- New icons for T'Catalog.
- Set version and modifier of T'Catalog
- Export as CSV: Creates a Memo with all information separated by ';'. Then it can be hotsynched and copied to a .CSV-file and displayed by e.g. Excel.
- Show card now as
- Show RW/RO without "ROM".
- Changed some menue-titles.
- Doubletap (within 1sec) opens "View Info" of selected database.
- New memory handling. The problem was found by Dennis McCunney (he has about 830 databases stored on several cards, the needed memory was > 64KB, that caused an error).
- Changed "Pilot" to "PDA", suggested by Ed Danley.
- Fixed memory leak at appStopEvent, suggested by Ed Danley.
- Added "List Card Info" which shows info about all installed memory cards (not all cards are fully supported).
Version 1.2.6:
- Fixed following bug: Sorting by Creator or Type is not 100% correct. At first all items starting with uppercase are shown.
- Columns, sort option for: version number, RW/RO/ROM flag, Card Id
- changed display of attribute dmHdrAttrCopyPrevention to 'p'
Version 1.2.5:
- Fixed following bug:
If you delete the last item of the list and the list does not fill the whole page (e.g. because it is filtered) then T'Catalog crashes.
The problem was that "TblUnhighlightSelection" was called and in this case it caused a crash.
Thanks to Mark Huang and Brian Mathis who forced me to search the bug again.
- Display "Never" for dates and "None" for times which where never set in the main view.
- Added preference to switch between US and normal date/time formats.
Version 1.2.4:
- Added options to view created/modified/backuped dates and times and
sort options. Was requested by Shayne Di Camillo.
- Fixed a bug at "Delete Creator":
If the dangerous action was not turned on, for every database of the creator, a
dialog popped up and you had to dismiss it.
- If the size of a database exceeeds 999999 byte then the value is displayed
in "KB" or "K" (depends on length).
Version 1.2.3:
- Fixed a bug reported by Pete Waring:
filtering by name is not case sensitive, except when filtering using the "contains" option.
Filtering with "name - begins" and "name - ends" options works fine - for some reason they
are not case sensitive, but "contains" is.
- Fixed a bug reported by Mark Huang:
If the dangerous action is not turned on, when try to "Delete
filtered", for every database in the current view, a dialog pops up
and you have to dismiss it.
- Added a check at "Delete filtered" if there is a filter active. Otherwise
ALL data would be deleted!
Version 1.2.2:
- Added "Delete filtered" and "Delete Creator" option
Version 1.2.1:
- Added Reverse sort option
Version 1.2:
- Renamed to T'Catalog
- Ported the SW to SDK 3.5
- Fixed a bug when installing T'Catalog the first time
- Added some new flags if you switch in the main view to "Attributes"
Version 1.1 (Z'Catalog by Andrew Plotkin)
- Progress indicator for the db-load (startup and refresh)
- Correct ROM testing
- Delete a DB with the RO flag, without turning the flag off first
Description
T'Catalog is a tool which lists all the databases in your PalmOS based PDA's permanent storage. This includes both data and applications, as well as subsidiary information like preferences and libraries.You can sort the list of databases by name, type, creator, size, and so on. You can also filter the list -- that is, display only databases which match a specific criterion.
You can beam any of these databases to another Pilot. This is a great convenience. When you beam an application with the standard beaming tool, none of its associated data files go with it. With T'Catalog, you can beam any file you want.
T'Catalog also lets you delete any database, delete filtered databases and databases with the same cretor
You can edit some of their properties - names, types, flags and dates.
You also have the possibility to:
- Copy Names: copies the names of all databases to the clipboard.
- Export Names: creates a memo with a list of all database-names.
- Export as CSV: creates a memo with all databse-information separated by ';'. Then it can be hotsynched and copied to a .CSV-file and displayed by e.g. Excel.
- Show Card Info: list infomation about every installed card.
- Show System Info: list general infomation about the PDA.
Caution
T'Catalog is a powerful editing utility. Use with care. If you use the editing or deletion commands, it is very easy to destroy or corrupt your data. You may crash PalmOS, requiring a soft or even a hard reset. It is best to hot-sync your Pilot before using T'Catalog to edit or delete anything.There is no warranty on T'Catalog, and I assume no responsibility for any loss of data you may suffer while using it.
By default, all the dangerous operations (changing or deleting data) are restricted. You have to turn on a "dangerous actions" preference before they'll work, and even after that, there are "Are you sure?" warnings everwhere. So if you just want to list, view, and beam databases, you shouldn't run into any trouble. (Of course, there may still be bugs in T'Catalog, just like any other piece of software. So I can't warrant that it's completely safe. Just like any other piece of software. ;-)
Screenshot
Notes
T'Catalog requires PalmOS 2.0 or later. It should work in all later versions of PalmOS and on the Visor.
Fixing the Lotus Problem
T'Catalog is often recommended for fixing a hotsync problem caused by Lotus Notes. I have no personal experience of the details -- I've never used Lotus Anything -- but I'm told this is how it works:
- Install T'Catalog on your PDA.
- Run it.
- Choose "Options" from the menu; check "Allow Dangerous Actions". Close the options dialogue.
- Go down the list of databases, and use the "Delete" menu option to delete anything that starts with the word "sync". (For example, "syncaddressbook.db").
Bugs
- If you receive a beamed database while T'Catalog is already running, it won't appear in the list. You'll have to exit T'Catalog and re-enter to rebuild the DB list. The update function is already implemented but for an unknown reason Andrew had commented it out.
- If you change a DB, so that the main list sorts differently, the wrong one is selected. If you then hit view, you get the original.
- After "List Card Info" the main view is not fully redrawn.
Future Versions
T'Catalog is an evolving project. Future directions MAY include...- Sort by dates: do not consider time.
- Copy database functionality.
- Navigation:Start/End Page up/down
- Option to set backup-flag for all databases
- Option for case-sensitive filtering.
- Filter for: version numbers, RW/RO/ROM flag, Card Id, dates, times.
- Add possibility to set the times of the timestamps and possibility to set a stamp to "never".
- "Beam filtered" and "Beam Creator".
- Right-justify numeric columns.
- Show all flags in the "View Info" and make them nodifiable,
- Multiple select, and appropriate beam, delete, edit options.
- Export a whole DB to a memo, for mailing.
- Memory info, Battery info, Hotsyncname
- List/View/Edit individual records of a DB.
- Implement VFS: External memory support (a la SD/MMC expansion cards in the M500 and M125/M130 series Palms).