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Re:[pilot-db-list] Pilot DB

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

> On Sunday 02 September 2001 06:20 am, Chalain Marc wrote:
> 
> > I don't see the different with Integer. You put the Currency in the Field
> > Name. If you are a particular reason, please tell me.
> 
> There could be some options in the list view to change how fields are 
> displayed. Currency then just becomes a "display option" set in the list view 
> editor for a particular column. Not sure how it would be coded up though.

Interesting, i keep the idea.
 
> > !!Please i have a problem.
> > There are more and more languages and the *.zip file is too large now. I
> > should decide how to do the packages. I saw some solutions: * a package per
> > language -> a lot of packages.
> 
> The way that PalmOS wants people to do multiple languages is to create 
> "overlay" resource databases for particular languages. These are normal 
> resource databases which PalmOS can automatically search for things like 
> language strings. The user would install the normal PRC plus the overlay PRC 
> for their language. (English would remain in the normal PRC.)
> 
> Read the PalmOS Reference or PalmOS Companion documentation for more 
> information. There is a specific PalmOS type for overlay databases plus some 
> ways to name then so the language is specified in the name and such for 
> automatic selection.
>

Impossible Overlay is only for PalmOS over 3.5.
 
> >  * a package per type of version (icons+color, icons, color, black&white
> > and text) * to reduce the number of versions (only color+icons and
> > b&w+text) If you have some ideas, send me them.
> 
> You can combine the bitmaps for b&w, greyscale, and color into a single 
> bitmap resource using the BITMAPFAMILY directive in PilRC. Then a single PRC 
> for the icon version can be delivered. PalmOS figures out at runtime which 
> bitmap to use in a particular family.

I use already that. The problem is the size the color version is much larger than the others.

Salut,
Marc.

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Re:[pilot-db-list] Pilot DB

[Tom D. <td...@us...>]

On Sunday 02 September 2001 06:20 am, Chalain Marc wrote:

> I don't see the different with Integer. You put the Currency in the Field
> Name. If you are a particular reason, please tell me.

There could be some options in the list view to change how fields are 
displayed. Currency then just becomes a "display option" set in the list view 
editor for a particular column. Not sure how it would be coded up though.

> !!Please i have a problem.
> There are more and more languages and the *.zip file is too large now. I
> should decide how to do the packages. I saw some solutions: * a package per
> language -> a lot of packages.

The way that PalmOS wants people to do multiple languages is to create 
"overlay" resource databases for particular languages. These are normal 
resource databases which PalmOS can automatically search for things like 
language strings. The user would install the normal PRC plus the overlay PRC 
for their language. (English would remain in the normal PRC.)

Read the PalmOS Reference or PalmOS Companion documentation for more 
information. There is a specific PalmOS type for overlay databases plus some 
ways to name then so the language is specified in the name and such for 
automatic selection.

>  * a package per type of version (icons+color, icons, color, black&white
> and text) * to reduce the number of versions (only color+icons and
> b&w+text) If you have some ideas, send me them.

You can combine the bitmaps for b&w, greyscale, and color into a single 
bitmap resource using the BITMAPFAMILY directive in PilRC. Then a single PRC 
for the icon version can be delivered. PalmOS figures out at runtime which 
bitmap to use in a particular family.

[pilot-db-list] Languages

[Andy R. <an...@wi...>]

On Sun, 02 Sep 2001, Chalain Marc wrote:

> !!Please i have a problem.
> There are more and more languages and the *.zip file is too large now. I should decide how to do the packages. I saw some solutions:
>  * a package per language -> a lot of packages.
>  * a package per type of version (icons+color, icons, color, black&white and text)
>  * to reduce the number of versions (only color+icons and b&w+text)

I suggest :-

* one naked prc per language per type -
  then PalmVII users (and others) can get it straight - yes it is a lot of them.

* one big zip for source
* one big zip with all binaries, plugins, etc.

Perhaps a separate one for plugins etc ?

Cheers,     Andy!

Re:[pilot-db-list] Pilot DB

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

> 1.  A link with the Palm programs, i.e. to the Address book, ToDo and
> Datebook applications, would this be difficult? 

I think i will add link between other databases, why not with this type of databases?!

> 2.  Use of the icon sets, such as that with Datebk4 would enable some very
> useful and succinct views. 

That should use a lot of memory. I have an idea for that but just a idea.

