RE: [pilot-db-list] palm-db-tools - take two

[Dennis M. <dmc...@ny...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pil...@li...
> [mailto:pil...@li...]On Behalf
> Of Yedidyah
> Bar-David
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:04 AM
> To: Pilot-DB List
> Subject: [pilot-db-list] palm-db-tools - take two
>
> Does anyone have recommendations/opinions about how to edit the csv on
> the PC? Besides the obvious excell/openoffice, that is. Something that
> will have the snappiness and features of pilot-db (and I can say that
> in my experience most web apps aren't as fast and convinient), and will
> be multiuser?  I know this was discussed in the past here, but it was
> theoretic. Now, with a working palm-db-tools, it's closer to reality.

There are a couple of tools I've been using to do this sort of manipulation
on the PC.

Sam Franke has an interesting product called CSVed, designed to edit and
manipulate CSV files.  CSVed replaces an earlier product of his called
CSVdb.

From the website:

some features:

*  edit, add, insert and delete items
*  import
*  change separator
*  add, delete columns
*  rearrange column order
*  save selection of rows and columns
*  save filtered items
*  save with double quotes
*  search and replace
*  filter items
*  remove duplicates
*  append and merge files
*  install and uninstall
*  help in English
*  add prefix and suffix
*  split and join columns
*  export to HTML, Excel, Word, XML and more
*  proper words and strings
*  column search
*  column sort

CSVed is currently at v1.11.

Go to http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/t2t/text2table.htm for information
and downloads.


Rafael Fetzer has a product called DB-Editor, specifically intended for
manipulating Pilot-DB databases under Windows on a PC.  It can import from a
variety of sources, including Excel files, CSV files, and JFile/MobileDB
databases among others, and appears to support all current Pilot-DB field
types.

DB-Editor is at version 0.7.4.0.

Rafael also produces PDFConverter, a Windows tool for converting text or
HTML files to Palm doc, zText, or Plucker format, and PalmXP, a Windows file
manager for browsing Palm files on the PC that understands and can display
Palm specific file attributes.

Go to http://www.jakewalk.de/palm/dbeditor_e.html for information and
downloads.

Both products are freeware, but not open source.

I have no idea how they behave in a multi-user environment.

> Thanks,
> --
> Didi
______
Dennis