This is
the “Help” file. The
Clinical Series by Pacific Primary Care, PC and CG Weber MD. cgweber@pol.net
http://cgwebermd.tripod.com/Clinical-med/
You can download the trial
and full versions of all programs at Palmgear.com or Handango.com or PDAmd.com,
look under “medical” or “clinical”.
All purchasers of this text
will receive FREE updates for one year.
If you change email
addresses, please send us your current email address cgweber@pol.net Make sure you keep updated versions as the
texts will eventually expire as
medicine is constantly changing/ improving with the latest information coming
out daily.
For links to all download sites and
a free sharware version of “WINZIP”
decompression software (you can’t get this non-expiring program at any
other site) go to my site at:
http://cgwebermd.tripod.com/Clinical-med/
Another good site for newbies: http://www.nearlymobile.com/
Everything needs to be exact with
these darn computers! (so pay attention).
Step #1: After download, you need to unzip the file
(use winzip or other) into a SEPARATE folder. It
comes as a zip file. The .pdb document file is in
there, you will need to use an unzip utility such as StuffIt
Expander, which you can get for free from http://www.aladdinsys.com/
, to extract the files. Then just install the .pdb to
your PDA in the same manner that you install other .pdb
or .prc files.
Then double-click on it to add it to your hotsync.
Next: Install the files on your Handheld: At the Palm desktop software and click the
"Install" button. Or Drag or
select the prc and pdb
files that you extracted from the zip file to the Install window. Pocket PC
users drag the unzipped file into your "personal folder" which is
usually located under "My Documents". HotSync your handheld to your desktop and this will install the
files.
#2: One common
problem is not having the correct version of iSilo. The old version (2.58) will not read it, you
need the upgraded version (3.2 or higher, free upgrades via email@isilo.com).
You need "iSilo". It is a reader used by hundreds of medical
texts. It is the only reader supporting hyperlinks, illustrations and compression. It can be downloaded at iSilo.com or any
palm/ pocket pc site.
You can check your palm to ensure that both iSilo and the clinical text are both on your palm. The text is read after opening iSilo.
A 3rd problem may occur:
A message about "not having an application compatible with the
file". It is usually because the
".pdb" extension was somehow lost from the
file. The PDA/Palm Install Tool uses the file's extension to determine what
type of file it is. The assumption is that files with a .pdb
extension are in the PDA/Palm data base format and thus will be installed to
the /PDA-Palm/Launcher directory. In summary, try renaming the file so that it
has a .pdb extension and then try to install it
again.
***Do not use the
“free iSilo reader” as it does not
support illustrations or hyperlinks. I
have no ties with iSilo, it is just simply the best program availiable. It can be used for other things such as
reading any document on your computer on your palm. To add this file to your palm just double
click on it after you unzip it and it will happen automatically next time you
synchronize. Once it is on your palm,
just tap on the topic you want to get info on and it will link you to it. You can change the name of the document,
but essentially it is a read-only file.
One common problem is not having the correct version of iSilo. The old version (2.58) will not read it, you
need the upgraded version (3.0 or higher, free upgrades via email@isilo.com.
Tips on using iSilo:
Quick way to get to top of
document (beginning):
Pocket PC user: tap “Marks” (located at the bottom
of page) and choose “Top of Page”.
OR Tap the “page/ %” key (bottom
right) and choose “top of page”.
Palm User: Upstroke in the handwriting area
(bottom left to top right direction), then in the number writing area write a
“zero” (circle, counterclockwise).
“Links are faded on the Palm
OS”: If you have a B&W palm: While viewing a document in iSilo, in the "Options" menu, tap on
"Display...", then change the Color mode to Black/white (1-bit).
Set Your iSilo
Preferences: I personally
recommend:
Tools --- Options --- Display: FONT -- small with “absolute” or medium with
“relative”. Text --- normal.
Region: 1: Screen up (so when touch top area you page up). 2: Drag
(so you can drag pictures or the screen around).
3: Drag. 4: Screen
down.
UI: Hide the scroll bar. Show the tool bar.
Bookmarks: set bookmarks to common locations such as the “Alphabetical Index” or your favorite topic. Just go the location and select “bookmark”.
iSilo
will take any document saved as hypertext and convert it to the palm
format. For example, write a text
document using microsoft
WORD, then “save as” a HTML file (save as “web
page”). Next, open iSilo-Web (icon should appear on your desktop after
installing iSilo), choose “add”, it automatically
add it to your palm desktop, otherwise click on the new file you created and
your palm will recognize it and add it next time you synchronize.
3rd
problem may occur: A message
about "not having an application
compatible with the file". It is usually because the ".pdb" extension was somehow lost from the file. The
Palm Install Tool uses the file's extension to determine what type of file it
is. The assumption is that files with a .pdb
extension are in the Palm data base format and thus will be installed to the
/Palm/Launcher directory. In summary, try renaming the file so that it has a .pdb extension and then try to install it again.