> 3.  Drop down list, so that in addition to say "string" one could have
> default entries.  Say I wanted a simple log per contact, I could show that I
> had "telephoned" or "e-mailed" or they had phoned me or we had met, with
> date and time stamped icons this would be very useful.

I think the List Field Type will be the better.

> 4.  A currency field option. 

I don't see the different with Integer. You put the Currency in the Field Name. If you are a particular reason, please tell me.

> 5.  A field type that used simple arithmetic with variables from previous
> fields. 

When i will have enought time, i will build more plugins and one to do some operations between different fields. 

> What further languages have you in mind, I may be able to help.

Now we have DB in:
 English
 French
 German
 Portugese
 Swedish
in the previous versions we had it in:
 Italian
 Dutsh
 Japanese
Some people told me that he will translate it in Tchecz, i'm waiting.

Now i'm interested by a translation in Spanish and update in Japanese.
For every people who are interested to translate DB, it's just a file with all sentences in English to translate. After i build a version with this file.

!!Please i have a problem.
There are more and more languages and the *.zip file is too large now. I should decide how to do the packages. I saw some solutions:
 * a package per language -> a lot of packages.
 * a package per type of version (icons+color, icons, color, black&white and text)
 * to reduce the number of versions (only color+icons and b&w+text)
If you have some ideas, send me them.

Salut,
Marc.

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Re:[pilot-db-list] Pilot DB

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

Thanks for you interest.
I keep your ideas for the next releases. I already began the 0.3.3 with:
 * List Field Type.
 * New editing record.
 * Filters.
...


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[pilot-db-list] Pilot DB

[Roger E. <RE...@wa...>]

I received a copy yesterday and am very impressed.  I have already created a
DB with all the info for the books I need to read, and a log of Blood
Pressure etc.
Would you welcome some suggestions?  
1.  A link with the Palm programs, i.e. to the Address book, ToDo and
Datebook applications, would this be difficult? 
2.  Use of the icon sets, such as that with Datebk4 would enable some very
useful and succinct views. 
3.  Drop down list, so that in addition to say "string" one could have
default entries.  Say I wanted a simple log per contact, I could show that I
had "telephoned" or "e-mailed" or they had phoned me or we had met, with
date and time stamped icons this would be very useful.
4.  A currency field option. 
5.  A field type that used simple arithmetic with variables from previous
fields. 
But thanks I am very impressed so far, incidentally I have an M100.  What
further languages have you in mind, I may be able to help.
Roger Eden 
London UK 
 

[pilot-db-list] global search

[Carson W. <car...@ya...>]

Marc,

I did several global searches this morning and didnt
have any problems.

Carson

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[pilot-db-list] HELP! Conversion MS Excel <-> db-pdb (with file)

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

OOPS, I forgot the attachment!

Can anyone convert the following file for me
without loosing information on the 16 bit - 
unicode characters in the Field 'ch'
 
It is a list of all characters supported by
HTML 4.1 with English and German descriptions.
 
The sources are varios, but I got much of the
information from www.rabich.de and the 
Freeware Program:
 
Arjan Mel's Font Viewer, http://www.fontview.n3.net/
 
 
 
P.S. Please reply to:
 
aji...@t-...
 
 
Thanks
 
Hans

[pilot-db-list] HELP! Conversion MS Excel <-> db-pdb

[<hol...@di...>]

Can anyone convert the following file for me
without loosing information on the 16 bit - 
unicode characters in the Field 'ch'

It is a list of all characters supported by
HTML 4.1 with English and German descriptions.

The sources are varios, but I got much of the
information from www.rabich.de and the 
Freeware Program:

Arjan Mel's Font Viewer, http://www.fontview.n3.net/



P.S. Please reply to:

aji...@t-...


Thanks

Hans

Re:[pilot-db-list] contrast

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

I think i put a bug when i added the grayscale support.I will correct it.
The true is that in the documentation they write, it use to return in B&W mode at the end but not necessary. Then to not complicate the code i don't return in this mode.

> Something I'm finding in the latest versions of
> pilotDB is the I need to increase the contrast on my
> IIIxe to see the records clearing. This seems to be
> something new with 0.3.2.

