Last I checked, Puma didn't allow developers to directly read pdb files
generated by their application(s) unless you own the enterprise edition (in
which case, the docs are suppose to explain the format). I would ask Puma
since its their product.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 8:38 PM
Subject: RE: Reading/writing from SatForms PDB files
> Anyone?...
>
> I could not find anything in the archives on this subject but if this
> question is best asked elsewhere could someone please point me in the
right
> direction?
>
> Cheers,
> Mike Baker
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike
> > Baker
> > Sent: 29 June 2001 13:20
> > To: Palm Developer Forum
> > Subject: Reading/writing from SatForms PDB files
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > I am a bit of a newbie to Palm Programming and started last month
> > using Code
> > Warrior 7. Part of what I am doing now involves creating code to read /
> > write Satellite Forms PDB table databases. I have read about the format
of
> > these files but there is one part I still do not understand. The DB_ITEM
> > structure for each record in a SatForms PDB is defined as:
> >
> > typedef struct
> > {
> > UInt8 ByteSize;
> > union
> > {
> > struct
> > {
> > UInt8 Data[1];
> > } SmallItem;
> > struct
> > {
> > UInt16 WordSize;
> > UInt8 Data[1];
> > } LargeItem;
> > } u;
> > } DB_ITEM;
> >
> > I understand that this represents 4 bytes at the start of each record
that
> > are shared between SmallItem and LargeItem and that the ByteSize byte
> > determines whether SmallItem or LargeItem is used. But I can't
> > work out what
> > SmallItem and LargeItem represent and when each is used. And what does
> > WordSize represent in the LargeItem structure?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Mike Baker
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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