web Clipping
What Is Web Clipping?
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Web clipping is a technology created by Palm, Inc. for delivering Web content on its line of Palm OS devices.
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Web clipping is a subset of the HTML specification. The specification keeps elements from standard HTML that translates well to its devices, modifies elements to improve its delivery on its devices, and trims elements that do not translate well to its devices.
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Static elements of an application, such as HTML documents and graphics, are combined into a database that is loaded onto the device. This database also contains the programming for contacting servers to build and deliver dynamically created content.
Loading Web Clipping Applications on Your Device
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Use the Palm Install Tool to prepare a Web clipping application to be installed onto a device in the same manner that a standard Palm OS application is installed onto a device.
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Perform a HotSync operation to install the application.
Loading Web Clipping Applications on the Palm OS Emulator
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If you do not own one of the wireless Palm OS devices or simply want to evaluate this technology, an application called the Palm OS Emulator (POSE) simulates the operation of an actual Palm OS device on your desktop computer.
Using Clipper
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The Clipper browser is launched when a Web clipping application is selected from the Application Launcher.
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The History stores pages dynamically built from...
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