[Papyrus-L] Papyrus on the Palm

[Peter Hains]

Dear all,

as per the request, I am writing to inform you all of my fun time playing 
with Papyrus and my Palm. Well it was fun for me anyway, since I'm what 
would commonly and unaffectionately be described as a "Techno nerd."

As I originally stated, I looked at J_File, ThinkDB, HanDBase and MobileDB. 
All but J_File (that I could find) had import utilities for CSV data. I had 
real problems getting the ThinkDB import utility to work reliably so it was 
dropped early. I was able to easily import files into HanDBase and MobileDB 
that ThinkDB couldn't cope with, or would work on one occasion and not another.

HanDBase was a clear winner from MobileDB, as both the Palm and desktop 
apps are more powerful. On the whole, HanDBase was well ahead of the 
opposition, in terms of power, price and function. It was very easy to set 
it all up, so I now have my "list of refs to get" on my Palm (or you can 
put the whole thin on as Valerie has done). A "new" version HanDBase Plus 
also has desktop sync to make life even easier and it's still only 
USD29.99. (link to the site 
http://www.ddhsoftware.com/software.html?view=handbaseplus)

I haven't got the link to my "where are the journals found" database 
working yet, but at the least I'll be able to launch this DB when inside my 
"to get" DB and then scroll to the correct Journal name. I contacted 
HanDBase tech support (very prompt and helpful) and I should be able to 
realise the dream of clicking on the Journal name and then being taken 
directly to the library call number. I'll survive if I can't do this.

As with Valerie I am already putting a whole stack of other data into 
HanDBase, that I originally had in Quicksheet (spreadsheets on the Palm). 
The only limitation is your imagination....

Good luck to you all,

Peter.



I'm afraid I don't have a clever saying to put here.

Peter Hains (PhD)                               		Ph. +61 2 9850 6216
Australian Proteome Analysis Facility   	Fax. +61 2 9850 6200
Level 4 Building F7B                    			E-mail. phains at proteome.org.au
Macquarie University, Sydney 2109		Web. www.proteome.org.au

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