To install the Quantum Database Utilities, in Aptana open Help > Install Additional Features. Under Featured Plugins, select Quantum Database Utility and click Install. Select the features and click Next. Click Next again, accept the license agreement and click Finish. When installation finishes, restart Aptana.

Use the same process to install the PHP Development Tools (PDT) and the PHP Debugger Binaries. I also installed jQuery Support.

To add a database bookmark, open the Quantum DB Perspective. If you don’t have the icon for this perspective already, click Window > Open Perspective > Other and select Quantum DB. Right-click on the (Internal) Derby bookmark or click the Add Bookmark icon in the Database Bookmarks pane.

If you haven’t already, add the MySQL JDBC driver by clicking Add Driver. Click Add External Jar and locate your jdbc jar file, you shoud have saved it in /Library/Java/Extensions. Click Browse and select com.mysql.jdbc.Driver then click Ok then Finish.

Back at the New Bookmark dialog, select the MySQL JDBC driver and click Next. Enter your MySQL username and password. Leave the hostname and port as is, then enter the name of the database. When you click Finish you should be able to browse your database tables.

The functionality of Quantum DB Utilities is disappointing. Apart from browsing tables and manually enter SQL statements, the only editing functionality is table data. phpMyAdmin is more useful.

Go to MySQL Downloads and download the ZIP archive of the latest stable release of MySQL Connector/J. At time of this writing this is version 5.1.

Assuming this file was downloaded in a folder named /Users/Shared/Downloads/ then you will follow the following instructions.

Expand the zip file (if not already done by your browser). Inside this file there are other files and folders including the .jar file which in this case is named “mysql-connector-java-5.1.10-bin.jar”.

Now open Finder and navigate to Macintosh HD > Library > Java > Extensions. Then drag the .jar file from the zip folder to the Extensions folder.

FBtoC creates Mac OS X universal applications (Mach-O executables) from FutureBasic projects. FutureBasic is freeware.

Chipmunk Basic is an old-fashioned freeware Basic interpreter which runs on almost all Apple Macintosh computers. It uses a traditional command-line console.  Supported features on Mac OS X include color graphics, sprites, sound (including Quicktime MIDI sounds and morse code), speech synthesis, matrix ops, AppleScript, network sockets, pipes, serial I/O, and even some rudimentary OOP (object oriented programming) capabilities. Versions are available for System 6.0.7 thru Mac OS X 10.6, for systems from very old Mac 512Ke’s, up thru the latest Apple iMacs & MacBook Pros.

Mono is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily create cross platform applications. Sponsored by Novell, Mono is an open source implementation of Microsoft’s .NET Framework based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime. A growing family of solutions and an active and enthusiastic contributing community is helping position Mono to become the leading choice for development of Linux applications.

Project Ares is the first mobile development environment hosted entirely in a browser, lowering the barriers for web developers to jump into mobile development.

I decided to give it a go. Installing it and getting a simple application running on the emulator was a breeze. The installation instructions on the Android site were relatively straightforward, and the videos helped getting the application to work.

