I also found a perl module for creating and reading pdb files. http://search.cpan.org/search?query=Palm&mode=module
-Alec -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony Goggin Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:20 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: Creating .PDB files on the desktop > 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 ======================================= Tony Goggin, Technical Director Salamander Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.salamandertechnologies.com ======================================= -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
