Hi Sujata,
I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but we're currently writing
a class for Visual Basic that reads and writes PDB files. We've created
methods for reading a record out (you specify the format of the record, like
"w,w,l,s8" for 2 words, a long and then a string of 8 characters) and
writing back to a PDB. What it means is that your program could use the PDB
format for storage if its data, and this can just be sync'd onto your Palm
for use there. Let me know if it's of interest!
Seeya,
David
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----- Original Message -----
From: Sujata Kodgire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 17 March 1999 17:26
Subject: Using files for storage/PDB file format
>Hi,
>
>I am developing an application which requires me to deal with a large
>amount of data on the Palm. My main purpose is then to download the
application
>on my PC and then process the data. I came up with two approaches but had
>problems with both. Here is a short description of both the problems
>
>1. Using a database to store the data and then export the data to the PC
>using the export <database> command. But apparently the database gets
exported
>in the PDB(Pilot Database format>. How do I interpret this file format.
>
>2. Using a file to store the data. This can be done using the file stream
>functions. But then the problem is how do I download this file on my PC.
>The reference documents do not mention much about files (except for the
file
>stream functions)
>
>-Sujata
>
>
