Descriptors FAQ

General Symbian Resources

Symbian Developer Library on the Symbian site (www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/index.asp)

Version 9.1: www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v9.1docs/doc_source/index.html
Version 8.1a: www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v8.1adocs/doc_source/index.html
Version 7.0s: www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v70sdocs/doc_source/index.html

Developer Communities
Symbian: www.symbian.com/developer/
Forum Nokia: www.forum.nokia.com
UIQ Developer Community: developer.uiq.com/

My book: "Symbian OS Explained" www.symbian.com/developer/books/sose/sose_info.html and personal web site www.WhoShavesTheBarber.com.

Other Symbian Press titles: www.symbian.com/developer/books/index.html

Symbian Developer FAQ and Tech Tips site: www.symbian.com/developer/faq/index.html

References

Reference [1] Descriptors overview from the Symbian Developer Library
www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v9.1docs/doc_source/guide/Base-subsystem-guide/N10086/BuffersAndStrings/DescriptorsOverview.guide.html#BuffersAndStringsOverview%2eDescriptorsOverview%2emain

Reference [2] USER panic category in the Symbian Developer Library
www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v9.1docs/doc_source/reference/N10352/UserPanics.html#Panics%2euser

Reference [3] Format String Syntax in the Symbian Developer Library
www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v9.1docs/doc_source/guide/Base-subsystem-guide/N10086/BuffersAndStrings/Descriptors/DescriptorsGuide3/FormatStringSyntax.guide.html#Descriptors%2eFormat%2dstring%2dsyntax

Reference [4] Pointer Descriptors Guide in the Symbian Developer Library
www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v9.1docs/doc_source/guide/Base-subsystem-guide/N10086/BuffersAndStrings/Descriptors/DescriptorsGuide2/PointerDescriptors.guide.html#DescriptorsGuide2%2epointers

Reference [5] Buffer Descriptors Guide in the Symbian Developer Library
www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v9.1docs/doc_source/guide/Base-subsystem-guide/N10086/BuffersAndStrings/Descriptors/DescriptorsGuide2/BufferDescriptors.guide.html#DescriptorsGuide2%2ebuffers

Reference [6] Documentation for RBuf in the Symbian Developer Library
www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v9.1docs/doc_source/guide/Base-subsystem-guide/N10086/BuffersAndStrings/Descriptors/DescriptorsGuide2/ResizableBufferDescriptors.guide.html#DescriptorsGuide2%2eresizable

"Introducing the RBuf Descriptor" Mark Shackman, Symbian:
www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/papers/rbuf/introduction_to_rbuf_v1.0.pdf

Reference [7] Forum Nokia: "Symbian OS: Descriptors For Text And Binary Data (With Example) v1.0"
www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/7ad95f0e-d7aa-4acc-90f1-890e21207b75/Symbian_OS_Descriptors_For_Text_And_Binary_Data_With_Example_v1_0.zip.html

Reference [8] Reverse Polish Notation
www.calculator.org/rpn.html

Reference [9] Reference information about TLex in the Symbian Developer Library
www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v9.1docs/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/N101CA/TLex16Class.html#%3a%3aTLex16

Reference [10] Lexical analysis and TLex in the Symbian Developer Library

Lexical analysis overview
www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v9.1docs/doc_source/guide/Base-subsystem-guide/N10086/BuffersAndStrings/LexicalAnalysisOverview.guide.html#BuffersAndStringsOverview%2eLexicalAnalysisOverview%2emain

Using lexical analysis
www.symbian.com/developer/techlib/v9.1docs/doc_source/guide/Base-subsystem-guide/N10086/BuffersAndStrings/LexicalAnalysis/index.html#LexicalAnalysisGuide%2etoc