Available Medical
Titles:
23
Titles: Clinical Endocrinology,
Neurology, Orthopedics, Nephrology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, ENT,
Psychiatry, Urology, Infectious Disease, Women’s Health, Hematology/
Oncology, Geriatrics-Death & Dying, Rheumatology, Pain Management,
Pulmonology, Allergy, Pediatrics, Ethics-Alternative Medicine-Evidence Based
Medicine-Communication (Medical Compendium), Cardiology, Ophthalmology and the
Clinical Medicine Consult (CMC, has all 23 titles in one hightly
hyperlinked file that takes up only 3.9MB of palm space).
Most files are 150-250kb in size
Link to all software:
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Palm Users: Expansion
Slots (Memory cards, flash memory):
Here is one
solution a user sent to me for a Visor without enough memory to take the whole
program:
It might
work, but it might not. You have to be comfortable with the
possibility
of reinstalling all programs separately.
Buy a 8mb memory expander for HS visor, Hotsync
then clear memory.
Put in the
expander.
Go to palm
desktop (newest desktop). Edit users - make one called temp install
Hotsync
with temp install.
Install isilo.
Hotsync.
Install
clinical bundle.
Hotsync.
Use file
manager (with 8mb) to view all.
Then move iSilo to 8mb.
Then move clin med cons to 8mb.
Leave a
file called "ToGoDB" if it is under isilo internal.
(this may relate to documents to go).
hard
reset again erase memory.
hotsync, choose original user.
let it
work.
reset
when prompted (pray).
you can
delete the "temp install" user using palm desktop.
If it won't
work, erase all and install all your OTHER programs separately.
Once you
move the isilo and clin refernce db to the expansion slot, you have
to delete
them from.
C:\palm\ .
. . . \backup
Or they
will be reinstalled and reduplicated and may confuse the palm.
Give it a
try. I'll bet you will like having it in a removable slot.
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Subj: UNZIPPING
How-To Guides:
Decompressing Software Files:
How ironic
that you have to unzip the download in order to read this help file.
The
decompression phase often causes the most confusion for users
trying to
install software to their Palm devices. This is usually
because
decompression requires additional software and utilizes a
variety
of file types that are often unfamiliar. However, the process
is not
really that complicated once you have the right tools and
understand
what is happening.
Software
files are compressed to reduce their size for easy
transmission over the Internet. In many cases, if the files were not
compressed,
they would take hours to download, particularly for users
with slow
connections. Once they have been transfered, they can
by
decompressed by the user back to their full size and ready for use.
File Manager (before decompression)
The first
step in decompressing software is to make sure that you
have a
decompression utility. There are a number of alternative
utility
programs that will accomplish this purpose, but the one we
recommend
is WinZip. If you do not have a copy of this useful
program,
click here to download one (once the download is complete,
you can
install and start the program by double-clicking the icon in
your file
manager). If you already have a copy of WinZip (or the
utility
of your choice) you are ready to start the decompression
process.
WinZip
Window
Using your
file manager, you will be able to select the file that you
wish to
decompress. In this example, we have gone back into our Palm
folder
where there is a file called 'games' (the file we downloaded
from the
Internet).
To
decompress this file, simply double-click it. This should launch
the decompression
utility automatically. If you are using WinZip, you
will see
a window something like the one depicted in Figure 6. This
window
shows all of the files included in the compressed file along
with
certain statistics about those files (such as the file size and
compression
ratio).
In the
toolbar you will see a button labeled 'Extract' (about half
way
across). To begin decompressing the files you will want to click
this
button (if you only want to decompress certain files you can
select
those first by clicking on them, but in most cases you will
want to
decompress all the files).
Extract
Window
Once you
click the 'Extract' button, a window will pop-up that asks
you where
you want to save the decompressed files. You can choose any
location
on your computer, but again we recommend using a specific
folder
for all of your download files (here we are using a folder
called
'Palm'). You can also create a new folder to contain only the
files you
are about to decompress. This will keep all of your new
files
separate from other files you have downloaded which will help
keep
things organized and easy to find. To create a new folder,
simply
click the 'New Folder' button in the lower left corner and
type in
the folder name.
If you are
happy with the location specified in the 'Extract to:'
box
(in the upper-left corner of the Extract Window), click the
button
marked
'Extract'. Your downloaded file will now be decompressed and
the
resulting files stored in the folder you specified.
File Manager
Looking in
the file manager, it is possible to see if the
decompression was successful, see that there are a number of new
files
listed in the directory. These are the files that were
contained
in the compressed file.
If the
decompression was successful, you can decide whether you wish
to keep
the original compressed file or delete it. If disk space is
not
really an issue you may wish to keep the compressed file just in
case
something happens to one of the decompressed files and you need
another
copy. We generally keep the compressed files in one folder
and all
of the decompressed files in individual folders named after
the main
program we downloaded