Hi!
slp> But I don't want any of these things - no connection to corporate
slp> servers, no need to "manipulate all the data on a connected Palm device",
slp> nothing like that. All I need is a way to install a PRC/PDB (presumably
slp> both as a pair) into a thousand unknown Palms of walk-up customers,
slp> without disturbing any of the other data on their handheld and without
slp> uploading a single thing to the desktop.
slp>
slp> Shin referred me to "Pyrite"
slp>
slp> >http://www.concentric.net/~n9mtb/cq/cq.html
slp>
slp> but I don't know if that is relevant to my needs since he didn't explain
slp> it further. So I'll say the question is still open.
slp>
Pyrite is one of the solutions I mentioned, and for which I didn't have
the URL handy. Shin amended my response by giving you the URL.
The solutions which I mentioned (pilot-link, SyncBuilder, Pyrite) can do
exactly what you want. They do give you the possibility to "manipulate all
the data", but you don't have to do that, of course. They can just as well
simply install PRC/PDB files (in case you want to install both a viewer
and a database to the Palm device), or they can manipulate the
existing Datebook, if that is rather what you want. Pilot-Link comes with
a ready-to-use piece of software called pilot-xfer, which installs
arbitrary PRC and PDB files to the first Palm device which establishes a
connection and then exits. This would allow you to prepare a PRC-file
(e.g. DOCViewer.prc) and a PDB-file (e.g. ScheduleDoc.pdb) and then write
a small batch-file like:
loop:
pilot-xfer COM2 -i DOCViewer.prc -i ScheduleDoc.pdb
goto loop
This will continuously install the two files to any device that connects.
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Tilo
