Re: Data Backup

Reinhard Burkert (reinb@pc.jaring.my)
Sun, 17 Nov 1996 12:29:57 +0100

Clym_Escudero@isserv9.idx.com wrote:
>
> Reinhard (or anybody else that cares to comment),
>
> This would strictly be a file backup not a "hotsync", right? I wouldn't
> be able to access/manipulate/use the files on my PC then send them back
> to my Ogo, would I? (Hence, the need for the Connectivity Pack . . . )
>
> Are you able to pull memo's from the Ogo for use on the PC using the IZL
> program?
>
> Please advise . . . thanks!!!
>
> C.

OgComm allows you to copy files between the ogo and your pc, but you cant
manipulate them like what is done in HotSync of the connectivity pack.

I know of some external apps to modify ogo files on the pc:

1) If you have GeoWorks Ensemble, you can create spreadsheets in GeoCalc
and transfer them to the ogo where they can be read and modified by the
spreadsheet app. Check out http://www.geoworks.com

2) There is a shareware package available to read and modify database
(.gdb) files. See GDBCONV at http://omnigo.home.ml.org

3) You can import Notepad (.ndb) files as text-only files in WinWord but
the result does not look pretty.

The IZL program is a runtime support for programs written in IZL and
cannot do anything on its own. I dont know of any IZL programs that
exports memos in a PC-readable format but this does not mean that there
are none.

hth & rgds

reinhard