AppForge has a dll for reading/writing their PDBs on the desktop. code looks the same as it is on the handheld, so you could write an extraction program with Visual Basic to work with the files fairly quickly.
not that I advocate using AppForge, but the tools are all there. David M --- drvirens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Doug for that explanation. And nice to see ya' after a long > time. :-) > > > No, things fell apart because you made the assumption the > recordlist info would > > follow a 78 byte header. Per the Palm OS docs you need to account > for the > > AppInfoBlock, if present, and the SortInfoBlock, if present. It is > > not > > AppForge's fault if you made false assumptions. > > Correct. But Doug, how would I know what all info is it dumping in > the AppInfoBlock or SortInfoBlock ? I mean there is no way for me to > know by how much do I have to increment my offset unless I know what > all bytes have been dumped in there. One could simply put in some > secret messages/easters etc in the above block and it would be just > too much for my "lil" palm-based PDB reader. > > -Viren > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to > unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
