VFS and external card in Tugsten T3

[valterg]

Hello,

I'm newbie in SD cards and Palm. I did read in iSilo Manuals that iSilo files can be stored in external memory and it will be archived in /Palm/Programs/iSilo folder in the SD card.
I can't scroll into the directory structure of the card through the Palm, so I don't know if this directory already exist, or how to create it.
Also, I don't know if the iSilo files will be automatically stored in the card during the hotsynch or I must do something special to do so.
Any help will be welcome.

Thank you

Valter - Brazil

[iSilo]

Here are a few of the ways to get documents into the /Palm/Programs/iSilo directory of the card:

iSiloX: When you use iSiloX to convert a document and specify that it be queued for installation to the card, the document will be installed in the /Palm/Programs/iSilo directory of the card during the next HotSync. The directory will be created automatically if it does not yet exist.
iSilo: When you use iSilo to copy a document to the card, the default destination location shown is /Palm/Programs/iSilo. The directory will be created automatically if it does not yet exist.
Card reader/writer: If you have a memory card reader/writer for your desktop computer, you can use it to access a memory card like a disk drive and create the /Palm/Programs/iSilo directory on the card and copy documents to it directly.
iSilo automatically checks for documents in the /Palm/Programs/iSilo directory of the card and adds them to its document list. So there is no specific need to navigate to that directory in any way.

[valterg]

Thank you very much for your fast answer. An excelent support.

There is an one more issue: I found a variety of iSilo files in the Web. I'll download them and make a HotSync. Will the HoSync save the downloaded iSilo files directly in /Palm/Programs/iSilo folder? How the system knows that these files must be save in that directory?

Thank you again

Valter - Brazil

[iSilo]

The HotSync process queues .pdb files to either the internal memory or to the /Palm/Launcher directory. After doing so though, you could start up iSilo and move the files to the /Palm/Programs/iSilo directory from iSilo's document list view by using the Copy mode from the lower left.

[valterg]

Hmmm...

There is no citation about it in the manual (at least I didn't find it).
So, if I understand well, every time that I'll HotSync an iSilo file to Palm, I'll need to copy it to /Palm/Programs/iSilo directory through iSilo app and, after that, delete the original from the handheld memory to save space.

If I'm correct, please let me suggest the development of a dedicated conduit from a specific folder in the desktop that should be created during the iSilo setup, that will directly transfer the file(s) to the /Palm/Programs/iSilo directory in the card during the HotSync.

This will save space and time, specially if one have a lot of iSilo files to manage.

Thank you very much. Again, an excelent and really fast support.

Valter - Brazil