#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use XML::Handler::Pdb; use XML::SAX; use IO::Handle; use Getopt::Long; use Pod::Usage; my ($Source, $Output, $Verbose, $Help); GetOptions( "source=s" => \$Source, "output=s" => \$Output, "verbose" => \$Verbose, "help" => \$Help ); pod2usage(-verbose => 2) if $Help; my $Method = 'parse_uri'; unless (defined $Source) { $Source = \*STDIN; $Method = 'parse_file'; } XML::SAX::ParserFactory->parser( Handler => XML::Handler::Pdb->new( Verbose => $Verbose, Output => $Output ) )->$Method($Source); exit(0); __END__ =head1 NAME xmltopdb - Generate a Palm PDB from and XML description =head1 SYNOPSIS xmltopdb --source=./input.xml --output=./out.pdb cat input.xml | xmltopdb --output=./out.pdb cat input.xml | xmltopdb > out.pdb =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item B<--source> XML description of the PDB. An alternative is to use standard input. =item B<--output> The PDB file to write to. An alternative is to use standard output. =item B<--verbose> Print the structure of the XML description as we go. =item B<--help> What you are reading now. =back =head1 DESCRIPTION This tool generates a Palm database from an XML desription. The format of the XML description can be found in L. The datatypes in the PDB are modeled for NSBasic, but you can use any other IDE on the Palm to write apps that use C for PDB creation. =head1 AUTHOR Johan Van den Brande =head1 LICENSE This is free software, distributed underthe same terms as Perl itself. =cut