1. Install the Android SDK
   1. Download the Android SDK and unpack it to a suitable installation folder (eg. C:\Program Files\Android SDK)
   2. Optionally, you can add the path to the SDK tools directory to your path.
      1. On Windows, right click on My Computer, and select Properties.
      2. Under the Advanced tab, hit the Environment Variables button, and in the dialog that comes up, double-click on Path under System Variables.
      3. Add the full path to the tools/ directory to the path.
2. Download and install JDK 6 Update 3 from Sun. Updating the PATH variable is optional.
3. Install Eclipse
   1. If you dont have Eclipse yet, download the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers package and simply uncompress the Eclipse folder to where you want it installed (eg C:\Program Files\Eclipse).
   2. Make a shortcut to Eclipse.exe on your Desktop, in your All Programs, or in your QuickLaunch.
   3. Run Eclipse and select a folder to store your Workspaces.
4. Install the Android SDK plugin in Eclipse
   1. Start Eclipse, then select Help > Software Updates > Find and Install.
   2. In the dialog that appears, select Search for new features to install and press Next.
   3. Press New Remote Site.
   4. In the resulting dialog box, enter a name for the remote site (e.g. Android Plugin) and enter this as its URL:
      https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
      Press OK.
   5. You should now see the new site added to the search list (and checked). Press Finish.
   6. In the subsequent Search Results dialog box, select the checkbox for Android Plugin > Eclipse Integration > Android Development Tools and press Next.
   7. Read the license agreement and then select Accept terms of the license agreement, if appropriate. Press Next.
   8. Press Finish.
   9. The ADT plugin is not signed; you can accept the installation anyway by pressing Install All.
   10. Restart Eclipse.
   11. After restart, update your Eclipse preferences to point to the SDK directory:
       1. Select Window > Preferences to open the Preferences panel.
       2. Select Android from the left panel.
       3. For the SDK Location in the main panel, press Browse and locate the SDK directory (eg C:\Program Files\Android SDK).
       4. Press Apply, then OK.
5. Create an Android Project
   1. Select File > New > Project
   2. Select Android > Android Project, and press Next
   3. Select the contents for the project:
      1. Select Create new project in workspace to start a project for new code.
         Enter the project name, the base package name, the name of a single Activity class to create as a stub .java file, and a name to use for your application.
         The base package name should be in the format com.yourdomain.android.yourpackagename (for example com.google.android.hello)
      2. Select Create project from existing source to start a project from existing code. Use this option if you want to build and run any of the sample applications included with the SDK. The sample applications are located in the samples/ directory in the SDK.
         Browse to the directory containing the existing source code and click OK. If the directory contains a valid Android manifest file, the ADT plugin fills in the package, activity, and application names for you.
   4. Press Finish.
6. Create a Launch Configuration
   Before you can run and debug your application in Eclipse, you must create a launch configuration for it. A launch configuration specifies the project to launch, the Activity to start, the emulator options to use, and so on. To create a launch configuration for the application, follow these steps:
   1. Select Run > Open Run Dialog or Run > Open Debug Dialog as appropriate.
   2. In the project type list on the left, right-click Android Application and select New.
   3. Enter a name for your configuration.
   4. On the Android tab, browse for the project and Activity to start.
   5. On the Emulator tab, set the desired screen and network properties, as well as any other emulator startup options.
   6. You can set additional options on the Common tab as desired.
   7. Press Apply to save the launch configuration, or press Run or Debug (as appropriate).
7. When you launch your application, the first time you will be asked if you agree to send usage statistics to Google.
   
8. Then your application should start in the emulator. Or at least in my case, it displayed an error (I fixed it by adding a new contact name and number)
9. The emulator is very cool. Clicking on the Home key lets you select from a couple of preinstalled applications such as a Browser, Contacts, and Google Maps

How to re-install the .NET Framework 1.1

1. Remove the .NET Framework 1.1
   1. Download the Microsoft Windows Installer Cleanup Utility and install it.
   2. Run it from Start > All Programs > Windows Installer Clean Up
   3. Select .NET Framework 1.1 from the list and click Remove
2. Download and install the .NET Framework 1.1 Redistributable
3. Download and install .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1. Ignore the message saying it is already installed, go ahead and reinstall it.
4. Download and install .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 Security Update (KB928366). Reboot when asked to.

If this doesn’t work for you, here are additional instructions for repairing .NET version 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0.

Repair .NET Framework 1.1 (method 2)

• Try the knowledgebase article How to troubleshoot Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 installation issues http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824643
• The msizap.exe utility in step 4 of the article is included in the Windows Installer Software Development Kit for XP and Vista. During installation, select not to install the documentation and samples to avoid downloading 1GB of unnecessary files. (I selected only Visual C++ Compilers and Win32 and .NET Development Tools which came to 32MB)
• Unregister and then reregister Windows Installer (See article)
• Download/install/use:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7A4EFC33-0343-4EE4-B0C4-97BD16967A09&displaylang=en
• Manually remove and then reinstall the .NET Framework 1.1 (See Article)
  For the articles below, follow the “IT professionals” link and find the download for your OS.
  - Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867460/
  - Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886903/
  - Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928366/
• Reboot as needed and at the end.

