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[pilot-db-list] Multiple Sort and Hi-Res-Display

[Maik <Mai...@ge...>]

Hello,

I found Pilot-DB for Palm a very useful tool (by now I've used the 
commercial SmartList To Go), but there are some limitations and I'd like to 
ask you if there is anything I can do.

Sorting: Is there a possibility for multiple sorting? I use Pilot-DB for my 
music database (originally an MS Access -- sorry for that). I can sort the 
records by the interpret or by the title of the album or by the year of the 
release. But the best thing would be to sort it by the interpret and 
afterwards by the release (or alphabetically). I've read the manual but 
there is nothing said about it.

Display: Using Pilot-DB on a Tungsten T3 with its 320*320 (320*480) 
resolution, it's a pity that there are only four font sizes -- with the 
smallest displaying 16 records in line.

Just a minor glitch: the German overlay still displays the version number 
1.1.2 (but the correct date Feb 14, 2005) in the about dialog.

But to be honest: I really appreciate your program: the commercial 
SmartList To Go doesn't even support more than 10.000 records in a view -- 
Pilot-DB has no problem displaying nearly 11.000 records and is very quick 
and responsive indeed.

Re: [pilot-db-list] Multiple Sort and Hi-Res-Display

[<di...@ta...>]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 07:18:36PM +0100, Maik St?hrenberg wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I found Pilot-DB for Palm a very useful tool (by now I've used the 
> commercial SmartList To Go), but there are some limitations and I'd like to 
> ask you if there is anything I can do.
> 
> Sorting: Is there a possibility for multiple sorting? I use Pilot-DB for my 
> music database (originally an MS Access -- sorry for that). I can sort the 
> records by the interpret or by the title of the album or by the year of the 
> release. But the best thing would be to sort it by the interpret and 
> afterwards by the release (or alphabetically). I've read the manual but 
> there is nothing said about it.

I do not have a pilot nor an emulator installed currently, so I can't
test.
You can try using scripts. Read the file docs/scripts.txt for info.
Basically you write a script like
(sort 1 1 3 1)
I do not recall if you can run it manually from the menu, but you can
make a view run it, and so create a view which calls it and choose that
view for sorting.

I have no idea about your other problem, at least currently.
-- 
Didi