Even the greatest SDK/IDE/Tool in the world does NOT include everything
you need.
Here's a list of useful programs that will help you test, debug,
profile, GUIize and tweak your mobile masterpieces :)
Product |
Author
|
Purpose
|
Desktop
Version
|
Mobile
Version
|
License
|
Comment
|
Palm
OS Emulator |
Palm
|
Testing
Profiling
|
|
|
Freeware
|
A must-have.
Allows you to do testing, high-standard QA and profiling. |
Palm
OS Simulator |
Palm
|
Testing
Compatibility check
|
|
|
Freeware
|
More than just an
emulator. This utility runs Palm OS in native mode. |
Palm
Debugger |
Palm
|
Debugging
|
|
|
Freeware
|
Can connect with Palm
OS Emulator or a real device (via serial, USB...) |
PilDis
|
Bill Hunt
|
Assembly-level programming
or testing
Hacking
|
|
|
Freeware
|
68K disassembler |
PilRC |
Wes Cherry
|
UI development
|
|
|
GPL
|
Resource compiler.
A winning combination with PRC-Tools. |
PilRCEdit |
|
UI development
|
|
|
GPL
|
GUI for PilRC. Makes
life a LOT easier to design UI. |
RsrcEdit |
Quartus
|
UI development
|
|
|
Commercial
|
View, modify or localize
a resource. Runs on the palmtop. |
FontBucket |
HandsHigh
|
UI development
|
|
|
Commercial
|
Allows to manage font
and include them into your applications. |
FontPDB2Txt |
Toby Gray
|
UI development
|
|
|
Freeware
|
Generates an ASCII
font file out of a font resource. You can extract fonts
from a .PRC with PRC2BIN. |
PRC2OVL |
Palm
|
UI development
|
|
|
Freeware
|
Generates overlays
out of a PRC file. |
PRC2BIN |
Darrin Massena
|
Reverse Engineering
|
|
|
GPL
|
Extracts every resource
or binary component of a PRC into its own BIN file. |
PRC2BMP |
Scott Ludwig
|
Reverse Engineering
|
|
|
GPL
|
Extracts a PRC's icon
into a BMP. |
FILES2PDB
PDB2FILES |
|
DB export/import
Reverse Engineering
|
|
|
Freeware
|
Compiles individual
record files into a PDB and vice-versa. |
EXE2PRC |
Darrin Massena
|
Coding
|
|
|
GPL
|
Converts an EXE file
generated by Visual C++ cross-development into a PRC file. |
|
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