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PBK2DBF, a HP 95LX PBK -> Psion Data DBF converter
Psion Series 3/3a Version 1.0
Copyright (C) 1994 J Cade Roux
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
* N.B. For space reasons the GNU General Public License is not
* included with this Psion palmtop product.
Installation
To install PBK2DBF, copy PBK2DBF.IMG to any \IMG\ directory. Using the
<Psion>-J option, install the RunIMG application.
This program was written for and tested on several PBK files from the
AMIA Medical Forum. If you have difficulty with any particular PBK
files, please contact the author.
De-installation
To de-install the program, delete the PBK2DBF.IMG file.
Operation
After running, the program displays a dialog with two file choices.
One is the input file (HP 95LX PBK Phone book format), the other is the
output file (a plain Psion DBF containing only string fields). This
output file should NOT exist. If it does, it WILL be overwritten (the
user IS warned after accepting the dialog).
Once the files have been selected, conversion takes place, and a count
of records converted is given.
The PBK file only has three fields: Name, Number, Address. The address
field can contain multiple lines. This program always converts each
line to a separate field in the DBF. No labels record is created. To
add labels, open the file in the Data application and add labels.
Compiling
The source archive is freely available from the author.
Credits
Development tools used included:
On PC: Psion SIBO SDK V2 with TopSpeed C compiler and associated tools,
Multi-Edit 7.0 editor for DOS by American Cybernetics
Author
Suggestions for improvements are always welcome. Please contact me
(eMail virtually guarantees same day response):
Cade Roux
P.O. Box 513
Boutte, LA 70039 USA
73733.1014@compuserve.com
Revisions
1.0: Initial release