Hi Sarah, It certainly is just a matter of putting a definition file in the KeyList folder. The user will then be prompted as to whether they want to create a new database which will be associated with the definition file accordingly.
The problem comes however, when changing the version of Windows CE. Microsoft changed the format of the CDB (database file) technology, in Windows cE 4.2. This means that the databases pre KeySoft 6, are different from those created in KeySoft 6 and above. Regards, Dean Jackson BrailleNote Product Specialist Humanware 11 Mary Muller Drive Christchurch new Zealand DDI: +64 3 940 2265 Fax: +64-3-384 4933 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.humanware.com Skype: pulsedata-support-nz__________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] keylist database creation > Thank you very much. > I have now succeeded in making a database for my credit and bank accounts. > I filled in one card's information as a test and it worked just fine. It > did require a little more fiddling with the definitions than described in > the steps, but I figured out what I had to do and when there was an error > in creating the database I went in and fixed the problems. > > Now is there a way I can make a copy of the database definition file to > share with anyone who would be interested in using it? I also would like > to backup my database, including data, in case I ever lose my working copy. > Do I just backup the keylist folder? I don't want to have the same problem > I had with the database I made a few years ago. There seems to be more to > keylist database creation and maintenance than just keeping the two files > that are the definition file and the actual database file that contains > your records, so I don't know what the extra step to restore these files to > working order might be. If dumping the files back in the folder worked > than I shouldn't have had to redo the database at all I would think, so I > must have done something wrong, or passing databases between versions > doesn't work automatically. > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck > Assistive Technology Trainer > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rhonda Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] keylist database creation > > > > This is how to create a KeyList Database if you are a BN BT. > > 1. From the Main Menu, press W. > > > > 2. Press C to create a document. > > > > 3. At the "drive" prompt, press F. > > > > 4. Press Backspace with X to cycle through the types of document types. > > > > 5. At the "Create a KeyList Definition file" prompt, write in the name > > for your database and press Enter. > > > > 6. The top of your document will let you know that "Computer Braille is > > required". > > > > 7. At this prompt, insert any name you choose, such as "address list". > > > > 8. Press B-chord I to insert a file. > > > > 9. At the "insert document from which drive" prompt, select the Flash > > Disk. > > > > 10. At the "select folder" prompt, select the KeyList folder. > > > > 11. At the "list of files" prompt, press Space with X to see "All files > > in KeyList folder." > > > > 12. Press Enter at the "address list" file. > > > > 13. Your file will be inserted into the newly created document and > > places you at the bottom of the file. > > > > 14. At the top of the file, you will see "data base address list". > > > > 15. Delete the words "address list" and replace them with the name of > > your desired data base. > > > > 16. Be sure to initial cap the first letter of the first word. > > > > 17. Each line will begin with a number and comma, (field names followed > > by a comma), then the field type followed by a comma. Field label is in > > quotation marks. > > > > 18. Delete fields you do not want by deleting lines from the number. > > > > 19. Leave a number at each new line. > > > > ___ > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.16/225 - Release Date: 1/9/2006 > > > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
