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From: Jim Bash
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:05

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>On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 12:06:50 +0800, Flying Man wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>Looking for a palm programmer to write a program to: 1. Convert a
>>database in DBF format for palm 2. View the database (selected field) in
>>a customised format 3. Search records in database
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If you want to try it yourself, I did some exploring for putting foxpro 
dbfs into my Treo 270. I ended up with HanDbase as the best candidate. 
IIRC it didn't directly import dbfs but does import Excel files. Sine 
Excel _will_ directly  import dbfs it was pretty easy to use excel and 
save the dbf as a .xls file and then use the HanDbase import program to 
set up download to my Treo. HandBase also has package to create custom 
views of the data, I haven't used it yet as I was happy with data in 
default view. I have started using the HanDbase checkbook app which 
gives a pretty good idea of what a customized app might look like.

BTW, one of the biggest reasons I went with HanDbase is I needed to do 
_arithmetic_ with the records on my Treo. I was suprised how many 
"database" apps lacked the ability to manipulate numbers (subtractions, 
sums, etc). IIRC HanDbase was also one of the few that allowed relating 
multiple tables. I don't remember if my Excel/HanDbase solution can 
handle dbf memo fields.

HTH, jim b

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