Send To...

These two Palm OS extensions teach the well known applications new tricks. They can be invoked in any application using the system "Send" command, i.e. most built-in applications and a lot of third party utility software.

Download

Send_To_Card.prc - 16 KB, version 1.0
Send_To_Application.prc - 4KB, version 1.0

They should work immediately after installing. If not, try resetting the device.
To uninstall simply delete "Send to Card" or "Send to Application" (Menu -> App -> Delete).

Price: Free

Yes, it's freeware!
But if you feel obliged, you can email me to express your gratitude. Or to report a bug :-)

Send to Card

It simply writes data to a file. You can adjust the filename and folder. The standard folder for a given file type is used by default (e.g. DCIM for photos).
One could think there is no point in sending application data to a file, it is in some file already, isn't it? Wrong! A lot of palm applications store the data internally in their own format (the palm database) but use a different "external" format for exchanging data between devices. "Send to Card" enables you to export the data using this "external" format and keep them on the card.
For example:

Application	Palm database	External file format
Memos	MemoDB.pdb	*.txt - any text editor can open this
Contacts (AddressBook)	ContactsDB-PAdd.pdb (AddressDB.pdb)	*.vcf - common VCard format recognized by most email software
Calendar (Datebook) Tasks (ToDo)	CalendarDB-PDat.pdb (DatebookDB.pdb) TasksDB-PTod.pdb (ToDoDB.pdb)	*.vcs - recognized by desktop PIM software
Treo Ringtones	MIDI Ring Tones.pdb Ton-*.pdb	.mid - standard MIDI music file .amr - sampled ringtone

By saving these data in files you can make backups, transfer the data to a computer or just test the data exchange without a second device acting as a receiver.
Some applications, like Palm Media or the built-in Launcher, support card files, and there is "Copy to Card" option even without my "Send To..." extension, so it does not add much functionality, except that "Send to Card" allows you to select the filename and folder instead of using the default folder all the time.

Send to Application

Again, this seems pointless - application sending data to itself? First of all, the sender does not have to be the same application as the receiver. The most common example is the file manager reading the card and transferring data to other applications. As a result, it gives you the reverse of "Send to Card", i.e. a way to restore your backups or read the data saved by another device - not necessarily the palm.
For example you can:

Install ringtones by sending *.mid or *.amr files to "Sounds" application
Read text files in Memos
Import photos into Media

(to name only the built-in applications).
Sometimes sending the data from the application other than file manager is also useful, for example:

Sending a Memo (Contact, ToDo item, Calendar event) to the same application duplicates the item
You have more than one application that could handle the same file, e.g. the built-in Media and Resco Viewer

And of course it is useful for testing your own software, too.