You may also want to check out
http://www.djw.org/product/palm/par/index.html
PAR is a tool for manipulating .PDB/.PRC files,
but more importantly it is a showcase application
for a PDB-manipulation -library- (also available)
--
-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Lippincott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 10:51 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: text doc to pdb
>
>
> try: http://members.xoom.com/palmdev/pdblib.zip
> It might do what you want without coding.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeAnna Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 12:47 PM
> Subject: RE: text doc to pdb
>
>
> >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] >.
> >
> >
> >--------------------------------------------------------------
> >Robosoft Technologies, Mangalore, India
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
