Runway Alpha 3 By Brad Larson (darb@add-inc.com) Runway is a Windows 95 Integrated Development Environment for the U.S. Robotics Pilot. It uses Wes Cherry's PilRC compiler to generate the resource binaries, and Darrin Massena's Pila assembler to compile the code. CoPilot is used as a debugger, and when the program has been compiled, the PRC file can be automatically installed using the InstApp util. It is suggested that you download the Pila assembler from Darrin's Pilot Software Development page (http://www.massena.com/darrin/pilot/index.html). Even though the Runway package includes the Pila assembler, the package at Darrin's web site includes all documentation and may be more recent. Also, the CoPilot debugger is not included in the Runway package, so you will have to download it from the author at http://userzweb.lightspeed.net/~gregh/pilot/copilot/. Since this is an Alpha release, there are many, many bugs in the software. --The program is path-sensitive, so all the executables for Pila, Copilot, PilRC, and InstApp must reside in the directory you unzipped the Runway.exe file into. Also, for the batch files to work properly, you MUST add the Runway path to your Autoexec.Bat Path statement. --The font in the editor menu is fixed. I plan to add a font menu in the future. --To pass a file name to Pila or PilRC, Runway strips off the last three characters of the name of the currently active document. It then tacks on a "asm" or "rcp" for Pila or PilRC, respectively. Fixed in Alpha 2: --A bug was causing the program to call the Win95 MAPI. This caused an Unhandled Exception on WinNT machines. This bug has been removed. --Decreased the size of the executable considerably by optimizing the code. Fixed in Alpha 3: --Runway now calls the external programs through batch files, which remain on the screen after the programs have finished. This lets you see any error messages produced by the programs. --The editor auto-saves any files being compiled. --A help file detailing the PalmOS API calls is now part of the Help menu. --I finally added a unique icon for Runway. If you find anything else wrong, or if you have any additional comments, feel free to email me at darb@add-inc.com. You can also reach me in any of the Pilot newsgroups that run off of the Pilot Software Development web server.