Thanks for your response - it sounds like ExgDBRead and ExgDBWrite are
exactly what I'm looking for!
Regards,
Mark Peters
in article 13161@palm-dev-forum, Danny Epstein at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote on 6/1/00 1:49 PM:
>
> "Mark A. Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:13155@palm-dev-forum...
>> I want to do an on-demand transfer of a .pdb existing on a server (a .pdb
>> that is otherwise suitable for installation via HotSync) to the handheld
>> over a TCP/IP connection. Looking over the data manager API, it seems
> that
>> DmCreateDatabaseFromImage might be the key to doing this.
>
> I'd use ExgDBRead rather than DmCreateDatabaseFromImage. You can build the
> database gradually as you receive it, or you can store the data in a
> FileStream and destructively read from the FileStream as you build the
> database. I'd go with the first approach unless you run into trouble. It's
> simpler, faster and uses less memory.
>
> The ExgDBRead and ExgDBWrite routines convert between the prc/pdb format
> (the same one used to store Palm databases on the desktop) and the Palm OS
> internal database format. They're uses to send and receive beamed databases
> in the Launcher, but they don't really have anything to do with the
> Exchange Manager otherwise. (In other words, they should really be Dm
> routines.)
>
> DmCreateDatabaseFromImage will require twice the storage. It's really
> designed for default data, which is usually small. I haven't used it, but I
> think your understanding of it is correct. It builds a database from a
> resource in prc/pdb format.
> --
> Danny Epstein
> OS Engineer, Palm Inc.
>
>
>
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