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Ben Combee <combee@techwood.org> wrote in message news:<MPG.1897ddf067e26f4c9899c1@news.earthlink.net>...
> In article <3E2D7B14.90305@aproposretail.com>, johnh@aproposretail.com 
> says...
> > All:
> > 
> > Does anyonw know of a simple compiler/decompiler that will take a 
> > comma-delimited data file and a metadata file describing database format 
> > and compile them into a standard PalmOS-format .PDB file, and vice-versa?
> > 
> > Preferably for Linux, or source code available?


YOU COULD USE A CONDUIT THAT CONVERTS A CSV TO A PDB. THAT'S WHAT I
DID AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY. ONE MONTH AGO I HAD A TECHNIQUE TO DO THE
SAME : IMPORT YOUR CSV DATAS INTO CODEWARRIOR CONSTRUCTOR, AND THEN
READ THEM AND CREATE THE PDB ON THE PALMOS FROM A PALMOS APP OF YOUR
OWN -> THATS A HACKING WAY BUT THAT COULD SAVE SOME PROJECTS !!!!
BUT THE BEST WAY FOR YOU IS TO PROGRAM A CONDUIT THAT READS THE CSV
FILE ON THE PC AND CREATE THE EQUIVALENT PDB ON THE PALMOS POWERED
PDA.


> 
> par is very useful and comes with source, although it doesn't actually 
> do comma-delimited data conversion.

THAT'S WHY I USED A CONDUIT TO DO THAT.


> http://www.djw.org/product/palm/par/
> 
> If you search google for "csv2pdb", there are some utilities that 
> convert to some different Palm OS databases, but since a PDB is a very 
> loose format with no real structure, a generic converter is a bit 
> difficult.

NONE OF ALL THE TOOLS THAT I FOUND ON THE WEB DID NON HELP ME.
SO I WOULD SAY :

TO CONVERT CSV TO PDB / PDB TO CSV, USE ONE OF THE TWO TECHNIQUES :

1- USE A CONDUIT (VISUAL C++ 6.0.... sorry i know you are on linux...
but there should be a way to do it).

2- USE THE "PPCDEV@HOTMAIL.COM" HACKING WAY !!!!



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