--- Keith Monahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been trying to decode the attributes field of the 
> palm database header.
> 
> I'm looking at
> http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/docs/fileformats/Intro.html#939653
> which shows the format of the palm database header.
> 
> It shows the offset for the attributes field at 0x20, 
> and 2 bytes in length.

...

> What about when they are NOT a PQA database?  What are these 
> flags used for and where can I find an exhaustive list?

I don't know if this is truly an exhaustive list, but look at
DataMgr.h, which is part of the SDK.  In it, you will find #defines for
"Attributes of a Database".

> In the case of an 8-bit color compressed image, it appears 
> the two attribute bytes are 0x0000"

Hmmm.  That looks like "no attributes".

> LFTP, ... happens to create a database whose attributes
> field has 0x0008 instead, 

That is dmHdrAttrBackup.

> ...
> where is the list of which attributes that are possible, and
> what effect does it have on the OS?

see DataMgr.h


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