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To select one of the Built in applications, just click its icon on KPilot's sidebar.
KPilot's Sidebar
Selecting one of the built-in applications will cause that application to appear in KPilot's main window. You may use the viewer applications to edit the information, by enabling this option in the database viewer's configuration dialog. The ability to view and edit private records is configurable too.
In some versions of KPilot it is not possible to edit the databases with the internal.
If the Make internal viewers editable option is not enabled, the changes in the viewers are not synchronized with your PalmPilot™, and will be lost.
The todo application allows you to view the tasks from your PalmPilot™, add new tasks and edit or delete existing ones. The changes you made are applied to the PalmPilot™ the next time you HotSync®.
The Todo Viewer Application
The todo application has a drop-down box for the memo categories defined in the PalmPilot™. In the screenshot, category “All” is selected. Underneath the drop-down box is a list of todo entries, with a checkbox indicating if they are completed or not. You can click the checkbox to toggle the todo item between completed and not completed status. Clicking on one of the todo items in the list will display its details in the text box labelled Todo info: to the right.
If you have the Make internal viewers editable option enabled in the viewers configuration page you can use the buttons Edit Record..., New Record... and Delete Record to edit the todo data from your PalmPilot™, and sync the data in the next HotSync®.
If you create new todo and decide that you do not want to have it on the PalmPilot™ you must perform a HotSync® (copying the todo to the PalmPilot™) and then delete the todo record from the PalmPilot™ or the viewer, and HotSync® again. It is not possible to delete newly-added records from the built-in applications.
The Edit Record... button opens a dialog where you can edit the details of the currently selected todo item, including description, priority and end date. Click the New Record... button to open the same dialog, but instead of editing the current selected record, a new todo will be added to the list. And finally, click the Delete Record button to remove the selected todo record from the list.
The address viewer lets you view, create, delete and edit addresses from the PalmPilot™, and synchronize changes back. The addresses can be sorted and viewed in the "Last, first" or "Company, last" format, depending on your viewers configuration.
The Address Viewer Application
The address application resembles the todo application; the drop-down box, buttons, list and text area function exactly the same, allowing you to select, view and edit an address as on the PalmPilot™.
The Edit Record... dialog allows you to edit the Last Name, First Name, Company, etc. fields, just as if you where using your PalmPilot™. Click the New Record... button to open the same dialog, but instead of editing the current selected record, a new address will be added to the list. Click the Delete Record button to remove the selected address from the list.
If you create new address and decide that you do not want to have it on the PalmPilot™ you must perform a HotSync® (copying the address to the PalmPilot™) and then delete the address record from the PalmPilot™ or the viewer, and HotSync® again. It is not possible to delete newly-added records from the built-in applications.
The memo application allows you to view the memos on your PalmPilot™, export them to text files, import new ones to be installed the next time you HotSync®, or edit existing ones.
The Memo Viewer Application
The memo application has a drop-down box for the memo categories defined in the PalmPilot™. Here category “All” is selected. Underneath the drop-down box is a list of memo titles. These are the first lines of the memos, just like in the PalmPilot™ memo application. Clicking on one of the memo titles in the list box will display it in the text box labelled Memo Text: to the right.
When a memo is selected, you can use the buttons Export Memo... and Delete Memo to export the selected memo to a file or to delete the selected memo. Exporting a memo requires you to give a filename; the memo is written to that file. Take care not to overwrite existing files with this action. Deleting a memo does not affect the PalmPilot™ until the next HotSync®.
The Import Memo... button allows you to read a text file and add it — as a memo — to the PalmPilot™. Importing a memo does not take effect until the next HotSync®.
If you import a memo and decide that you do not want to have it on the PalmPilot™ you must perform a HotSync® (copying the memo to the PalmPilot™) and then delete the memo record from the PalmPilot™ or the viewer, and HotSync® again. It is not possible to delete newly-added records from the built-in applications.
In short, databases are all files stored in your PalmPilot™. A database can be either a record database, which stores dynamic information created by the user (for instance, the addresses or the todo information), or a resource database, which tend to be static (for instance the applications).
The Generic DB Viewer is a tool to view and analyze databases stored on your handheld, especially record databases. It helps a lot creating new conduits and to debug existing ones.
While it is possible use the database viewer to edit, add and delete records, you should really know what you are doing, otherwise you may damage your data. Use the viewer applications or conduits to edit your PalmPilot™ data instead, in a normal usage scenario.
The Generic DB Viewer
Just hit the Add File... button to add a file to the Files to Install: list. These files will be installed on your PalmPilot™ during the next HotSync® if Sync Files is checked in the conduits section of the configuration dialog. If you choose not to install these files on the PalmPilot™, just hit Clear List to remove any pending files.
If you are using the HotSync® Daemon you may drag and drop files or URLs onto the docked icon on the toolbar. The file installer application also supports dragging and dropping into the Files to Install:area. Provided Sync Files is checked in the settings dialog they will be installed the next time you HotSync.
An internal copy of the file is kept, so you can even drag and drop URLs from Konqueror!
The File Installer
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