[pilot-db-list] Re:Test of Palm -> Mac too

[irntooth <irn...@ez...>]

>I have finally had the time to put together a beta for a Pilot-DB
>translator for MPC <http://www.mootjelitt.com/mpc.html>.=20
>
>I'm not a user of Pilot-DB myself so I'm not the best person to test
>it (this beta version have only had VERY limited testing) so I would
>be very grateful if you could test it and see what works and what
>doesn't (I'm pretty sure there are some bugs for calculated fields).
>
>You can download the program at <http://www.mootjelitt.com/MPC1.8b3.sit>

Ive tried MPC in both Mac OS 9.1 and 8.6, with similar results.  When I 
launch the program, I get a dialog that says "No Preferences Set", along 
with an option whether or not to set a location of a 'backup catalog'.  I 
have chosen 'No', and then I get a 'File Browser' window, which doesn't 
appear to have any function. I can't drag-and-drop into the window, for 
example. Using the menu commands, I then open a pilot-db .pdb file and am 
asked to specify the output file.  With the very simple database that I 
have tested, I have been able to open the subsequent file in AppleWorks 
as a spreadsheet, and it looks as though I could define database fields 
and import the data.

Drag-and-drop also works to open the .pdb file for output. 

It appears that this is a one-way translator, .pdb to tab-delimited text 
file.

A bit confusing, but functional.

 - Don

 






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Don V. Zahniser
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