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- TextPlus Database Builder Version 0.9
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- TextPlus Database Builder is a PC (Win 95/98/NT) application program that
- allows you to create or edit TextPlus vocabulary databases. You can use
- this program to edit your existing TextPlus databases or to create new
- databases (for example, a foreign language dictionary, a dictionary
- for medical terms, etc.).
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- TextPlus Database Builder supports three basic operations
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- * It allows you to convert a TextPlus database file (PDB file) into
- a word list file and a phrase list file. You can then use any text
- file editor to add/remove words and phrases from the lists.
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- * It allows you to convert a word list and a phrase list into a
- TextPlus database file (PDB file).
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- * It allows you to scan a text file and create a word list based on
- the content of the text file. In other words, the word list will
- contain all words (with length in specified range) used in the text
- file and the number of times each word is used.
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- The word list and the phrase list are text files with many lines, and each
- line contains a word (or a phrase) and its frequency. The format is
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- <frequency> word_or_phrase
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- The optional frequency parameter is an integer between 1 and 32767. If
- the frequency parameter is not specified, a default value of 1 will be
- used. A frequency value of 1 means the word (or phrase) is rarely used,
- while a frequency value of 32767 means the word (or phrase) is frequently
- used.
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- BUILDING CUSTOM DATABASES
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- To build a custom database you need to provide a word list and a phrase
- list (optional). The word list and the phrase list must follow the
- format above (one word or one phrase per line). Although in a word list
- (or phrase list) created by the tool, the words (phrases) are sorted
- alphabetically, the database formed by using the list is not dependent on
- the order of the words (phrases). An easy way to create a word list is
- to use the SCAN TEXT feature of the tool to extract a word list from a
- text file with selected text content.
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- MODIFYING EXISTING DATABASES
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- Follow the steps below to edit an existing TextPlus database:
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- * backup the database to your PC
- * convert the PDB file to a word list and a phrase list
- * use a text file editor to modify the word list and the phrase list
- * convert the lists back to PDB file
- * install the modified PDB file to your Palm device
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- DEFINITIONS
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- * PDB file name: TextPlus database file name
- * Word list file name: name of the text file containing the word list,
- must use extension .txt
- * Phrase list file name: name of the text file containing the phrase list,
- must use extension .txt
- * Ref PDB file name: name of the reference TextPlus database file. This
- is usually the desktop version of the TextPlus
- database currently on your Palm device
- * TextPlus database name: this is the name used by Palm OS
- * Database size limit: you can set this value to limit the amount of
- memory used by the database
- * Text file name: name of the text file used to extract word list
- * Min word length: minimum acceptable length for a word
- * Max word length: maximum acceptable length for a word
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- IMPORTANT NOTICE
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- This application is freeware and SmartCell Technology makes no representations
- or warranties whether express or implied (by statute or otherwise) relating
- to the performance, quality, merchantability or fitness for a particular
- purpose of the software. You alone are able to determine whether the
- software will meet your requirements and the entire risk as to its performance
- is with you and, should the software prove defective, you alone must assume
- the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction and any
- incidental or consequential expenses.
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- For more information about TextPlus, visit the homepage of SmartCell
- Technology at
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- http://www.smartcell.com
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- Copyright (c) 2000, SmartCell Technology
- All rights reserved.
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