> I'm looking for some good documentation on creating .PDB
> files on the PC.
> Although there seems to be a number of ready made utilities
> available, all
> the ones I've found are for some specific record format
> (NSBasic, Satellite
> Forms, etc). I guess I'm going to have to "roll my own". I read the
> "Introduction to File Formats" on to PalmSource site but I
> need a little
> more. Maybe some examples. Anybody who can give me a steer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John C. Christensen
>
Hi John,
One of the other forum members clued me into some really useful source
code to creating PDB files on Windows platforms - check out this link for
PDB Automation Server:
http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=7371 .
It's an ActiveX control written in C++ using the ATL. This has a
couple of advantages: you get source code in C++ (if you're a C++
programmer) plus you can use it in any COM compliant Windows programming
language (VB.)
I had to modify the source to fix a bug - it doesn't read PDB's created
with SortInfo blocks correctly. Just an FYI - if you use this control and
have a problem related to that, email me and I'll share my two-line source
modification to fix the problem.
This program is light on documentation, but if you combine it with the
PDB specs on PalmSource's site, it's a really good tool for learning the PDB
format. I used it to parse data from AppForge generated PDB's.
Good luck!
- Tony
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Tony Goggin, Technical Director
Salamander Technologies
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http://www.salamandertechnologies.com
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