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Forum: Developer Forum 12-12-2008, 08:07 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 899
Posted By Dan East
http://www.blackberryforums.com/developer-forum/15...

http://www.blackberryforums.com/developer-forum/158858-how-do-i-catch-red-key-event.html
Forum: Developer Forum 12-10-2008, 04:46 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,396
Posted By Dan East
So you are creating an empty file and not writing...

So you are creating an empty file and not writing to it? There must be some point in creating the file - something must access it at some point, otherwise it shouldn't be created at all. So instead...
Forum: Developer Forum 12-08-2008, 03:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,976
Posted By Dan East
I've done this type of coding before for a...

I've done this type of coding before for a general purpose GUI framework for PC and Windows Mobile. The implementation can get complex quickly. In my case I support rich-text, based on a very...
Forum: Developer Forum 12-08-2008, 10:03 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,396
Posted By Dan East
I don't think this is possible. It is my...

I don't think this is possible. It is my understanding that the Blackberry installer cannot install any ancillary files (like configuration files, etc) - only the actual components of the...
Forum: Developer Forum 12-03-2008, 09:28 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,346
Posted By Dan East
Call me completely paranoid, but the pattern of...

Call me completely paranoid, but the pattern of your posts is rather disconcerting:



So you want to find and access other people's phones automatically without any user interaction. Hmm.
Forum: Developer Forum 12-03-2008, 06:23 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,676
Posted By Dan East
I have no idea if I'm doing this the "right" way...

I have no idea if I'm doing this the "right" way or not, but it works for me. I rename the .COD file to .ZIP (on my local machine) and extract the individual .COD files to my server, along with the...
Forum: Developer Forum 12-03-2008, 06:19 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,131
Posted By Dan East
Is he supposed to decompile the application and...

Is he supposed to decompile the application and reverse engineer it to see how it detects the start of a new song? Or is the source code to PocketStreamer available?
Forum: Developer Forum 11-17-2008, 06:41 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,426
Posted By Dan East
Doesn't sound like a very nice application, or...

Doesn't sound like a very nice application, or the type I would want on my device. Why shouldn't the user be able to remove your application?
Forum: Developer Forum 11-15-2008, 08:50 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,062
Posted By Dan East
You are describing two screens. On step 3 you...

You are describing two screens. On step 3 you close screen B but do not want to display screen A. So what is it you want to display?
Forum: Developer Forum 11-11-2008, 07:12 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,605
Posted By Dan East
Did you pull the battery to reset it?

Did you pull the battery to reset it?
Forum: Developer Forum 11-11-2008, 07:09 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,686
Posted By Dan East
Oh, the advantage with doing it in real-time is...

Oh, the advantage with doing it in real-time is you can then generate audio in time to your flashes. You can also display the letters on-screen for training and practice. You could also flash the...
Forum: Developer Forum 11-11-2008, 06:55 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,686
Posted By Dan East
If it provided a callback notification when the...

If it provided a callback notification when the pattern was done playing then you could pass in the next chunk of data. That's one thing I keep noticing with the Blackberry API - many portions of it...
Forum: Developer Forum 11-11-2008, 06:51 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 878
Posted By Dan East
There may be a flag to choose what information...

There may be a flag to choose what information you display. In my Klondike Solitaire game (which is in beta) I draw the battery indicator myself, as part of my proprietary title / status bar (shows...
Forum: Developer Forum 11-10-2008, 07:11 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,686
Posted By Dan East
As an amateur radio operator, that's just the...

As an amateur radio operator, that's just the kind of silliness I like. :)
Forum: Developer Forum 11-10-2008, 07:10 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,402
Posted By Dan East
Is the file inside a ZIP file? If so, you can't...

Is the file inside a ZIP file? If so, you can't actually random seek within individual files in the zip. Each seek requires starting at the beginning of the file and decompressing all the way up to...
Forum: Developer Forum 11-07-2008, 08:03 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,686
Posted By Dan East
Also, since the code is working, it may not be...

Also, since the code is working, it may not be necessary to explicitly set the LED state at all. The documentation isn't exactly comprehensive.
Forum: Developer Forum 11-07-2008, 07:58 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,686
Posted By Dan East
The call to isPolychromatic doesn't do anything. ...

The call to isPolychromatic doesn't do anything. That returns true or false if the LED is RGB, but you aren't doing anything with the return value.

I'm totally shooting from the hip here, but try...
Forum: Developer Forum 11-07-2008, 12:08 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,442
Posted By Dan East
On another note. Opera Mini always uses yet...

