what app to read .pdb file on windows xp?

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steve_sullivan@hotmail.com wrote in news:1103768145.534953.18540
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> I have some medical documents that are in .pdb format, what (free)
> viewer can I use to read them on a pc running windows xp?
> please reply to steve_sullivan@hotmail.com

..pdb is a general extension covering any Palm database. Any program
could have generated it. You need to use a Palm, and the program that
generated it, to view it. I'm not aware of any viewer, free or not, that
can open all .pdb files. You might have a try with notepad, and see if
it's mostly text. There will be some headers that are unreadable, but
there is a slight chance you can get most of the data out. Or maybe not,
depending on what program generated it. Many apps compress their files,
so they're not human-readable.

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Regards,

Stan

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It did not work. The files I am trying to read are
ahfs drug information
current medical diagnoses

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steve_sullivan@hotmail.com wrote in news:1103945561.970884.324930
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> It did not work. The files I am trying to read are
> ahfs drug information
> current medical diagnoses

That's likely a proprietary format, and you probably will need the Palm
app to read it. Often these type files are compressed using some
algorithm, perhaps zlib, perhaps not.

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Regards,

Stan