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Started by John Hardin
Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:53
Comma-Delimited to native .PDB compiler?
Author: John Hardin
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:53
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:53
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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?
(I'd like to avoid writing one using p5-palm.pl if possible...)
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Re: Comma-Delimited to native .PDB compiler?
Author: Ben Combee
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 04:45
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 04:45
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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? par is very useful and comes with source, although it doesn't actually do comma-delimited data conversion. 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. -- Ben Combee <bcombee@metrowerks.com> CodeWarrior for Palm OS technical lead Get help at http://palmoswerks.com/
Re: Comma-Delimited to native .PDB compiler?
Author: Paul
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:21
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:21
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"John Hardin" <johnh@aproposretail.com> wrote in message news:3E2D7B14.90305@aproposretail.com... > 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? I've had good results with 'PHP-PDB'. http://php-pdb.sourceforge.net/ All the best, -- Paul http://www.page87.net/ [Change 'invalid' to 'com' to reply by mail]
Re: Comma-Delimited to native .PDB compiler?
Author: ppcdev
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:27
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:27
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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 !!!! bye
Re: Comma-Delimited to native .PDB compiler?
Author: Christopher Browne
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:05
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:05
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In the last exciting episode, ppcdev@hotmail.com (ppcdev) wrote: > 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. Is there some particular reason that you feel a NEED TO SHOUT AT US? Nobody is shouting at you... -- (concatenate 'string "aa454" "@freenet.carleton.ca") http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/pims.html There's no such thing as nonexistence.
Re: Comma-Delimited to native .PDB compiler?
Author: Mike Meyer
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:01
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:01
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John Hardin <johnh@aproposretail.com> writes:
> 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?
Try <URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/palm-db-tools/ >. The build
on Unix has been broken for a while, so get the 3.1 version. It worked
just fine in converting data into pilot-db format <URL:
http://pilot-db.sourceforge.net > for me.
<mike
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