Asa Nathannael Hunt wrote: > My partner uses the PalmOS program Unicycle > (http://unicycle.sourceforge.net/) to log personal information. The palm > is getting on in years and so before the information in the PDB file is > lost, I'd like to find a way to port it to a more open format, such as a > spreadsheet. > > I feel like it should be easy, but being the novice I am, have no idea > where to begin. > > google turns up a bunch of loosely-related commercial solutions, but > nothing quite on topic. I'm open to the idea I'm using the wrong > symmantics, cuz I can't imagine I'm the first person to try to do this > sort of thing. > > Where can I learn how to extract information from a palm database file, > for use in a spreadsheet, etc? > > Thanks for any help > > Asa > Asa Nathannael Hunt Stretching my memory from my long ago life with a Palm ... hope this isn't too far off the mark ... The Palm database is printable as a text file (yes?) The text file is fixed length (yes?), or can it be printed directly in CSV format? ... no matter ... if it can be printed to a text file, AWK or SED can easily make it a CSV file. Once the data is in CSV format, any spreadsheet I know of can handle it (you mileage may vary). Hope that helps Regards Fred James
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