falco> Greetings,
falco> I have a huge phone database on my Zoomer and I backed it
falco> up to my main system running Ensemble - no problem. Two questions
falco> though, can I convert the data to any other formats so I can use it
falco> for other purpose (I don't want to retype all of that data) and is
falco> there any way I can use that data file with Ensmble? (I want to
falco> have a phone database on my main system.)
Well, your problem is the opposite of mine. I've a huge database on my
UNIX machine and like to down load to the Zoomer. However, your problem is
much simpler. You can dump your phonebook into ASCII and then convert it
to your favorite format. A good way to do that is to Print your phonebook
in PostScript and then extract ASCII from it (using ps2ascii for an
example). Another way is to print it to a very simple printer (Diablo 630
from GeoPublish) and then strip the escape sequences. You'll loss all the
inks by the way.
Regards,
Rui-Tao Dong ~{6-HpLN~} Department of Mathematics
rdong@math.uci.edu University of California
(714)824-3897(O) (714)824-7993(Fax) Irvine, CA 92717-3875