At 01:03 PM 7/18/2005, you wrote:
Does anybody have solid information on the file format for .PRC and .PDB files? I'm just trying to figure out how to package a text file created on the PC into a readable Palm database. Also, where can Constructor be downloaded from? I can't seem to find it anywhere on the developer pavilion site, is it still available? (P.S. I know about PODS and the resource editor, I just want to open files created in Constructor)
Constructor is part of the Palm OS 5.0R3 SDK; however, on Windows, it requires DLLs that only ship with CodeWarrior for Palm OS to work.
The Palm OS PDB and PRC structures are documented at http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/docs/fileformats/. If you're going to read or write these files, I strongly recommend using the "libprc" library that's part of 'par', available from http://www.djw.org/product/palm/par/. The 'par' utility is also useful for assembling files from raw bits.
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