This Palm OS extensions teaches the well known applications new tricks. It can be invoked using the system "Send" command (in applications that support it, i.e. most built-in applications and a lot of third party utility software).
It simply writes data to a file. You can adjust the filename and folder. The standard folder for a given file type is used by default (eg. DCIM for photos).
One could think there is no point in sending application data to a file, it is in some file already, isn't it?
Wrong! A lot of palm applications store the data internally in their own format (the palm database) but use a different "external" format for exchanging data between devices. "Send to Card" enables you to export the data using this "external" format and keep them on the card.
For example:
| Application | Palm database | External file format |
| Memos | MemoDB.pdb | *.txt - any text editor can open this |
| Contacts (AddressBook) | ContactsDB-PAdd.pdb (AddressDB.pdb) | *.vcf - common VCard format recognized by most email software |
Calendar (Datebook)
Tasks (ToDo) | CalendarDB-PDat.pdb (DatebookDB.pdb)
TasksDB-PTod.pdb (ToDoDB.pdb) | *.vcs - recognized by desktop PIM software |
| Treo Ringtones | MIDI Ring Tones.pdb
Ton-*.pdb | *.mid - standard MIDI music file
*.amr - sampled ringtone |
By saving these data in files you can make backups, transfer the data to a computer or just test the data exchange without a second device acting as a receiver.