On another note. Opera Mini always uses yet another proprietary proxy server (having nothing to do with RIM / Blackberry at all), hosted by Opera. It is the same scheme as the Blackberry browser -...
Forum: Developer Forum 11-07-2008, 12:04 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,442
Posted By Dan East
I have no direct experience with this, but I...

I have no direct experience with this, but I think I can explain the difference. Socket and TCP/IP are basically synonymous (at least in this case). HTTP is a higher level protocol that runs on top...
Forum: Developer Forum 11-06-2008, 06:30 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,268
Posted By Dan East
Is that a single bitmap? Or are you using...

Is that a single bitmap? Or are you using drawing primitives to draw each part yourself?

If it is a bitmap then you need to have an alpha channel in your source image (and thus use an image...
Forum: Developer Forum 11-06-2008, 06:25 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,442
Posted By Dan East
Sockets is another name for tcp/ip (or it could...

Sockets is another name for tcp/ip (or it could just be udp).
Forum: Developer Forum 11-04-2008, 09:42 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,148
Posted By Dan East
Considering I can stream video and audio from...

Considering I can stream video and audio from Youtube with decent quality, I'm very surprised we don't have decent audio-only streaming.
Forum: Developer Forum 10-31-2008, 03:00 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,106
Posted By Dan East
From what I know of the API, yes. If you limit...

From what I know of the API, yes. If you limit yourself to the drawing API of Blackberry or J2ME then you can render relatively fast - that comprises things like drawing text, lines, blitting...
Forum: Developer Forum 10-30-2008, 09:49 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,157
Posted By Dan East
Will it actually be receiving data continuously,...

Will it actually be receiving data continuously, or does the server only generate data sporadically?
Forum: Developer Forum 10-30-2008, 09:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,106
Posted By Dan East
Well, I've actually ported Wolfenstein 3D...

Well, I've actually ported Wolfenstein 3D (http://wolf.pocketmatrix.com), Quake 1 and Quake 2 (http://quake.pocketmatrix.com) to Pocket PC. First off, they are all in C, so making them work on...
Forum: Developer Forum 10-30-2008, 05:32 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,106
Posted By Dan East
There's this: Doom RPG for Mobile Phones -...

There's this: Doom RPG for Mobile Phones - doomrpg.com (http://www.doomrpg.com/n.x/Doom%20RPG/Home)
Forum: Developer Forum 10-28-2008, 07:24 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,852
Posted By Dan East
This sure seems like a bug to me, probably to do...

This sure seems like a bug to me, probably to do the character encoding. Perhaps the 9000 is not an English device?

This might work:

String phoneNumber=new...
Forum: Developer Forum 10-28-2008, 06:15 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,852
Posted By Dan East
What does charAt(1) return on the Bold?

What does charAt(1) return on the Bold?
Forum: Developer Forum 10-27-2008, 09:14 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,736
Posted By Dan East
Why are you enclosing \r\n in single quotes? ...

Why are you enclosing \r\n in single quotes? That is used to enclose a single character. Try using double quotes, because I believe the second character, \n, which is the important one, is being...
Forum: Developer Forum 10-26-2008, 08:01 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,919
Posted By Dan East
First, it's really weird for you to name the...

First, it's really weird for you to name the variable that is your horizontal coordinate "buffer".

Why don't you have drawText center it horizontally for you?

graphics.drawText(text, 0,...
Forum: Developer Forum 10-21-2008, 11:40 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,701
Posted By Dan East
Certainly this is not possible - the security and...

Certainly this is not possible - the security and privacy ramifications of allowing any webpage you view to have access to your device ID is enormous.

Try generating a random cookie instead.

If...
Forum: Developer Forum 10-12-2008, 04:26 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,429
Posted By Dan East
CELITE, could you provide more information? Or...

CELITE, could you provide more information? Or at least what the unencumbered toolchain / api is?
Forum: Developer Forum 10-11-2008, 10:52 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,461
Posted By Dan East
Here's an example of how this type of thing...

Here's an example of how this type of thing should be handled:
DirectGraphics (Nokia UI API) (http://theoreticlabs.com/dev/api/nokia-ui-1.1/com/nokia/mid/ui/DirectGraphics.html)

Nokia provides a...
Forum: Developer Forum 10-11-2008, 10:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,461
Posted By Dan East
Thanks for the suggestion. A quick look through...

