Have a look at 'Par'; I haven't used it, but I know it runs on Unix, it's
open source, and it apparently includes libraries for manipulating PDB's,
etc. A fellow named David Williams posted this link to it just a few days
ago:
http://www.djw.org/product/palm/par/index.html
Good luck,
Jeremy Neal Kelly
"Scott Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> 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.
> >
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> >
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