Daniel Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to create an application that
> uses static data so I want to create a .pdb file that would be installed
> with the .prc file. How do you create something like a database of all
> periodic elements that would be used in a periodic table application in
> a development evironment? I am using GCC/prc-tools on a Solaris system
> to build the application. I wouldn't want to check to see if the
> database is there and if not build it using static data within my
> application would I?
Actually I've long wondered why people don't do just that: create their
default data databases with a Palm OS program.
For a database full of pretty much constant data like your periodic table,
you could write a Palm OS program to construct the data, like you suggest.
The clever bit is that this program is not (part of) your application, but
a separate utility that you run as part of your build process. (It would
share the code that does the database accesses with your application.)
You could automate it so that Poser would run the utility and then export
the database. This way you don't duplicate the code that knows what
your records look like, and you don't need to know the .pdb format at all.
When you have an app (like the PIM apps) that has UI to edit records and
create new ones, you could just run the app on Poser, type in the data,
and export the database. You don't have to write any extra code at all!
John
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