Repair .NET Framework 2.0

• How to troubleshoot Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installation issues
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908077/
• Unregister and then reregister Windows Installer (See article)
• Manually remove and then reinstall the .NET Framework 2.0 (See Article)
  For the articles below, follow the “IT professionals” link and find the download for your OS.
  - Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917283/
  - Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922770/
  - Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928365/
• Reboot as needed and at the end.

Repair .NET Framework 3.0

• Unfortunately there does not appear to be any particular article pertaining to .NET Framework 3.0. I have not had issues with this version, however just going into the Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs and locating and removing it and its patches should be enough to get rid of it. I suggest you do the same and then reboot…
• Download and re-install using this distributable package:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=10CC340B-F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043&displaylang=en
• Reboot as needed.

Cleanup your updates system…

• Get Dial-a-Fix from http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix
• Use its options to fix:
  - Windows Installer
  - Windows Update
  - All the Registration Center options
• Turn off the “Empty System32\Catroot 2″
  Do NOT do “Flush SoftwareDistribution”.
• Then click “GO”… May take a while.
• Reboot when it is done…

Install Updates

• Visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and scan for updates.
• Choose the critical updates you need and install them. Do not bother getting hardware updates (unless you happen to have some Microsoft hardware installed) and “Optional Updates” are *usually* just what the name infers – but feel free to see if you want any of the “Optional” ones.
• Come back here and let us know how you came out…

write conflict
This record has been changed by another user since you started editing it. If you save the record, you will overwrite the changes the other user made.
Copying the changes to the clipboard will let you look at the values the other user entered, and then paste your changes back in if you decide to make changes.

After checking various web pages for a cure, I came up with a list of things to remember when migrating MSAccess to MySQL:

• If you are using Access 2000, you should get and install the newest (version 2.6 or higher) Microsoft MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components) from http://www.microsoft.com/data/. This fixes a bug in Access that when you export data to MySQL, the table and column names aren’t specified. Another way to work around this bug is to upgrade to MyODBC 2.50.33 and MySQL 3.23.x, which together provide a workaround for the problem. You should also get and apply the Microsoft Jet 4.0 Service Pack 5 (SP5) which can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q239114.
  This fixes some cases where columns are marked as #DELETED# in Access.
  Note: If you are using MySQL 3.22, you must to apply the MDAC patch and use MyODBC 2.50.32 or 2.50.34 and up to work around this problem.
• For all versions of Access, you should enable the MyODBC Return matching rows option. For Access 2.0, you should additionally enable the Simulate ODBC 1.0 option.
• You should have a timestamp in all tables that you want to be able to update. For maximum portability, don’t use a length specification in the column declaration. That is, use TIMESTAMP, not TIMESTAMP(n), n < 14.
• You should have a primary key in the table. If not, new or updated rows may show up as #DELETED#.
• Use only DOUBLE float fields. Access fails when comparing with single floats. The symptom usually is that new or updated rows may show up as #DELETED# or that you can’t find or update rows.
• If you are using MyODBC to link to a table that has a BIGINT column, the results are displayed as #DELETED. The work around solution is:
  • Have one more dummy column with TIMESTAMP as the data type.
  • Select the Change BIGINT columns to INT option in the connection dialog in ODBC DSN Administrator.
  • Delete the table link from Access and re-create it.

  Old records still display as #DELETED#, but newly added/updated records are displayed properly.

