<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Introduction</TITLE> </HEAD> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="psiconv-0.8.3"> <BODY> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif"><A NAME="Introduction"></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=5 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Arial, Sans-Serif">Introduction</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif"><BR></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif">This is version 2.7 of the Psion 5 data file documentation, dated 20010311.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif">This collection of text files (released both as Psion Word files and as HTML) documents file formats as used by built-in Psion 5 applications. Psion has never released the formats of their saved files, so I had to reverse-engineer them.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif">For those concerned with legalities: I never disassembled or otherwise inspected one single ROM-based Psion application, nor did I use the Psion SDK (Software Development Kit). Instead, I created documents, examined their contents through a hex-editor, modified them, examined them again, etc. until I understood how they were structured and what their contents meant.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif">Because of the way this information is collected, there may be errors in the descriptions. Sometimes I had to make educated guesses or extrapolate about details. Everything was initially figured out with and checked against my own Psion 5, a series 5 R1 with dutch ROM 1.01(145). You can find the version of your own ROM in the <I>System/Information/About Series 5</I> screen. I have recently upgraded to a series 5MX with UK ROM 1.5(255). Some things may still be called a little differently on an actual UK or US Psion that in this guide, but the this has gotten a lot better compared to previous versions of this documentation.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif">You can send any errors, omissions, translation probems, or comments to <I>frodol@dds.nl</I>. The latest version of this document can always be found through my homepage: <I> http://huizen.dds.nl/˜frodol/</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif">You may use the information in this document in any way you want, as far as permitted by Psion, but I would appreciate an acknowledgement if you do.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif">I would like to thank the following people for their help or input:</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif"> Andrew Johnson <anj@aps.anl.gov></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif"> James <James000@jps.net></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif"> Jwan-Luc Damnet <jldamnet@antall.com></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif">and especially:</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif"> Tamas Decsi <tamas@pressflex.com></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif"><U><BR></U></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif"><U>Version history</U></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace"><B><U>Version Release date Changes</B></U></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">2.8 20010728 More Sheet documentation</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">2.7 20010311 Sheet documentation almost completed</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">2.6 20001228 Userdic and World Data files documented. Some data on Sheet files (unfinished). Quite a few corrections all-over.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">2.5 19991204 Clipart files documented. Corrections and fixes.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">2.4 19990812 Sketch, MFM and Record files documented.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">2.3 19990724 Objects in word files documented. TextEd files documented.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">2.2 19990711 Some unknown things filled in, all minor</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">2.1 19990618 Small fixes to make automatic HTML links generation easier</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">2.0 19990618 Completely restructured. This is now a collection of small files. Almost all sections were rewritten.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">1.3 19990615 Some typo's removed. Start section renamed into status section. Status section much better documented. Some special characters added.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">1.2 19990614 Added header/footer replacement section</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">1.1 19990613 Some small bugs resolved. Added identifier section.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">1.0 19990612 New: Page section. All parts of the Word file are now accounted for!</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Courier New, Monospace">0.1 19990610 First release</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=#000000 FACE="Times New Roman, Serif"></FONT></P> </BODY> </HTML>
