10-27-2008
Short answer: no, not really.
It is up to the application(s) writing to the file to enforce the record structure.
There is nothing like what mvs has for defining filesets.
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ToDo(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation ToDo(3pm)
NAME
Palm::ToDo - Handler for Palm ToDo databases.
SYNOPSIS
use Palm::ToDo;
DESCRIPTION
The ToDo PDB handler is a helper class for the Palm::PDB package. It parses ToDo databases.
AppInfo block
The AppInfo block begins with standard category support. See Palm::StdAppInfo for details.
Other fields include:
$pdb->{appinfo}{dirty_appinfo}
$pdb->{appinfo}{sortOrder}
I don't know what these are.
Sort block
$pdb->{sort}
This is a scalar, the raw data of the sort block.
Records
$record = $pdb->{records}[N]
$record->{due_day}
$record->{due_month}
$record->{due_year}
The due date of the ToDo item. If the item has no due date, these are undefined.
$record->{completed}
This is defined and true iff the item has been completed.
$record->{priority}
An integer. The priority of the item.
$record->{description}
A text string. The description of the item.
$record->{note}
A text string. The note attached to the item. Undefined if the item has no note.
new
$pdb = new Palm::ToDo;
Create a new PDB, initialized with the various Palm::ToDo fields and an empty record list.
Use this method if you're creating a ToDo PDB from scratch.
new_Record
$record = $pdb->new_Record;
Creates a new ToDo record, with blank values for all of the fields.
"new_Record" does not add the new record to $pdb. For that, you want "$pdb->append_Record".
SOURCE CONTROL
The source is in Github:
http://github.com/briandfoy/p5-Palm/tree/master
AUTHOR
Alessandro Zummo, "<a.zummo@towertech.it>"
Currently maintained by brian d foy, "<bdfoy@cpan.org>"
SEE ALSO
Palm::PDB(3)
Palm::StdAppInfo(3)
perl v5.10.1 2010-02-23 ToDo(3pm)