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#49 Progect, Mac & FileMaker
I recently downloaded Progect but I am not sure if i can use the
Pdesk on my mac.
I asked by brother (another OSX user) who is also a unix geek if it
is worth tying to get pdesk to work on the mac, he feels that it
could be potential a very difficult task. Has anyone got it to work
on OSX ?
I was wondering if there is any way of getting access to your Raw
database file and having some method to read it (if it is encrypted
or in binary)
I would love to write a filemaker interface for it which could write
out a data file for Progect to read in its natural format after upload
to palm
I am a very advanced filemaker developer.
do you think this is feasible ?
thanks
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Hi, PDesk should run on OSX without major problems, but you
may need to talk to the people on the progect Yahoo Groups
list to find out the nuances.
PDesk currently has support for plugins both for import and
export, you could modify and existing one or create your own.
PDesk is written in Python and uses wxPython, so it's pretty
portable.
Our file format is a regular Palm PDB file, the file format
for PDB files is documented, and although our format isn't
really, I can help you with that if you need it.
I created a project on SourceForge here called 'Python
PalmDB' that can basically read/write PDB files, it is based
on code from the Pyrite project.
However, since PDesk supports Python plugins by default, you
would probably be better off using that facility.
I think you should join the progect-dev and progect Yahoo
Groups mailing lists and that will put you in touch with the
people who can help you.
I will also help you where I can since I'm one of the
maintainers.
Rick
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Hi Peter.
I'm working on a XML conduit for Progect right now.
I need help from people who can test things out,
particularly on the Mac.
I have a Python library that will read/write Progect
(actually any Palm database), that I will use to read/write
XML with. [Python PalmDB].
What I need is someone who is an avid user of some
outliner/project management software on the Mac, preferably
Open Source and in common use that can read/write XML.
I will then work on getting the Progect conduit to
read/write to the format used by that program.
In the end, the conduit will be able to read/write to
multiple formats, but I want to create a beachhead that will
get the Progect users excited.
Are you interested at all?