Making more use of my PDA

Zytheran · Post by **Zytheran** » 22 January 07 11:55 pm

McPhan wrote:
Zytheran wrote:having being burnt with GPX Sonar twice.

Meaning it dropped off all your notes for no reason? If so that happened to me on a trip through Vic and SA, not happy.

Yep.

Including the coords for the multis I was part way through..

Important notres are now put on paper and lost instead

(but at least are found one day..)

JackHenry · Post by **JackHenry** » 23 January 07 7:28 am

I'm sure you already know this, but GSAK will load a ZIP file straight up without decompressing it first. (Or a folder full of ZIP files)

You can also just drag a ZIP onto the GSAK icon and it will do the same.

Mr Router · Post by **Mr Router** » 23 January 07 7:37 am

JackHenry wrote:
You can also just drag a ZIP onto the GSAK icon and it will do the same.

You must make a new data base first, unless it an update were u can set it to erase the old data.
We usually open gsak ,minimise then drag to the icon.There is probably something im missing! but it works for us.

Mr Router · Post by **Mr Router** » 23 January 07 7:42 am

JackHenry wrote:
You can also just drag a ZIP onto the GSAK icon and it will do the same.

You must make a new data base first, unless it an update were u can set it to erase the old data.
We usually open gsak ,minimise then drag to the icon.There are probably something im missing! but it works for us.

Mr Router · Post by **Mr Router** » 23 January 07 7:42 am

JackHenry wrote:
You can also just drag a ZIP onto the GSAK icon and it will do the same.

You must make a new data base first, unless it an update were u can set it to erase the old data.
We usually open gsak ,minimise then drag to the icon.There are probably something im missing! but it works for us.

Mr Router · Post by **Mr Router** » 23 January 07 7:42 am

JackHenry wrote:
You can also just drag a ZIP onto the GSAK icon and it will do the same.

You must make a new data base first, unless it an update were u can set it to erase the old data.
We usually open gsak ,minimise then drag to the icon.There are probably something im missing! but it works for us.

McPhan · Post by **McPhan** » 23 January 07 7:56 am

The record's stuck "click" The record's stuck

Zytheran · Post by **Zytheran** » 23 January 07 11:00 am

JackHenry wrote:I'm sure you already know this, but GSAK will load a ZIP file straight up without decompressing it first. (Or a folder full of ZIP files)

You can also just drag a ZIP onto the GSAK icon and it will do the same.

Ok. I then need to automate the email from GC so it auto saves the zip file into a directory. Anyone know how to auto strip the attachment from within Mozilla's mail as it arrives without human input?

After that I can write a macro in GSAK to auto import new data so it is done whenever GSAK starts.

mtrax · Post by **mtrax** » 23 January 07 11:49 am

not sure if you can do it that way.. the only way I could suggest is setup a new mailbox and have some program read the email.
You would have to google some pop3 command line mail clients that can scan for your attachments.
good luck on that.

Mr Router · Post by **Mr Router** » 23 January 07 12:25 pm

McPhan wrote:The record's stuck "click" The record's stuck

What happened here :?I did not post 3times

Mr Router · Post by **Mr Router** » 23 January 07 12:31 pm

McPhan wrote:The record's stuck "click" The record's stuck

What happened here

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 23 January 07 1:17 pm

Zytheran wrote:
JackHenry wrote:I'm sure you already know this, but GSAK will load a ZIP file straight up without decompressing it first. (Or a folder full of ZIP files)

You can also just drag a ZIP onto the GSAK icon and it will do the same.
Ok. I then need to automate the email from GC so it auto saves the zip file into a directory. Anyone know how to auto strip the attachment from within Mozilla's mail as it arrives without human input?
After that I can write a macro in GSAK to auto import new data so it is done whenever GSAK starts.

GSAK can do the mail bit for you! Set your mail client to leave the mail on the server (for a day or three) and you can grab the file attachments directly from within GSAK using the "get data via e-mail" in the File menu.

You sound like a classic case for a macro, Z! You should be able to do all of your importing, filtering and exporting with one button. Spend a bit of time looking into the macro language; for these sorts of things it's pretty straightforward.

Map Monkey · Post by **Map Monkey** » 23 January 07 3:49 pm

Mr Router wrote:
McPhan wrote:The record's stuck "click" The record's stuck
What happened here :?I did not post 3times

More like 4 times

mm

Mr Router · Post by **Mr Router** » 23 January 07 3:56 pm

Map Monkey wrote:
Mr Router wrote:
McPhan wrote:The record's stuck "click" The record's stuck
What happened here :?I did not post 3times
More like 4 times

mm

They are breeding

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 23 January 07 6:26 pm

mtrax wrote:
Bear_Left wrote:Plus a few more occasionally useful things:
(I won't give specific programs since mine are all PalmOS progs)

-BASIC (or Forth or c or language of choice) for doing simple tasks in the field. (Adding up the "A=1, B=2.." types, doing ROTn, Vignere codes, etc., etc.)
Is there any of these utilities available for download or do I need a compiler to make my own? eg a=1,b=2 calculations

I use the trial version of HotPaw Basic, which allows four active memo-based programs (but you can easily swap around which four you have at any given time)
It handles text files and all the usual basic stuff and is great for quick on-the-fly calculations.