Overview
Ever wished you could create and read documents on your Palm? For example, references, manuals, study notes or simple text files?
Aardvark allows you to create indexed documents very easily on your Windows PC for viewing on your Palm. Aardvark documents can range from a simple single page document to very large documents consisting of over 1000 pages with a highly structured index. And you are free to distribute your own Aardvark documents without any fee whatsoever!
Aardvark is an indexed document reader for Palm computers. If you read .PDF (Adobe Acrobat) or .CHM (compressed HTML files) you'd know the document is composed of a number of pages organized within an hierarchical index. This index allows you to navigate through the content in an intuitive manner. Similarly, in Aardvark documents all the pages are presented in an hierarchical index.
You can choose to author documents either in ADL (Aardvark Document Language) or XML if you prefer.
Aardvark consists of two applications; one is the Palm application and the second is AardvarkPDB for Windows PC which is used to create documents for use with the Aardvark Palm application.
Included is a Palm version of the NX Conspectus which is a pocket guide to the popular TV series Northern Exposure.
Here are some screenshots from a color Palm. These are the document selection screen, the index screen and the page screens.
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Other key features of the Aardvark Palm application are:-
Download
NOTE: The Aardvark Document Compiler is a Windows "Visual Basic 5" program and you may need to install the Visual Basic runtime to run it. If so, download the file "Aardvark Document Compiler with Visual Basic 5 runtime"
Aardvark 1.02 - includes Palm application, Aardvark Document Compiler and examples (inc. Northern Exposure Conspectus). Download (~201 KB)
Aardvark Document Compiler 1.02 with Visual Basic 5 runtime - for those who need to install the runtime code as well. Download (~1.5 MB)
Some links
Still using NotePad? Then don't. Visit www.textpad.com to get hold of TextPad, a superb, fully-featured, general purpose text editor.
To speed up testing Aardvark documents, try out the Palm OS Emulator. This will save you having to HotSync repeatedly to your Palm.
Northern Exposure fans click here.