Salut,
Marc.
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Re: [pilot-db-list] PC <-> PalmOS support

[Tom D. <td...@us...>]

On Monday 27 August 2001 02:36 pm, George Aslanis wrote:

> I have a couple of EBase databases which I created on PalmOS device.   I've
> read on several newsgroups that in order to manipulate or view these files
> on a PC an "Big-Endian/Little-Endian" conversion has to take place.  Is
> there support for this built into EBase? I didn't see anything in the
> header files.  If not, how can I modify the PC side to handle the
> conversion?  I figured it would be easier to manage manipulating PalmOS
> formats on the PC side.

What is EBase? I've heard of DB, JFile, MobileDB, List, ThinkDB, and 
HandDBase. Is there a Web site?

[pilot-db-list] PC <-> PalmOS support

[George A. <gas...@Om...>]

Hello,
 
I have a couple of EBase databases which I created on PalmOS device.   I've
read on several newsgroups that in order to manipulate or view these files
on a PC an "Big-Endian/Little-Endian" conversion has to take place.  Is
there support for this built into EBase? I didn't see anything in the header
files.  If not, how can I modify the PC side to handle the conversion?  I
figured it would be easier to manage manipulating PalmOS formats on the PC
side.
 
Thanks for your help
 
George P. Aslanis 
Omni Software Systems, Inc.  <mailto:Inc.%0d%0ag...@om...>


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Winston-Salem, NC. 27106-4006
Tel: 336.759.9252 x10 

Email: gas...@om... 

[pilot-db-list] contrast

[Carson W. <car...@ya...>]

Something I'm finding in the latest versions of
pilotDB is the I need to increase the contrast on my
IIIxe to see the records clearing. This seems to be
something new with 0.3.2.

Carson


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Re:[pilot-db-list] Fatal Alert in DB 0.3.2 (13 Aug 2001)

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

Not very simple bug. I give a version to the beta testers and i update the version Saturday.
Salut,
Marc.

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Re: [pilot-db-list] Fatal Alert in DB 0.3.2 (13 Aug 2001)

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

You have true, the both.
When you are outside of DB we have a Fatal error but not if DB is launched.
They are really a bug.
I'm looking for.
Salut,
Marc.


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[pilot-db-list] New version of DB in Swedish

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

We have a new translater: "Thomas Beutler"
Thomas gave us the Swedish version.
I will update the release Saturday.
Thank you Thomas,
Salut,
Marc.

PS: Hans, can you add Thomas in the about page the next update? Thank you.
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Re: [pilot-db-list] Fatal Alert in DB 0.3.2 (13 Aug 2001)

[Carson W. <car...@ya...>]

Marc,

Just wanted to note that I didn't see this in 0.3.2 or
in the latest alpha. I also use a IIIxe.

Carson

--- Richard Hill <ric...@ho...> wrote:
> Hello,  I've been using DB 0.3.2 (13 Aug 2001) for a
> week or so now.
> 
> I just wanted to report a problem I have ...
> 
> Every time I do a GLOBAL find, it get this Fatal
> Alert:
> 
> DataMgr.c, Line: 3362, Null dbID passed ... RESET
> 
> This happens even when I set all databases to not
> enable
> or support GLOBAL find.  By the way, the palm
> (IIIxe) freezes
> then this happens and the RESET button doesn't
> respond.  I
> have to do a "paper-clip" reset.
> 
> Great program,  hope this helps.
> 
> -- Richard Hill.
> 
>
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Re:[pilot-db-list] Fatal Alert in DB 0.3.2 (13 Aug 2001)

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

OK, Thanks
I will see that quickly.
Sorry for the trouble.
Salut,
Marc.


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[pilot-db-list] Fatal Alert in DB 0.3.2 (13 Aug 2001)

[Richard H. <ric...@ho...>]

Hello,  I've been using DB 0.3.2 (13 Aug 2001) for a week or so now.

I just wanted to report a problem I have ...

Every time I do a GLOBAL find, it get this Fatal Alert:

DataMgr.c, Line: 3362, Null dbID passed ... RESET

This happens even when I set all databases to not enable
or support GLOBAL find.  By the way, the palm (IIIxe) freezes
then this happens and the RESET button doesn't respond.  I
have to do a "paper-clip" reset.

Great program,  hope this helps.

-- Richard Hill.

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[pilot-db-list] Pilot-DB under Handango

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

Now you can retrieve Pilot-DB under the Handango website at:
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=3D1&platformId=3D1&productType=3D2&productId=3D19660&sectionId=3D0&catalog=3D1

If you want, i change the slogan send me another.
Salut,
Marc.

