[pilot-db-list] Yet another perl module

[<Uwe...@t-...>]

Hi,

out there on CPAN there is the p5-Palm pakage to access
the backup database files after sync and as a add-on to
coldsync (IIRC).

I'm on the way of implementing a helper class for this
package that can be used just like the others (Memo, Address,...)
to access the contents of Pilot-Db files.

It is capable to read a database, acess and change the basic
data types, write the data back to a new file and have this
synchronized back to the palm.

Fields/types not yet supported for using or changing are:
     Link,Linked,Calculated,Note.
These are just (hopefully) copied back as they were read.

Also it is not yet possible to change the AppInfo.
(I.e.: Defaults, Database structure, etc.)

It has been tested on Pilot-Db 1.0.3 so far.

I would like some input on other versions of Pilot-Db
and general comments as well ofcourse.
Someone like to volunteer?

For those familiar with the P5-Palm package I've got a direkt question:

When writing back the data to a palm file, some of the Header
bytes (PDB header, not AppInfo) get zeroed out.
(Offsets into the file are 16-32 and 183-184)

This does not seem to prevent reading them back to the palm device.
Can anyone comment on that?

See you,
    Uwe