Thread: Why won't ereader see my pdb files?
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Old 01-19-2008, 04:34 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by CClio333 View Post
I can see the files listen on my handheld, but ereader keeps saying that I don't have any books installed. What's its problem?
Question 1: What generated these files?

PDB is a generic file extension in Palm OS standing for Palm Database. A PDB file can contian anything. PalmOS uses the Creator and Type attributes of the file to know what program owns it and can display the data it contains.

eReader can display Palm "doc" files, which have a Creator ID of REAd and a Type of TEXt, and files in PML format, which have a Creator ID of PPrs. eReader won't see other PDB files, in RAM or on a card.

Question 2: Where are the files stored? Most Palm apps that can read data on a card expect to see it in specific places. eReader looks in /Palm/Launcher and /Palm/Books. If they are elsewhere on the card, it won't see them.

It sounds like these either aren't eReader files, or they are on the card in a directory eReader doesn't look at, or both.
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