There are a couple of important points you need to be aware of with regard to the requirement that the title you assign a document should be unique.
In addition to static characters in the title, the title can also have dynamic components such as the date of conversion or the title of the first source file. Dynamic components always begin with the two-character sequence consisting of a backslash and an uppercase X, followed by the component name. If the component has additional parameters, a question mark follows the component name and the parameters follow the question mark. A semicolon marks the end of a component.
The following table lists the available title components:
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
\Xdate;
| Text: The date the conversion starts.
Default format: A six character sequence in the format Y2M2D2, where Y2 is the last two digits of the year, M2 is the two digit month, and D2 is the two digit day. Parameters: Any of the following parameters can be provided in any order. Additional characters may also be interspersed between the parameters as separators that are included in the resulting text.
|
\Xtime;
| Text: The time the conversion starts.
Default format: A four character sequence in the format H2M2, where H2 is the two digit hour in 24-hour format and M2 is the two digit minute. Parameters: Any of the following parameters can be provided in any order. Additional characters may also be interspersed between the parameters as separators that are included in the resulting text.
|
\Xtitle;
| Text: The title of the first source file.
Parameters: This component has no parameters. |
| Title Specification | Description |
|---|---|
\Xdate; Short Stories of Yore | If the date of conversion is December 25, 2004, this title specification sets the title to "041225 Short Stories of Yore". This title uses the default date format. |
\Xdate?M-D-Y; Short Stories of Yore | If the date of conversion is December 25, 2004, this title specification sets the title to "12-25-2004 Short Stories of Yore". Notice the inclusion of hyphens between the month, day, and year parameters, which result in the insertion of hyphens between those parts in the same places in the resulting title. |
Short Stories of \Xdate?D-M-Y2; Yore | If the date of conversion is March 1, 2005, this title specification sets the title to "Short Stories of 1-3-05 Yore". |
Short Stories of \Xdate?D2-M2-Y2; Yore | If the date of conversion is March 1, 2005, this title specification sets the title to "Short Stories of 01-03-05 Yore". |
/Palm/Programs/iSilo/
folder of the first memory card with enough free space for the document.
Note that some Palm OS® devices may have built-in memory
cards and that the order in which the HotSync® Manager presents
the memory cards to the iSilo™ Install conduit
may differ from one HotSync® operation to the next. For specific
control over exactly which memory card the document installs to,
use the Path destination option described next.
The first component of the path must be the volume name or label of the memory card. If the volume name is empty or not that of a mounted memory card at the time of HotSync®, the document installs to the first memory card with available space.
Following the volume name component is the path of the folder to which to install the document. If the full path ends in a slash, the filename is based on the document title as described above. Otherwise, the last component of the path is the file name the document takes on the memory card.
If any of the folders in the path do not exist at the time of installation, the iSilo™ Install conduit creates them.
Following are some example paths:
| Example Path | Description |
|---|---|
/Johns Card/Documents/iSilo/Diary for September.pdb
|
Volume: Johns CardFolder: /Documents/iSilo/File name: Diary for September.pdb |
/128M/Entertainment/
|
Volume: 128MFolder: /Entertainment/File name: based on document title |
//Documents/iSilo/
|
Volume: first one with enough free space Folder: /Documents/iSilo/File name: based on document title |
//My Hobbies/Fishing/Laws and Regulations/DeepFish
|
Volume: first one with enough free space Folder: /My Hobbies/Fishing/Laws and Regulations/File name: DeepFish |
Note that the path must begin with a slash and that the characters listed in the table below can not be used for any part of the folder path or file name. However, there may be additional characters that can not be used and are dependent on the file system of the card. Using invalid characters will result in problems or errors during installation of the document:
| Disallowed characters in paths | |
|---|---|
| Character | Description |
| " | Double-quote |
| * | Asterisk |
| : | Colon |
| < | Less than |
| > | Greater than |
| ? | Question mark |
| | | Vertical bar |
If you click Path and the current destination is already a path, you can edit the current path. Otherwise, if the current destination is either Handheld device memory or External memory card, selecting Path allows you to change the destination to be a path and to enter the specific path for the document.
You can not directly change an added destination to another user. Just remove the entry you want to change and add the new one in the normal manner.
By default, unless you specify a file name, iSiloX copies the converted document to the folder as a file with the same file name as the Document Title and with an extension of .pdb.