Ok, they said that the DBIM format was not the same
as the backed up PDB ... did they manage to say what
the DBIM format -was- (as opposed to what it wasn't)?
--
-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Pinstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 8:18 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: DmCreateDatabaseFromImage
>
>
> I am not sure that this actually works like you think it does... we
> tried this approach several years ago (make PDB, back it up to
> desktop, copy/paste the binary into a resource, then
> DmCreateDBFromImage it) and it didn't work. It WOULD create the DB,
> but not all of the records/resources, etc... I asked palm and they
> said that the DBIM format wasn't the same as the backed-up PDB. I
> found another way to do what I was trying to do, and haven't touched
> it again since. But just a word of warning...
>
>
> Alan Pinstein
> Synergy Solutions, Inc.
> http://www.synsolutions.com
> 1-800-210-5293
>
>
> >Its pretty easy if you are using CodeWarrior. I have no
> idea how to get DBs
> >into the resources using GCC, but I don't imagine it would
> be much harder.
> >e-mail me if you need any help.
> >
> >-Jeff Valore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Triad Data Processing, Inc.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Michael P. Hutchens, M.D., M.A.
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 8:39 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: DmCreateDatabaseFromImage
> >
> >
> >I need to create a database from a DBIM type resource. I'm using
> >CW/Constructor on Macintosh.
> >
> >Here's my plan -- can anyone tell me whether this can be done more
> >efficiently?
> >
> >1. Use linux/perl tools to create database file.
> >2. Cut-and-paste database file into resource of type DBIM
> in resedit.
> >3. Use DmCreateDatabaseFromImage in my program.
> >
> >
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> >Michael Hutchens PregCalc 3.0
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