On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 09:13:32PM +0000, Fabio Ravanal wrote:
> Hi guys. Thanks for getting back to me so soon on my previous posts. It was
> very helpful.
>
> I have an interesting question to ask: Is is possible to install .pdb and
> .prcs over the air? For example, if I have a web server and put some apps
> and databases on it, can I retrieve them and install them on a Palm VII
> wirelessly?
>
> Currently, I can retrieve HTML and text without any problems from my Palm
> VII app. I want to be able to download a FireViewer pdb from a web server
> and install it on my Palm VII over the air and then use FireViewer to view
> it.
Yes, but...
The file must be less than about 60K total (palm.net imposes an upper limit).
You must turn off compression (ConvAlgorithm).
You need to decode the pdb either as it comes in or save it in
something like a stream and unpack it into a pdb later.
I have something that does basically this but also handles zip files
(it will download to a filestream, then unzip it, and convert any doc,
text, or readme files into DOC format and install prc/pdb/pqa files).
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