You could just use ibrite's imaker tool. Check it out at www.ibrite.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of James Tu
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 1:22 AM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Converting text for palm app (ex. converting chapters of a
> book)
>
>
> I'm new to palm development and as a first project I want to create an
> app such as a yearbook, etc. that is a static application
> (maybe it will
> allow the user to jot down some notes.)
>
> I will be provided with a file that contains name and contact
> information.
>
> How do I go about:
> (1) Converting this text file into a something for the palm?
> Do I need
> to write a conversion program to convert it into a palm
> database (pdb)?
> What other formats for storing this information should I think about?
>
> (2) Once I have this database? How do I go about developing with this
> populated database? Within Codewarrior, is there a way to add a
> database that contains data as part of a project?
>
> (3) How do those applications that allow you to load let's
> say 1/3 of a
> book at a time work? I.e. I've seen apps that allow you to load a
> chapter of a book at a time. Do you write the main app which just
> loads different databases at runtime?
>
>
> TIA,
> James
>
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