• If you still get the error Another user has changed your data after adding a TIMESTAMP column, the following trick may help you:
  Don’t use a table data sheet view. Instead, create a form with the fields you want, and use that form data sheet view. You should set the DefaultValue property for the TIMESTAMP column to NOW(). It may be a good idea to hide the TIMESTAMP column from view so your users are not confused.
• In some cases, Access may generate illegal SQL statements that MySQL can’t understand. You can fix this by selecting "Query|SQLSpecific|Pass-Through" from the Access menu.
• On NT, Access reports BLOB columns as OLE OBJECTS.
  If you want to have MEMO columns instead, you should change BLOB columns to TEXT with ALTER TABLE.
• Access can’t always handle DATE columns properly. If you have a problem with these, change the columns to DATETIME.
• If you have in Access a column defined as BYTE, Access tries to export this as TINYINT instead of TINYINT UNSIGNED.
  This gives you problems if you have values larger than 127 in the column.

OnboardC is a complete C programming environment for your Palm. The source editor, resource editor and compiler all run on your Palm so you can develop on the move.

Handheld Basic++ (HB++) from Peter Holmes Consulting is a complete and very well designed visual basic development environment.

The Palm Programmers Cookbook describes the basics of programming for Palm and contains examples for creating various user interface objects like forms, buttons, menus, and tables.

The Palm Alternatives to C page describes options for different languages that can be used for programming the Palm. It also benchmarks the resulting code. OnboardC is in a respectable 5th place beind CodeWarrior, HB++, PP and High Speed Pascal.

The Palm OS Development FAQ Wiki is still a bit sparse but with help it could turn into a very useful repository of development information.

The Palm OS API Reference describes in detail every function built into the Palm.

Mathlib
To use trigonometry functions like sqrt(), sin(0 and cos() in your C programs you will need a library called Mathlib. Use the following steps to use it with OnboardC

• Download the Mathlib.src.zip file.
• Uncompress the file and take a look at the documentation.
• Install MathLib.prc on your handheld.
• You’ll also need to get the source files MathLib.c and MathLib.h on to your Palm. Use a DOC file converter such as DocReader or PigyDoc to create a PRC file for each of the source files and install these on you Palm.
• Delete the line

  #include

  from the top of MathLib.c

• Add

  #include "MathLib.h"

  to the start of your application source file.

• Add the following code to your startApp() function

[code=C]
static void startApp(){
Err error;
error=SysLibFind(MathLibName,&MathLibRef);
if (error)
error=SysLibLoad(LibType,MathLibCreator,&MathLibRef);
if (error) FrmCustomAlert(DebugAlert,"Can't find MathLib.","","");
error=MathLibOpen(MathLibRef,MathLibVersion);
if (error) FrmCustomAlert(DebugAlert,"Can't open MathLib.","","");
return;
}
[/code]

• Add the following to your stopApp() function

[code=C]
static void stopApp() {
Err error;
UInt16 usecount;
error=MathLibClose(MathLibRef,&usecount);
if (error) FrmCustomAlert(DebugAlert,"Can't close MathLib.","","");
if (usecount==0) SysLibRemove(MathLibRef);
return;
}
[/code]

Forums

• 1src has a lot of useful forums related to programming on various handheld devices including the Clie
• PalmOpenSource may also have some useful information

Grasshopper is a Visual Studio .NET plug-in which enables you to use C# or Visual Basic .NET to develop, debug and deploy Web applications and Web services that run on Windows, Linux and any Java-enabled platform. The Developer version is available free from http://dev.mainsoft.com/Default.aspx?tabid=130

Public Function UpdateOrderInfoWebSite() As Long
On Error Resume NextDim objDoc As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer
Dim sURL As String
Dim lOrderID As LonglOrderID = Forms!frmOrder!txtOrderIDConst cURL As String ="http://localhost/Orders/Process.asp"
sURL = cURL & "?ID=" & lOrderID
sURL = sURL & "&SDate =" & Forms!frmOrder!txtStatusDate
sURL = sURL & "&SID =" & Forms!frmOrder!cboStatusID
sURL = sURL & "&PONum =" & Forms!frmOrder!txtPONumber
sURL = sURL & "&CID =" & Forms!frmOrder!cboCustomerID

End Function

Notice that objDoc was declared as type SHDocVw.InternetExplorer. This declaration will fail to compile unless you set a reference to the Microsoft Internet Controls. Open any module and select References from the Tools menu. Scroll down the list until you find the Internet Controls reference and select it.