"Laursen,Jacob Lykkeberg XJT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Perhaps this question is a bit premature, but during the analyzis phase
of
> the project I'm working on, I need to know how difficult it will be. Here
> goes...
>
> I have some data on the desktop I need to move to the handheld. So I have
> to create a .PDB file, right? How do I do this - where is the format
> described? I guess some information is needed to associate the file with
my
> app on the Palm?
>
There are several answers to your question. You don't necessarily have to
create the PDB yourself, in fact it's often the toughest way to go. There
are some excellent tools for moving data from PC apps into PDBs; which is
best depends on your requirements. A quick web search should turn up a half
dozen or so. Some are stand-alone programs, but there are several OCX's
that will allow pdb creation from within your app.
Palm generally suggest that you use a conduit. We don't so I can't comment,
but in theory it's the superior way for your PC app to exchange data with
your Palm app.
http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/docs/ is the Palm developer documentation
site. As well as providing specs for the pdb format it also has other
documentation that might be useful to you during the design phase.
If you do end up writing code to read and write your own pdb's feel free to
pass questions in my direction. I've already done some of this. There's
also some good information up on the web that a search should find.
Sorry for being vague but it's been a long day and I'm too lazy to look up
any references.
Chris Tutty
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