From: "Callum Macdonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > It's a fairly simple database application on the handheld, with > > a simple download into some standard format on a server. There > > The basic outline is that resources are logged on to the unit, so a list of current resources is generated, and then those resources are logged against activity IDs. So the actual data could be contained in a single CSV file. I'm hoping that this'll make it quite compatible with Palm OS but I'd certainly welcome any feedback on it. > For this type of 'data dump' on to the server I've had success in a couple of projects with bypassing syncronisation and just reading the pdb from the backup folder after hotsync is finished.
While this was originally done to overcome slowness with syncing large numbers of records, it also avoids the conduit requirement for another development evironment and skillset - you just build the Palm app using your chosen tool and the pdb on the desktop becomes just another file format to import into your database. For these projects I used a commercial COM pdb reader called PDBGo (actually this product was developed by a client over a series of projects of this type), but there are a range of tools available for pdb reading on the desktop so keep it in mind as an option. Chris Tutty -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