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Re:[pilot-db-list] Databases

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

> It would be helpful, if each of you out there could submit
> the homepage to your favourite search-machines, so that
> it can be found by people like us who, by some bad stoke of
> luck, have not come across this wonderful program!
> 
> Keywords could be:
> 
> Palm, PalmOS, Palm Database, Palm Databank, DB, PDB, 
> Pilot-DB, Palm-DB, Flat File, Flat-File, Open Source,
> GNU Public Licence, GPL, SourceForge, etc.
> 
> any other suggestions?

I already do that, and i inform some paper magazines.

> What should we do, in your opinion, with databases where we
> are not sure about the authority to reproduce them. Typically
> these would be databases that may have been converted from
> other Database formats, but in which there is no reference to
> the original author?

(1)A database handly builded without the right of the original author of the datas (not the databases) could be in the databank. (If you give the access to your datas for informations every body could reproduce it on paper.)
(2)If the datas come from another database and is generated by a pilot-db tools (pilot-DB or palm-db-tools) must be in the bank only with the right of the author. But if it's impossible to contact him the database should be free.
(3)A pilot-DB database mustn't be in free access without the right of the author.
That's is my opinion. I will begin to contact different MobileDB free database author to have the right to translate their databases on pilot-DB, you can do the same thing.

> Should we list them with the comment 'Author Unknown' or
> not at all?

The database must have the author's name of the database builder. in case 1 the body who write the pilot-DB data, case 2 the first builder and in comment the translater if he want, case 3 the author's name.

I think i will create a chunk in each database to collect information as the author's name. But in the next version.
I began the 0.3.3 version with, now, more filters, PalmOS 4.0 support (exchange databases with IR, BlueTooth, SMS ... if somebody have a device with this version of PalmOS can he contact me, please?), differentes pages in the records, list field item, link to another database field item...

Salut,
Marc.
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Re: [pilot-db-list] (no subject)

[Tom D. <td...@us...>]

On Thursday 23 August 2001 04:31 am, Chalain Marc wrote:

> I will be happy to delete the bad files but the administrators of
> sourceforge don't accept, for them sourceforge must keep every release
> files on their site. Sorry. For that i will be happy if the website
> administrator of pilot-db accept to change the link to the dowload file ;)

Go to "Project Admin" for the project. Click "Edit/Release Files". Click 
"Edit Releases" for the pilot-db release. Click "Edit This Release" for the 
version that you want to edit. At the bottom of the page is the files in the 
release, mark the "I'm Sure" button for the file and the press "Delete" for 
the file.

[pilot-db-list] Databases

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

Hi,

I have added quite a few databases in the past few days
to the Pilot-DB HomePage:

http://pilot-db.sourceforge.net/

Thanks for the response!

It would be helpful, if each of you out there could submit
the homepage to your favourite search-machines, so that
it can be found by people like us who, by some bad stoke of
luck, have not come across this wonderful program!

Keywords could be:

Palm, PalmOS, Palm Database, Palm Databank, DB, PDB, 
Pilot-DB, Palm-DB, Flat File, Flat-File, Open Source,
GNU Public Licence, GPL, SourceForge, etc.

any other suggestions?

I have one question, however.

What should we do, in your opinion, with databases where we
are not sure about the authority to reproduce them. Typically
these would be databases that may have been converted from
other Database formats, but in which there is no reference to
the original author?

Should we list them with the comment 'Author Unknown' or
not at all?

Please comment.

P.S. I still would appreciate databases, also in CSV, TXT or Excel
Format, but depending upon the reaction to the questions above
only with infos about and permissions of the original authors.

Thanks,

Hans

[pilot-db-list] (no subject)

[Carson W. <car...@ya...>]

Marc

As I've mentioned I prefer the buttons to the icons.
On the icon version I'm looking at I keep having the
same problem, I know it's just me, but when I enter a
new record I seem to keep hitting the "arrow" icon
instead of the "disk" icon and I lose the record.
Hey I might even do that with buttons, how about an
auto save unless you tap the "trash can"?

Thanks,
Carson


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[pilot-db-list] RE: Databases

[Paul G. <pgr...@aq...>]

I have a simple database of the UK FA Barclaycard Premiership fixtures if you'd like it. One thing, not sure about any authority to reproduce the 
list.

Cheers

PaulG