Why will a CSV file on my PC not offer a conversion to a Data file?

How do I import textual data on my PC into a Data file?

How doI read emails that are not plain text?

How can I export my Agenda contents?

Why does Psiwin fail to convert my Microsoft Access MDB file?

Other common reasons for file conversion failure

How do I convert a file after I've already copied onto the PC?

Why will a CSV file on my PC not offer a conversion to a Data file?

Thanks to Scott at the Psionplace message boards for this info.

• If one of the entries has more than 250 charcters.
• If the entries have commas in the text this seems to confuse the process. Sometimes it justs splits the entry over two fields, somtimes it fails completely.
• If the entries contain foriegn characters.
• If the entries in one column are a mixture of text, numbers or dates.
• Sometimes what seems to be for no reason whatsoever all it needs is one entry to be wrong and the whole process fails.

How do I import textual data on my PC into a Data file?

Refer to this pdf file.

How do I read emails that are not plain text?

For HTML emails, read the following from Ian Park. For those pesky winmail.dat files, check the second paragraph.

FWIW, the technique I use for HTML mail is to copy the body of the mail to the paste buffer, then start up the excellent RMRText freeware utility, create a new file with an .html extension, paste the buffer into the open file, save it, and then open the file with either the built-in Psion web browser or Opera (making sure first that I've disconnected the phone line, to stop any naughty links from working ;-). I much prefer this approach, although it sounds long-winded, to the risk of nasties by opening HTML mail in Outlook!
Ian Park

winmail.dat files are generated by Microsoft Outlook. They are only rtf text files at the end of the day, and there's a utility here that will read them.

How can I export my Agenda contents?

Unfortunately it is not possible to export Agenda contents in an automatically translateable format. The best available option is to print the contents of the agenda to a text file which you can manually transcribe into an alternative system. To do this:

• in Agenda, select File..Printing..Print.. and tap the 'Printer..' button
• select 'General' via 'File', then tap the 'Settings..' button and type a filename (best to end it with the .txt extension).
• now OK the Settings.. and then Printer.. dialogs and tap Print.
• the contents of your Agenda are now available as text in a file that is readable without conversion on any computing device.

Why does Psiwin fail to convert my Microsoft Access MDB file?

The Access converter has a few limitations:

• supports only Access 97 (later versions of Access will 'save as' Access 97 format).
• the file may only contain one table (EPOC Data does not support multi-table databases).
• the file must have the same name as the table it contains.

Other common reasons for file conversion failure

• The file is read-only.
• The file is password-protected.

How do I convert a file after I've already copied onto the PC?

In Psiwin's group off your Start menu, you'll find a Convert Files option.

Page last updated: June 10, 2003