Creating a Palm OS Build Specification (Palm OS, PDA Module)

You must create a build specification to build a PDA VI into a PDA application. Complete the following steps to create a Palm OS build specification.

1. Right-click Build Specifications in the Project Explorer window and select New»Palm OS Application from the shortcut menu to open the Palm OS Build Settings Properties dialog box.
2. Define the settings for the PDA application.
   1. Enter a name for the build specification in the Build specification name text box. This is the name that appears in the Project Explorer window.
   2. By default, the name of the PDA application is the same as the top-level PDA VI. If you do not want to use the top-level PDA VI name for the PDA application name, remove the checkmark from the Same as top-level VI checkbox.
   3. (Optional) Enter the name of the PDA application in the Target filename text box if you are not using the top-level PDA VI name.
   4. Browse to and select the destination directory of the PDA application on the host computer in the Destination directory path control.
   5. Place a checkmark in the Generate serial only checkbox if you want to treat the PDA VI as if it were a subroutine priority and execute parallel loops serially, which results in a smaller, faster PDA application.
   6. Place a checkmark in the Enable debugging checkbox if you want to enable debugging in the PDA application. This option generates extra debugging information and makes the PDA application larger.
   7. Enter the front panel scale factor in the Front panel scale factor text box. The default is 4. The front panel scale factor determines how LabVIEW resizes front panel objects when you build the PDA VI into a PDA application. When you build a PDA application for Palm OS targets and use the default front panel scale factor, LabVIEW reduces the front panel by a scale factor of four, so fonts appear as 12-point type, and the front panel is 160 x 160 pixels.
   8. Enter a Creator ID in the Creator ID text box.
3. Select the Device Info category to view which target this build specification applies to.
4. Select the Source Files category to select the source files to include when you build a PDA VI into a PDA application.
   1. Select the top-level VI for the PDA application and click the blue arrow button to move the VI to the Top-level VI text box. PDA VIs can have only one top-level VI.
   2. Select any additional files for the PDA application and click the blue arrow button to move the files to the Additional files list. You can add .c, .lib, .obj, and .ccp files.
5. Select the Generated Files category to view the PDA application filename that this build specification creates.
6. Click the OK button.
7. Build the PDA VI into a PDA application.

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