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PalmConstructor is a UI constructor for Palm OS applications, written in Cocoa and running on Mac OS X.

Many people were bugging me for a pre-built release of PalmConstructor. Here it is! Please make sure you read the release notes. This is not a version for production use, but to give you a taste of what's coming and (hopefully) to get new developers on the project.

A new version of HostTraceGlue has been releasd. Besides a couple bug fixes, it adds tracing of four additional events in HostTraceGlueLogEvent().

A new version of USB-TCP Bridge is available. Several important features were added, like the ability to execute a unix command line before connection or at connection time, a mechanism to package predefined settings in a customized version of USB-TCP Bridge, etc.

I just released HostTraceGlue 1.2.1 with a bugfix to HostTraceGlueLogEvent() which was improperly logging application-defined events.

This new version fixes bugs in HostTraceGlueClose() where the first client closing the glue port may be freeing the port / buffer where other clients may still be connected.

Version 1.1 adds HostTraceGlueLogEvent and a few more things. The event logging mechanism is very handy to follow event flows in applications.

HostTraceGlue is a C interface that replaces HostTrace calls used to send traces to Cocoa Palm Reporter. It allows for tracing from a real device, sending the traces over the serial or USB connection.

This new version of USB-TCP Bridge adds the capability to establish a connection to a TCP port upon connection of a USB Palm handheld (contributed by Grigory Entin). It also fixes some bugs related to closing connections not working properly.

Initial release of USB-TCP Bridge, a tool which bridges connections from a Palm handheld in a USB cradle over to a TCP/IP socket on Mac OS X. Very useful to connect the GDB debugger, for example.

I just created two new mailing lists for people interested in osx-palm-tools: osx-palm-tools-users (Mailing list for all developers and users of osx-palm-tools) and osx-palm-tools-developers (for developers interested in contributing to osx-palm-tools). Subscribe using the mailing list page at the osx-palm-tools project summary page.

Cocoa Palm Reporter 1.0.1 has been released! The project is now hosted at SourceForge. Cocoa Palm Reporter is a tool for Palm developers working on Mac OS X, allowing you to log traces emitted by your application running in the Palm OS Emulator or the Palm Simulator (running on a Windows computer on your network, or in Virtual PC).