Personal Librarian
Personal Librarian is a text database. Records in a text database may contain small or large amounts of text. Fields within each record may also contain small or large amounts of information. With the Personal Librarian connector, the integration platform can write to Personal Librarian 4.11 for Windows. Personal Librarian data files have an .src file extension.
This connector sets field width in bytes. What actually varies is the number of characters that fit into a given field. For example, if a field width is 10 bytes and the encoding is Shift-JIS, the field can hold a minimum of 5 characters and a maximum of 10. This means that if you try to write 8 Japanese characters, data is truncated (the Kanji characters all take 2 bytes).
Connectivity Pointers
When writing data to Personal Librarian, the integration platform creates two files. One has an .src extension and one has a .def extension. After creating a Personal Librarian database with the integration platform, you must follow a series of steps in Personal Librarian before the database may be opened and searched:
To define your new database
1. Open PL-Admin.
2. Choose New from the File menu and select the .def file created by the integration platform.
3. In the Define Database dialog box, a database name uses the same name as the .src and .def file names by default. You may give the database a new and more meaningful name, if desired. You may also add or remove fields and make some other choices. Refer to the Personal Librarian user documentation for options. When you have made your selections, click OK.
4. A new dialog box opens in which you are asked if you want to add this new database to the Shortlist. Again, refer to the Personal Librarian user documentation to help you determine your answer.
5. In the next dialog box, select Add Fields, and then select the .src file created by the integration platform. Click GO.
6. When Personal Librarian has finished processing the records, click OK.
7. Exit PL-Admin.
8. Open PL 4.11. Your database is ready to open and search.
Connector-Specific Notes
No known limitations.
Property Options
You can set the following target (T) properties.