[PLUG] PDB information extraction
Fred James
fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net
Sat Jul 25 20:14:28 UTC 2009
Asa Nathannael Hunt wrote:
> My partner uses the PalmOS program Unicycle
> (http://unicycle.sourceforge.net/) to log personal information. The palm
> is getting on in years and so before the information in the PDB file is
> lost, I'd like to find a way to port it to a more open format, such as a
> spreadsheet.
>
> I feel like it should be easy, but being the novice I am, have no idea
> where to begin.
>
> google turns up a bunch of loosely-related commercial solutions, but
> nothing quite on topic. I'm open to the idea I'm using the wrong
> symmantics, cuz I can't imagine I'm the first person to try to do this
> sort of thing.
>
> Where can I learn how to extract information from a palm database file,
> for use in a spreadsheet, etc?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Asa
>
Asa Nathannael Hunt
Stretching my memory from my long ago life with a Palm ... hope this
isn't too far off the mark ...
The Palm database is printable as a text file (yes?)
The text file is fixed length (yes?), or can it be printed directly in
CSV format?
... no matter ... if it can be printed to a text file, AWK or SED can
easily make it a CSV file.
Once the data is in CSV format, any spreadsheet I know of can handle it
(you mileage may vary).
Hope that helps
Regards
Fred James
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