Palm does actually post the pdb format. Go to
www.palmos.com/dev/tech/docs and you'll see a link for Palm File Format
Specifications. As long as you know the rules, creating a pdb file is
fairly straightforward.
DeAnna
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Herman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 3:51 PM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Creating .pdb's externally.
This post intrigued me, since I am building an app which is
really just a front end for a custom DB. I have about 182k of
delimter separated ASCII data which I need to load into a
.pdb. How can I do that?
The data is generated under Unix and, although it's fairly static,
it does get updated once a month or so. I could build the .pdb
under Unix, or windows, and make it available for installation
via hotsynch, however I would need to know the format, and rules
of the .pdb databases. I've been browsing the documentation, but
not finding out much about this. Any suggestions?
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
At 03:40 PM 6/21/01 -0400, Brian Mathis wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Robert Purcell wrote:
> >
> > Each of my databases are created external to the application that
reads
> > them. I install each *.pdb file via a hotsync. Are you sure that
> > I shouldn't see the databases from the delete list in the launcher?
> > Because I checked, and all databases and the App have the SAME
creator ID,
> > yet I can see each database listed in the launcher delete list!
> >
> > Are you sure this isn't the case only for databases created by the
App
> > and not for those created externally?
> >
> > Thanks! =)
>
>
>If your databases' creator IDs match the application, they should not
show
>up in the launcher delete dialog, period. Make sure you're looking at
the
>creator ID, not the type of the db. You don't see the AddressBookDB,
>MemoDB, or any other DB of a builtin in there either.
>
>If you are using a 3rd party browser like Z'catalog to view the list of
>databases, then of course you will see them. Most users do not have
>utilities like that, and the ones who do generally know not to delete
>stuff. In fact, using ZCatalog is a good way for *you* to tell that
>the creator IDs are the same.
>
>--
>Brian Mathis
>Direct Edge
>http://www.directedge.com
>
>
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