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Tungsten T3 Dynamic Input Area Compatibility PRC Files (37KB, ZIP file)

If your handheld is Tungsten T3 and you want to use the extended screen area (Dynamic Input Area, or 320x450 mode) in Expense Diary or Expense Diary SC (v1.5 Build 0321 or later), you need to download and install another two PRC files -- StatusBarLib.prc and AppSlipRotate.prc. These two files are not developed by Adarian Software, they are developed and copyrighted by palmOne, Inc (a new company after the merger of the original Palm and Handspring.) T3 and Expense Diary need these PRC files to support the extended screen.

At the time of writing (11/17/2003), the PRC files are not included in your T3 when you purchased it. Instead, palmOne, Inc. published these two files on 10/29/2003 separately and suggested software developers (people like us) to bundle the PRC files with their programs (like Expense Diary). But since we're not sure if palmOne will have them built-in in T3 in the future, and apparently not everybody needs them, so we put these files here for people who need them to download.

However, your T3 may already have these files either because they were installed along with other programs, or palmOne changed their minds and have them included in the T3 you have. So the best way to find out if your T3 already has them is by running Expense Diary on T3, and see if you can extend or rotate the screen. If you can, then these files are already there and you don't need to do anything. If not, just download the ZIP archive and install them in the usual way (through HotSync).

Following is a copy of the readme file that palmOne published along with the PRC files, make sure you read it before you install them. It is our advise that you make a back up of all the data before you install them.

"These are the Dynamic Input area compatibility prcs that are needed on the Tungsten T3 device to be compatible with the PalmSource Dynamic Input Area APIs. Please install these on your device via HotSync if you want to run application that uses the Palm DIA APIs.

IMPORTANT - You must install both prcs at the same time; installing them separately may force a hard reset."

Expense Diary and Expense Diary SC Database Conversion Utility (8KB, PRC file)

The database format of Expense Diary and Expense Diary SC are not compatible, therefore the data cannot be shared. If for any reason you want to transfer the data from one program to another, this utility can help. What it does is to COPY the database, that is, after copying is done, the source program's database is still intact, while the target program's database is completely overwritten.

The use of this utility is very straightforward, just fire it up and you'll see. Here are a few things to note:

1. This utility works only with databases created by Expense Diary or Expense Diary SC v1.3 and later.

2. Before using it, you have to run both programs at least once.

3. When copying data from SC version to the standard version, all expense amounts will become U.S. Dollar. This change is not a "currency conversion", it's only a value transfer. That is, an amount of 100.00€ in SC will become US$100.00 after copying to the standard version.

4. When copying in another way round, all expenses will become whatever currency the SC version is using. Actually, SC version does not support currency at all, so it simply accepts the amounts and add the currency symbol (specified in the Preferences dialog box) in front of the amounts. For example, if the currency symbol in SC version is "€", then expenses of $100.00 and ¥200 from the standard version will become 100.00€ and 200.00€.

5. When copying is done, you can safely delete this utility and the source program (and its database).

Windows Registry for Importing Double-Byte Characters Into Office Add-Ins

Office Add-Ins are Unicode-based, which means supposedly they can handle all national languages. However, Chinese and Korean are a little different.

Palm OS comes in many different language versions. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a Chinese or a Korean version. Some users install a Chinese/Korean system program in their handhelds, such as CJK OS or Palm Dragon. These programs allow you to enter Chinese or Korean characters, but they don't actually turn your Palm OS into a Chinese or Korean one. So the Office Add-Ins still think they're importing from an English Palm OS, and thus the imported characters are all garbled. To avoid this, you need to "tell" the Office Add-Ins what language to use. Here is how:

Download the appropriate registry files from the following table, save it to your hard disk, then double click on the file. You will be asked "Are you sure you want to modify the Registry?" Say yes (you need administrator's right to do so). Next, go to your handheld and make some changes to Expense Diary's or Expense Diary SC's data, perform a HotSync, then go to Excel and import. You should get the right characters.

  Expense Diary Expense Diary SC
Traditional Chinese std_tc.reg sc_tc.reg
Simplified Chinese std_sc.reg sc_sc.reg
Korean std_korean.reg sc_korean.reg

 

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