mobile
bookmark
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Description
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Converts a bookmark or export favorites file to a MobileDB file.
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Status
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Complete - Production.
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Audience
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Internet users with Palm devices
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License
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GNU General Purpose
License (GPL).
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Operating System
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OS Independent.
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Language
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Java 2 Runtime.
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Topic
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Web Page Reference.
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Future
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Looking for users and feedback.
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Creating a bookmark file
The Netscape browser stores it bookmarks in the format required by this
program.
If you are using the Internet Explorer browser, you must export your
favorites to a bookmark file. To do this, choose I.E.’s
File->
Import and Export... menu and select the
Export Favorites option of the wizard. If you are running an
older version of I.E. that does not have this wizard, you can use the
favtool.exe
program to generate the input file.
Running MobileBookmark
To run MobileBookmark,
open a command window (on Windows, use
Start->Programs->MS-DOS Prompt or
Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt), and
enter the following commands:
C:\Windows\> cd directory where you downloaded the JAR file
directory> java -jar bookmark.jar [dbname=Bookmarks] [bookmark.html [bookmark.pdb]]
The arguments after the jar file are optional:
dbname=Bookmarks
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The name of the database, defaults to Bookmarks. If you
have multiple bookmark files, you probably want to give them
distinct database names.
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bookmark.html
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Name of the bookmark file to convert. If not specified, the
program will display a file open dialog.
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bookmark.pdb
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Name of the bookmark database when converted. If not specified,
the program will display a file save dialog.
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Installing the bookmarks on your palm device
You will need to install the MobileDB application if you have not
already done so.
Like other PalmOS database files, double-click on the bookmark.pdb file
(or run Palm’s instapp.exe) to transfer the file to your Palm
device the next time you HotSync.
Jar files have the same format as ZIP archives: you can extract the
source with winzip or other zip utility. You may need to change the
extension to “zip” before opening it. If you have any
suggestions for features or bugs to report, please contact
me.