000">piDB</font></b>,
      Marietta Systems is providing a freeware version in addition to the
      licensed version.&nbsp; The freeware version can be distributed with your
      application.</font>
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      <h2><!--mstheme--><font color="#003366"><b><font face="Arial" color="#FF0000">Product Features</font></b><!--mstheme--></font></h2>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b><font color="#FF0000">piDB</font></b>
      has three main types of database types:</font>
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        <!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/sumipntg/sumbul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">CSV (comma separated) files,
          where the Palm OS database is directly equivalent to a CSV file on a
          PC</font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td></tr>
        <!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/sumipntg/sumbul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Native <font color="#FF0000"><b>PDE</b></font>
          format, which support ultra-fast access to very large databases</font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td></tr>
        <!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/sumipntg/sumbul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Indexed blob-type files, where
          each record contains key information with a binary object
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      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The freeware version of</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b><font color="#FF0000">piDB</font></b>
      supports the CSV format and a single key field version of blob-type.&nbsp;
      This is suitable for most uses.</font></p>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The licensed version adds support
      for the high performance <font color="#FF0000"><b>PDE</b></font> format, a
      more complex data dictionary and a more complex implementation of the
      blob-type.&nbsp;&nbsp; The API's are upward compatible where a program
      written to use the freeware version will happily use the higher performance
      licensed version.&nbsp; In addition, programs written for the licensed
      version can be implemented to run successfully with the freeware version.</font></p>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A developer's license includes
      documentation, a distributable freeware version, and a debug-enabled
      version of the licensed software.<br>
      Each Palm OS unit with the licensed version of the <b><font color="#FF0000">piDB</font></b>
      shared library needs a separate runtime license.</font></p>
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