Subject: XML to PDB?
From: Lance Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 12:48:55 -0700
Hi Palm Development Folks,
Is there a suggested way/library/app/sample available anywhere that
allows/demonstrates/describes conversion of an XML 'database' to be
converted to a PDB file?
The strategy I have (so far) starts with a FileMaker database which
can be exported as XML. The XML text file is then sent to whatever was
the mechanism that would support the conversion to a PDB file. The
plan was then that the PDB would be HotSynced to the handheld and thus
be available to my app.
Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED],
An XML file is just an ascii text file, so write a trivial
conduit to send it down with one ascii text record in each PDB
record. I'd recommend you terminate each record with a line feed and
a zero-byte character to make subsequent processing easier.
Just make sure that no record has more than 65000 bytes,
which in my experience shouldn't be a problem with XML.
The PDB format doesn't care what is in its records.
Roger Stringer
Marietta Systems, Inc. (www.rf-tp.com)
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