"David" == David A. Desrosiers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
David> Dirk, I just managed to get Plucker running on a Windows laptop
David> here with my shiny new m505 Palm device. Very slick
Your are using Windows!? ;-)
David> implementation. I like the 'View' options there. Perhaps a
David> small wizard to help step people through db creation? I may be
David> doing it wrong, but I just did a "Add Database", gave it a
David> name, went to the folder, edited the Setup file, put in my
David> params, and hit Hotsync. Went smoothly, without a hitch on
David> Win98.
A short description Because the Questions later:
Creation of a Database (Click the "Add a new Database"):
-Create a Subdirectory "<HANDLE>.DB" in the Plucker dir.
-Copy the files from the "DB_Template" dir in that dir
-Create a new Group in the Plucker Startmenu Group with the Name
"DB '<HANDLE>'"
In this group are:
- Edit: Call the editor with the Home.html
- Hotsync: Call RunSync.exe <HANDLE>
- Setup: Call the editor with the plucker.ini
- view: Call the Browser with the home.html
Delete of a Database (Click the "Delete a Database"):
- Delete the Sudirectory "<HANDLE>.DB" from the Plucker Directory
(and all the contents).
- Delete the "DB '<HANDLE>'" Subgroup in the Plucker Startmenu
Group.
David> 1. Small typo in the stock Setup file (Plucker.ini), line 3: ";You
David> Username" should be ";Your Username". Minor thing.
Thanks, i'm always interested in getting this spelling errors
reported. Will be fixed in the next release.
David> 2. Are we supporting 16bpp yet in Windows? I tried to sync content @
David> 16bpp, and it worked, however, no 16bpp images show up on the
David> device (yes, all the reasons why this would happen were checked)
David> Mike?
The Windows tools currently do not support 16bpp. Its easy to change
but first i wan't rewrite the Windows imageParser.
David> 3. I would suggest we default the 'home_url' entry to be:
David> ; Insert your URL between the quotes below
David> home_url " "
David> for those people who have '&' and '|' in their URIs.
How handle the Parser such Quoted URLs? Is this Supported in this way?
David> 4. When you install the software for the first time, the initial
David> values for Plucker.ini (in 'DB Template') should be set up first.
David> Without this, the users will have to manually edit each Plucker.ini
David> file themselves. The installation "Wizard" could do this for them
Well, the idea was that the user edit the files in the DB_Template so
all new created DBs will have this Defaults.
David> (you can also query Hotsync manager to get a list of usernames, and
David> prompt the user to pick one from the list)
Yes, currently the install builder i use do not provide all the
features to do this. But the next release of the install builder will
include all the features, then i could ask the user at install time
for a user name (by showing a list of all installed users) and can
preset the preferred username in the plucker.ini
David> 5. I created a database with the standard "Add Database" tool, then
David> deleted the folder entirely from disk ('DB advogato' in my
David> example). When I try to create another database with the same exact
You have deleted the Startmenu entry group not the folder with the
files. You must use the "Delete a Databse" tool for this.
David> name, I get 'Handle arready exists' (typo there on 'already', but..
David> =). Where is this stored? Perhaps DBTool should check to see if the
The Tool simple check all subdirectorys in the format *.DB containing
a plucker.ini.
David> to create a database of the same name. Can the DBTool 'delete'
David> function be called when a user tries to delete a file/folder of
David> this type?
No that's no so easy.
David> 6. When I run "Delete a Database", and select a database, then click
David> on the "Delete" button, it asks me if I really want to delete the
David> database. If I say 'No' here, it gives me an error stating 'Error:
David> error deleting DB "foo"'. If I say 'No' to delete the database, it
David> should return me to the list, not throw an error.
Hmm, you are right i change this in the next release, thanks
David> I'll keep testing, but so far, it's very slick. I like the
David> architecture so far. Great work Dirk! Keep it up!
David> Now if I could only fix the usbserial code to work with the m505. I
David> got as far as having it recognize the data and the connect, but I can't seem
David> to get the "conversation" started under linux. Greg and I were testing out
David> some of his patches the other day.
Well, if you have an Running Windows with a 5050 connected you are the
right one to answer a few questions :-) (It is not possible to emulate
this with POSE)
I wan't add the feature to prepare a DB to install to a memory card. I
know the Viewer does not handle using DB with VFS, but i guess this
will be come.
Ok, how handle the PalmOS the memory cards? If you call the install
toll you get the "Change Destination..." Button were you can select
that the Files (Database) are installed on a memory card, right?
What names are shown there beside "Handheld"? Are the Names also shown
there related to the Slots in the Handheld or to the Memory Cards
inside the Slots?
Could you me please send the file "Sync.ini" form your userdir (if
there are no secret data)?
And can you test the new tool "Conduit.exe" if this are readdy to
install on the MemoryCards?
cu,
Dirk
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