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I have a lot of files in .pdb (as in a Palm Pilot Database) format, major of them downloaded, but until now I can't using or read what the inside, so I looking for how to read, view the .pdb file format from MS Windows XP.
Any converter or viewer tools as free download you know?
For any input would be help me.
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Not only is calibre the one stop solution to all your e-book needs, you can use calibre to view or convert PDB files, it has a built-in ebook viewer that can display all the major ebook formats. It has full support for Table of Contents, bookmarks, CSS, a reference mode, printing, searching, copying, customizing the rendering via a user style sheet, embedded fonts, etc.
Input Formats:
CBZ, CBR, CBC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, TCR, TXT
The calibre e-book viewer can now view all the e-book formats that calibre can convert.
Calibre is freeware, available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Edit: maybe you can use the Palm OS Emulator to open the files.
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My Palm Pilot converter understands just a few of the native database formats.
Norman Ramsey
Posted 2010-01-16T17:44:56.463
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If they are e-books, chances are that they are in WeaselReader (GutenPalm) zTXT format. You can check it out by opening the .pdb with Notepad or MFC Wordpad and verifying that near the beginning there's the string zTXTGPlm.
Then the utility makeztxt in "deconstruct" mode can get you back the .txt original.
Otherwise, you might try with the CPAN ZTxt module.
LSerni
Posted 2010-01-16T17:44:56.463
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Two free utilities that might solve your problem.
DB-Editor is a graphical user interface that lets you edit and create databases for Pilot-DB under MS Windows.
Capabilities:
- Excel sheet import, without installed Excel
- Import from CSV files
- Create file lists of your local directories having various filter possibilities
- Create a file list of your MP3 collection including MP3 tags
- Import from JFile, and ListDB
- Export your database to a MS Word file
- Export to a Excel sheet, without installed Excel
- Export to plain ASCII file
- Export to XML
- Export to CSV
- Export to HTML using CSS
DB-Editor is Freeware and a beta version.
Pilot-DB is a freeware (OpenSource) database program for the Palm OS (any version and any hardware) and compares with the best commercial programs available.
It supports the field types string, boolean, integer, float, calculated, date, time, note, list and link.
Plug-Ins are available for Mobile-DB and JFile databases, for access to the built-in DateBook, for external memory card access and for customizable colours.
Overlays are available for various occidental and oriental languages
There are various third-party tools to create, edit, and export PilotDB-files or to import various formats such as CSV, Excel, ASCII files and Staroffice files on the desktop:
EDIT
Kernel for PDB (commercial $49.95, demo available)
Palm Database Recovery Software that can save all files or folders structures.
harrymc
Posted 2010-01-16T17:44:56.463
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Thank harrymc, for your suggestions, but unfortunately it can not open/view/convert my .pdb file – None – 2010-01-19T17:28:38.843
@harrymc - OT: if you 'format' your comment accordingly (@jones) he will be notified. – None – 2010-01-19T17:59:51.937
@jones: I've added one more. – harrymc – 2010-01-19T19:29:21.437
@Molly: Thanks. I thought up till now that the poster is always notified of all changes. – harrymc – 2010-01-19T19:30:27.940
Ok friend... i will try it, thank so far for your contribution... – None – 2010-01-21T21:28:11.717
1well thank for your nice input, but unfortunately Calibre can not solve my case... – None – 2010-01-19T17:27:09.580
@jones - updated my post. – None – 2010-01-19T17:45:25.653