DinkyView Contents
Pilot(TM) Dinky Pad Data Viewer V2.0 Help

DinkyView

Created by Eric Beck and Pat Beirne

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CONTENTS:

Brief Overview

How to

Bug Reporting

Program History

More help text will be available soon.

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DinkyView Overview
Brief Overview

Welcome to the Pilot(TM) Dinky Pad Data Viewer.  This program was designed to read the Dinky Pad v0.92b datafile created after a hotsync.

This program will display the bitmaps contained in the backup file and allow you to copy the displayed file to the clipboard, print the file to your printer, or save the file as a bitmap (bmp).


How to do things in DinkyView
How To

This program is very simple to use.  Start by specifying the data file location by pressing the Browse button and wait a few seconds.  Dinky Pad data files end with the extension (.pbd) and are usually stored in the c:\pilot\...\backup directory.

The first bitmap on the list will be displayed.  To change to a different bitmap, select its name from the combo box.  To copy or print the displayed bitmap, press the appropriate button or select from the appropriate menu.  The current bitmap can be saved as a bitmap(bmp) file by selecting the Save Current Bitmap as option, or press the Save button.

To print the pictures together with the text descriptions, select Print Titled from the File menu. You can also print all the pictures in the collection, by selecting Print Collection from the File menu. Each page contains the name of the DinkyPad backup file, and the time of printing.

If you find that the backup files on your hard drive are not recent, it may be that your Pilot is not updating them during a HotSync. The cure for this is to delete all installed applications on your Pilot except DinkyPad, and then re-install the apps. This moves DinkyPad up to the front of the line, and your backup files should be updated on each HotSync. Palm/USR will fix this problem in the next version of HotSync.


Reporting Bugs in DinkyView
Bug Reporting

We have tested this program and we have found no errors, but self evaluation and testing is not a preferred method of application development.

We would appreciate any input or comments in reference to this application. Please suggest improvements or problems.

Please forward comments to us by way of E-mail at the following address:

beckny@flinthills.com

   or

patb@corel.com

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We consider this program FREEWARE and in the public domain.  We encourage you to

give this program to as many people as you like.

The only thing we ask is that you do not attempt to modify, disassemble, hack the code, or

try to sell this thing.

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Pilot(TM) is a registered trademark of US Robotics and is not responsible for anything

this application does or fails to do. Use this application at your own risk.  It works fine,

but we will not be responsible for any loss of life, data or productivity due to the use of this program.

Eric & Pat

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Program History
History

Ver 1.1	6Nov96 much improved user interface; save bitmap to file; WinHelp file

Ver 0.92	3Oct96 weak initial release; problems with big images