Re: GUI address tool

[mindless (Alan Harder)]

> My first cut is just going to be a GUI that reads and writes the .pdb
> file directly.  If people start using something like that, then I'd
> expect to create a demand for a pilotmgr conduit to sync between them
> next.

Actually Gary, a program that reads/write the .pdb format wouldn't be all
that helpful in creating a pilotmgr conduit.
Pilotmgr receives the address book records in a perl hash, and is completely
unrelated to the .pdb format.  I suppose you COULD write a conduit which
reads the records thru the pilot conduit api and then converts it BACK to
the .pdb format for saving...

The advantange of .pdb format tool is you could use it as a viewer of your
current address book before a pilotmgr conduit is developed..
If the pilotmgr conduit was developed at the same time as the PIM tool,
you could use ANY format you wanted, and you just need to make the conduit
read and write that format...

	- Alan
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