I don't know what utilities there are to do it, but I make my own .pdb files
from text files. Basically, looking at the pdb file format, you have to
create the header file and then store your text data as records. If you're
just trying to make something that you can read on the palm, then you
probably should look for one of those DOC converters or something. If
you're actually making a database you want to use with a program, you may
have to actually create it. I've seen a set of predone functions for making
pdb files, but, like said, I found it easier to just make my own. The steps
are basically as follows:
1 - Create the header data. It must have exactly the right number of bytes
in it or you will end of with an invalid file.
2 - You will have to determine the size of each of the records, because the
records list requires you to input the size of each record you are going to
enter. I believe the records list follows the header.
3 - Then you add the record data to the file and, assuming you didn't write
too many bytes anywhere or leave something major out, it should be fine.
Key point: You will need to do a little endian/big endian conversion on the
numbers assuming you have an Intel based processor.
Outside of that, converting a text file to a pdb file is basically reading
data from the text file and writing it in the right format to a file with a
.pdb extension.
DeAnna Davidson
Software Engineer
iBrite
-----Original Message-----
From: Alagesh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 5:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: text doc to pdb
Hi ,
Can any one pl. tell me how to convert a text document to a PDB format that
a palm accepts.
I went through the pdb file format but couldn't make out how to convert a
text to a pdb file.
TIA
Alagesh < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >.
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Robosoft Technologies, Mangalore, India
