DataPerfect on 200LX

[Dave Britten]

I'm playing around with DataPerfect a bit (mostly under DOSBox initially, until I get comfortable with it), and was curious if anybody else has experience using it on the 200LX, or other HP palmtops. I've got some database needs that will outgrow the HP database soon - in terms of functionality, not record count - and DP appears to be a popular alternative.

The most glaring issue I see running it on my 200LX is that DP seems to make use of some colors that look fairly awful on the greyscale screen. Is there a way to force DP to run in strictly monochrome text mode? Or is there some way to configure the HP to act like a monochrome display adapter? (Maybe with the MODE command?)

Also in the realm of screen usage, DP takes up the top third of the screen with help and prompts. Any way to get that back? Should I just run in zoomed mode and design panels to fit that portion of the screen?

How does DP perform with databases stored on a CF card? I'm not familiar with how chatty its disk I/O is. Is it like MS Access in that it only writes a record when you explicitly save or navigate to a different record?