Description:
PDB Converter is a Windows (9x/NT/2000/Me/XP) application designed to create, edit, or convert between standard NSBasic-compatible PDB databases and Excel 4 or 5 worksheets, CSV files (quoted or unquoted), and text files (delimited or non-delimited).
PDB Converter accommodates pure string (text) databases of up to 16384 records, 255 fields per record, and 255 characters per field.
PDB Converter uses a spreadsheet interface making it ideal for creating or editing databases, and can run in "command-line" mode for unattended, automatic conversions.
CSV (not PDB) files supported by MobileDB, jFile, HanDBase, Excel, Access, and other spreadsheet/database applications.
PDB Converter has been tested on Windows 95/98/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP, and works well with databases created with NSBasic for Palm, and string-based PDB files created using PalmDB.DLL, and can read most HanDBase PDB databases.
Starting with version 4.0, PDB Converter can install PDB's after they are created (in both interactive and command-line modes), so they are transferred at next HotSync.
Update Description:
v4.1.4 (10/5/02):
- Fixed tabbed-text writing routine to correctly write tabbed text in command-line mode.
v4.1.3 (7/2/02):
- Added support for non-quoted CSV files containing embedded quotes
v4.1.2 (5/27/02):
- Fixed bug with using command line to set PDB name, type, and Creator ID.
- Also fixed related bug that converted all command-line parameters to upper case.
v4.1.1 (5/20/02):
- Included application demonstrating DES encryption using PDB Converter
- And decryption using NS Basic for Palm.
v4.1.0 (5/18/02):
- Modified PDB writing routines to eliminate extra null at the end of records
- And modified PDB reading to accommodate both the old and new formats (this change should be invisible to users except for the slight savings in PDB size).