Thanks for the suggestion. A quick look through the API shows only ARGB support for setting raw image data (whether drawing raw data to a Graphics object, or setting the data to an Image object). ...
Forum: General BlackBerry Discussion 10-11-2008, 10:26 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 717
Posted By Dan East
Most Impressive multimedia?

What is the most impressive game or demo visually that you've seen running on a Blackberry? I'm not talking about video playback, but actual real-time rendering to the display.
Forum: Developer Forum 10-11-2008, 09:44 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 5,159
Posted By Dan East
Generic Java - cast int[] to byte[]

Dealing with an 8 bit byte array is much slower than a 32 bit int array, so I want to use the same technique I use in C, which is to perform binary arithmetic in 32 bit, then cast the int array to a...
Forum: Developer Forum 10-11-2008, 09:39 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,461
Posted By Dan East
Okay, I've been able to improve performance, but...

Okay, I've been able to improve performance, but now I'm running into garbage collection pauses and the performance penalty of dealing with non 32-bit integers.

The native display format for the...
Forum: Developer Forum 10-11-2008, 03:32 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,461
Posted By Dan East
Maximum graphics performance

I've done game development on mobile devices in the past, and am interested in seeing how far the Blackberry can be pushed. Windows CE (aka Windows Mobile) has a simple direct-screen access API,...
Forum: Media Center 10-09-2008, 01:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 15,190
Posted By Dan East
I've only played with this for a moment, but you...

I've only played with this for a moment, but you have to use the rtsp protocol instead of http.

So instead of http://mysite.com/video.3gp navigate to rtsp://mysite.com/video.3gp
Forum: Developer Forum 10-08-2008, 05:56 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,964
Posted By Dan East
Do you really need a separate thread? Why not...

Do you really need a separate thread? Why not use a recurring timer in your main thread?
Forum: Developer Forum 10-07-2008, 05:34 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,474
Posted By Dan East
Does this new API finally provide direct access...

Does this new API finally provide direct access to the white "flash" LED, so it can be turned on as a flashlight?
Forum: Developer Forum 09-29-2008, 08:36 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 976
Posted By Dan East
Actually, it's not working in all cases. If you...

Actually, it's not working in all cases. If you pull up the menu while in selection mode, there is a choice "Cancel selection". I'm still not catching that.
Forum: Developer Forum 09-29-2008, 08:31 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 976
Posted By Dan East
Custom field, escape selection

I've implemented a custom field, and everything is working fine except for catching the escape key. My field is selectable, and when the user presses ESCAPE the framework properly calls...
Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl 09-28-2008, 09:37 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 24,450
Posted By Dan East
A few things that are NOT improved with the media...

A few things that are NOT improved with the media player:

The directory structure that videos are placed in is ignored, and all videos are thrown together in a single list. For me, the desired...
Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl 09-28-2008, 09:24 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 24,450
Posted By Dan East
Another difference. Previously when using the...

Another difference. Previously when using the web browser, you could not move the pointer to the very right of the screen, where the little vertical scroll bar is that shows what part of the page...
Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl 09-27-2008, 10:01 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 24,450
Posted By Dan East
No preloaded pictures, probably around 45...

No preloaded pictures, probably around 45 ringtones.
Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl 09-27-2008, 10:00 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 24,450
Posted By Dan East
Funny, because I think this is a major negative...

Funny, because I think this is a major negative compared to 4.3 for me. With 4.3 I could copy movies onto my BB via USB, unplug it, they would show up immediately and off I go. Now every time I...
Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl 09-26-2008, 10:57 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 24,450
Posted By Dan East
My GPS still sucks. Compared to my Garmin...

My GPS still sucks. Compared to my Garmin Venture its a complete joke. Basically I can't get GPS to hardly ever work. Typically it will be "searching for satellites" for 3-4 minutes before it...
Forum: General 8100 Series Discussion - Pearl 09-26-2008, 04:37 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 24,450
Posted By Dan East
I upgraded my US Cellular 8130 and so far so...

I upgraded my US Cellular 8130 and so far so good. I went from 4.3 to 4.5, so I guess that was a pretty big jump. Differences I've noticed so far:
New skin on media player. Unfortunately, seek...
Forum: RIM Software 09-26-2008, 09:23 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,628
Posted By Dan East
Thanks for the response. A few more questions: ...

Thanks for the response. A few more questions:
Is it possible to view a changelist from version to version?
Are there any ramifications at all using another carrier's firmware (I assume splash...
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