Thank you very much for such prompt response. The information you provided does help, but also brings some confusion. I do not need to interact w/ handheld device. I believe there are exporting utilities available within the device's that allow user to export address books into the Address Book Archive (.ABA file). Given this file (myAddressBook.aba for example) I want to do one of the two things: iether write the script that will extract contact info from this file derectly or write the script that will convert myAddressBook.ABA file to myAddressBook.CSV file for which I already have a script to extract contact info from. Do I have to write a conduit to perform iethrer one of those, can a conduit be a standalone without the need for a device to interact with, or is there some thing else? Thanks a lot in advance. "Nesse, Rustin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visual Basic or Visual C for the desktop to Net end (Java could be > even better, depending on how you need to do this). You'll need to > write a conduit to get your address book out of the Palm, unless you > use Puma's Intellisync or something like that. Take a good look at > PalmGear.com for utilities that do this kind of thing...if you can > afford to, don't reinvent the wheel. > > If you need to write a Palm conduit, which I doubt (since the address > book syncs down to the Palm desktop by default...unless you want to > replace the address book conduit with a custom conduit that translates > the data differently.), use Visual C 6 with the conduit development kit,
> downloadable from PalmOS's development zone. > > Hope that helps! > -Rus > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Alex K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 2:28 PM > >To: Palm Developer Forum > >Subject: newbee: What tool(s) do I need to use in order to... > > > > > > > >I am new to PalmOS developmnet, and I need to write an ActiveX > >component > >that will be able to retrieve contacts information from .aba > >(address book > >archives - I believe) files so that palm pilot users can import their > >address book info from their desktop (after they have already > >exported it > >from their pieces to their internet ready desktops via some > >3rd party app) > >onto our web based address book. Sort of like Yahoo does it with thier > >address book imports. I am not sure if i am in a right place > >to ask this > >question, - can someone offer me any helpfull information, please. > >Suggestion on development environments for Win2K are also welcomed. > >Many thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to > >unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > > > > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
