I tried Google before I submitted a message to the Palm Developer Forum. I could find nothing using the keywords that I chose that fell under the category of accessing Palm database information under Windows that provided focused sample code. My goal is to find some sample code in C (or in VB if it runs under version 5.0). I would certainly be very interested if you had an example of opening a database containing text and integer data components under Windows. That is my goal, some basic, sample code in C. I plan to spend more time with the CDK to evaluate its contents more thoroughly, but it is, for obvious reasons, focused on conduits, and I am interested, at the moment, only in what may be a subset of a conduit for some applications (developing a user interface that can read and write to a Palm database under Windows). I searched for a generic conduit development tool on the web, and found nothing that would permit me to, say, specify the structure I had used in the Palm software, and the database name, and have a ready made conduit add-in.
Note, I am not primarily interested in conduits at the moment. If I can't access my data under Windows, the handheld database I am working on is something of a waste of time. Palm never intended to produce a handheld desktop computer, and I don't wish to attempt to mis-apply the technology by tasking it with more than user's will want to apply the device to accomplish. Your product sounds interesting, but I recall reading something from Palm Source that indicated that, as an example, a sales price list could be sent out to salespeople for them to load onto their Palm devices once per month, without a conduit. It was an example of why a conduit is not always necessary. If that proves to be so, then I can avoid the conduit development. I do recognize the benefit of the software you have described, and, if it exists, am somewhat surprised that it is not as popular as PILRC. I don't plan to pursue this as shareware or freeware, so the options you presented won't work for me. Any GNU license artifacts associated with the software would probably be too restrictive for my interests. Once again, thanks to anyone for any assistance with that Windows database C access sample code. I could certainly use it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henk Jonas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 5:26 PM Subject: Re: After a non-conduit based download... > Del Ventruella wrote: > > > Due to the complexity and risk of making users very unhappy, I am not inclined to attempt to develop a conduit with the first version of the software I am developing. I understand that an automatic back-up download can be induced using the latest version of the synchronizing software provided with Palm OS devices. I also understand that one can load a database back onto a Palm OS device if one alters it externally and saves it in a Palm OS database format on the PC in the proper sync file directory and listing. > > > > Is there any example code available that will show me how to access the database from a Palm device on a PC? I'm running Windows. I'd probably attempt the access in Visual Basic 5.0 or using Borland C++ 4.5 (or in Visual Basic 5.0 using a C++ dll if necessary to patch any problems with data type conversions). > > > > I'd also like to know if there are any instructions that show me how to use the emulator as the device with which to sync. (I have it set to sync with a Sony Clie.) > > > > Can anyone help with these questions? Another question relates to any Palm OS dll's and functions that are necessary to do this. I've got the 4.03 development kit. It doesn't support my available Window's development environments and my OS, so I have some trepidation with regard to its use and use of its functions. (I was hoping to find an example that I could quickly adapt that would enable me to try to access and print to the computer screen the content of a record of a designated index within a database that I would "download" from the emulator.) > > > > I also have some concerns regarding licensing issues due to the need to use library functions that are permitted to be distributed with a conduit (given that I am not writing a conduit, and am merely trying to access a downloaded database file from a Palm device). I don't see how a database could be accessed without Palm functions written for use under Windows to access unique database structures and number representation. Some official reassurance would be appreciated in that regard. > > > > Thanks for any technical and manufacturer legal guidance here. > > > > To open and save the data in a PDB format go and download the fileformat > description from PalmSource. Google is your friend. There are also a lot > of libraries outside to do this task. Again try google you might also > find stuff for VB. > To resync the PDB to the handheld you will need to call the right calls > from the InstAid.dll. Just a copy of the database in the correct > directory will not be enough. Therefore you will have a look into the > CDK documents. > > Regards > Henk > > PS: I have a ready-made conduit called EasyReplic, which will care about > the synchronization between handheld and desktop on PDB base. > Independent from the content of the PDB the modification date will > decide if the PDB is send to the handheld or backuped to the desktop. > You might try it, is free for freeware products and very cheap for > shareware (one time fee). > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henk Jonas [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Palm OS ® certified developer > > Please contact me, if you need an off-site contract worker. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
