FlipHack

[JAmerican]

Hey guys, did some research and found a program called FlipHack.

http://www.byteswapped.com/palm/

Good News: It flips Palm OS PDA screens to 90, 180 and 270 degrees.

Bad News: Its for Palm OS 3.5. :mad:

I tried it on my device and my device was too much for the program. The guy who made it hasn't updated since 2001. Can anyone hack this program and make it work for current devices. He even gives you the source code on his site.
If someone makes this thing work, I think the ClieOrganizer will be able to work on the UX just like the VZ.

Thanks
JAmerican

[C.L]

It does good for 320 but 480 x 320 is going to be real challenging.

[defn]

It does good for 320 but 480 x 320 is going to be real challenging.
I agree....

[treffmeister]

Well, programs will have built in settings for 480x320 as well as 320x480 - so all we have to do is make it think it's running on a UX or likewise (?)

[CliePet]

FlipHack is very old and has little relation to the current OS 5 devices.
Check the BBS, this has been discussed to death...

One particularly good thread (starting at page 10, see tim's comments and my
replies)
http://www.cliesource.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45791&perpage=15&pagenumber=10

This is a complex problem involving rotating a 480x320 screen (not a square 320x320), dealing with various color depths, the virtual silkscreen area, and the status bar.
The devices where rotation is built-in (T3, T5, Tapwave, VZ90) have special system services that handle these cases.
Older devices don't have these components, so unless you plan on rewriting the virtual silkscreen area and status bar (components with next to zero documentation and proprietary PalmSource APIs) the solution is going to be far from acceptable for most people.