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Old 11-13-2009, 03:52 PM   #4
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Default Re: iPhone Cigar App RELEASED!

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Originally Posted by skibumdc View Post
Ken,
if the program can output a cab file...can it be made to import a Csv file?

That way we could enter all of our cigars in excel and import into the app?
Just a convenience.
Unfortunately it is not that easy, for a couple of main reasons:

1. Each application is 'sandboxed' on the device, and not allowed to access any data of other apps (including email attachments, etc.) This is actually a good thing, so that malicious things can't be done between applications on your device. Of course it also creates some limitations that require clever things to work around.

2. The database structure itself has to maintain relationships between the reference data for a cigar, and the cigars that you put into your humidor. It does this with certain 'reference keys' that you would need to know about in order to create the spreadsheet/csv file in the first place.

Ultimately, the answer is a companion desktop app and/or online service for synchronizing your humidors. Both are under consideration, but pretty large undertakings. I already spend a LOT of time on this app, so I can't promise, but I continue to look for a way to give you guys what you are looking for
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