Where is the pdb documentation??
I'm sure I've seen this question before but I can't access the Palm
Knowledge Base
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Lippincott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 9:15 AM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Re: What is the preferred method for creating a PDB file?
I just bit the bullet and wrote my own code to read and write PDB files on
the PC. The PDB format is officially documented so the whole project only
took a day or two.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard.Johnstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 5:11 PM
Subject: RE: What is the preferred method for creating a PDB file?
> I am also trying to create a pdb on the desktop.
> the 2 sites I have found are
>
> http://www.righto.com/pilot/pdb.html
> http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~nr/pilot/pdb/
>
> The first one is good if you have done java as it has the source code so
you
> can hack it to suit your requirements.
> However, I haven't been able to create a pdb from scratch. I can only take
a
> pdb and then recreate it.
>
> ANyone else know a better way to create a pdb from scratch on the
desktop??
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Austin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 5:03 PM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: What is the preferred method for creating a PDB file?
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I need to be able to create a PDB file on the desktop without going
> through
> a conduit. (i.e. using the Sync Manager API's.) I've been reading the PDB
> Database Format document and it says: "...One the host computer, the PDB
> file is written by the Palm backup conduit and read by the Palm install
> conduit. Although the format of the PDB file is documented here, you
should
> not consider it a fixed format...."
>
> Is there a preferred way of creating PDB files other than using the
Sync
> Manager? (possibly a set of API's that create the PDB file on disk?) Is
> the only other option to build the PDB file, and if the format changes
build
> it again?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Craig
>
>
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