Palm Installation and Preparation Instructions

To view listings downloaded from RE/Xplorer on your Palm handheld, you must first install the Database Link Application™ software on your PC, and install the List software on your Palm handheld:

• Login into REX 2 and click the Resource drop down menu. Click the Palm database link.
• Click the InstallShield Wizard button above to install the Database Link Application (version 1.01.00.00). Follow the on-screen directions of the install program.
• When the install completes open the Palm Desktop organizer software, and on the main window click on the Install icon. Click the Add button, and in the Open dialog box, select list.prc from the add-on directory and click Open. The list.prc file is now installed for that user. You may repeat the process for other users, if you share the Palm Desktop Software. Click the Done button and exit the Palm Desktop organizer software.
• To load the List application to the Palm handheld computer, place the Palm handheld in the cradle and press the HotSync button. Now the Palm handheld is ready to accept listings from RE/Xplorer.
• To print these instructions, press the Print button above. Close this browser window to return to RE/Xplorer.

Downloading Listings

Once you have installed and prepared the Database Link Application, follow these steps to download listings from RE/Xplorer to your Palm handheld:

• In RE/Xplorer, conduct a search as you normally would. From the Reports switcher, select the Palm handheld report.
• A window displays saying you must set up the Palm handheld. Since you've already set it up, click Continue. (If you want to bypass this page in the future, click the check box "Don't show this again.")
• A download screen displays. Select "Open this file from its current location" and click OK.
• A dialog box displays. Here you may save the listings database as "RE/XPALM," or rename it. (Note that unless you change the name of the file, this database will copy over the last set of listings you downloaded to your Palm device.) Click OK. The listings database is downloaded to your computer.
• Hook up the Palm handheld to your computer and press the HotSync button. The listings database is loaded to the Palm handheld computer.
• Please note the following limits of listings databases:
• Maximum of 20,000 records
• Maximum of 4000 bytes per record
• Example - an average database of 104 listings takes about 82,000 bytes, or 800 bytes per record

Viewing Downloaded Listings

Once you have downloaded listings from RE/Xplorer, follow these steps to view downloaded listings on your Palm handheld computer:

• Select the List application on the Palm handheld. The listings display in a one-line format.
• Select a listing to view its detail. Use the scroll arrows to the right to move through the listing information. Click Done to return to the one-line listings view. You may also perform the following tasks with listings databases:
• Click Find to look for particular text, such as price or address.
• Click New to create a new listing on the Palm handheld.
• Choose Menu and then Select Database to create a new database or delete a database.
• If you have more than one listings database on your Palm handheld, and you want to view another database, select the Menu option then choose Select Database. A list of databases you've downloaded displays. Select the database you want to view from the list.

If you have more than one listings database on your Palm handheld, and you want to change the database that displays when you first open the List application, select Menu, Select Database, and then Customize. Check the box by "Select database on launch." On this Customize screen you may also change the name of the database, the labels on the fields, and the field order.

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