I wrote a server application to run on a Unix box, and an app for the Palm
to connect to it. The server listens on a port, the app opens a socket
connection and sends a packet containing a filename. The server opens the
file and sends it back as a packet, and the app shoves the info into a db
record and closes the socket. A simple but effective way of getting a data
file onto the palm where another app could use it. Sorry but I can't send
sources, they're not mine to give, but if you've done any socket programming
you could try it. I had it working in a morning.
Pete
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Hall [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 11:10 AM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: file transfer w/o hotsync
>
> I'm trying to send a database to a palm 5 using a cell
> phone, and the hotsync takes forever (minutes). Is
> there a way to send a database file to the palm
> without Hotsync? The phone is connected to the serial
> port, so I think I can use the serial manager.
>
> What I had in mind was having the palm dial and log
> into an NT machine. My application on the NT machine
> would send the file to the palm. I looked at
> Wavesync, made by Waveware, who claims that they can
> do database Hotsyncs 2 or 3 times faster using their
> software, but it's pretty expensive (~$60,000).
>
> Any suggestions??
>
> Jeff Hall
>
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