The pilot-link programs available on Linux are simple C code, and should be
able to be recompiled for DOS use, with minimal changes.
If more structure to the HotSync is desired, there is a very nice Python
package called PyRite, which includes Python code for doing the HotSync,
including the ability to define plug-ins for your app, in a manner similar
to the Windows HotSync dlls. Since Python is available for Windows, you
might grab it. I think the windows binaries will probably work on DOS
machines, if you stay away from the graphical stuff.
Alternatively, you can trap the HotSync command, whether from the key or the
program, and replace it with a simple app that communicates serially, and
write a corresponding serial app for the dos system. In either case you will
probably have to deliberately run the program on the DOS side before
commencing a HotSync, though you might be able to use a TSR.
(Somewhat incidentally, the author of Pyrite has created a very nice
mechanism for creating plugins in Python, and has released it separately as
Sulfur.)
Good luck!
Howard C. Shaw III
Programmer/Analyst
Tyrol Data Systems
----- Original Message -----
From: Will Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 6:53 AM
Subject: HotSync via DOS?
> We have some customers who using raw MS-DOS (non-Windows)
> on PC-based integral EPOS tills. It isn't practical to get them to
> 'upgrade' to Windows so we need to write a simple HotSync
> that will work in DOS (we have one that works in a Windows
> DOS-window).
>
> Has anyone out there any experience with writing directly to
> PalmOS from MSDOS? Its nothing complicated, just a simple
> dump of a small amount of data in either direction.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Will Chapman
> Computing for Business Ltd
> EPOS software for DOS, Windows and PalmPilots
> Logic Net - the inexpensive EPOS hardware solution
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Santamore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: 11 November 1999 04:30
> Subject: How to run HotSync from another program?
>
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm writing a batch file to automate the installation of a third-party
> Palm
> > program. I need this batch file to launch HotSync and start the
> > synchronization process right after installing the program and the PRC
> file on
> > the Desktop.
> >
> > My question is: does HotSync have any switches that can be used from the
> > command line?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your comments.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
