It seems that, globally, HbA1c will be changing how it is reported: the current % units will change to mmol/mol. In the UK this will start in June 2009 with dual use of mmol/mol and %; In 2011 the use of % will be phased out. More information is available in these links.
i. http://www.acb.org.uk/docs/hba1clabprofessional.pdf
ii. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2282401

• Updated: HbA1c graph report now supports mmol/mol units. If the reporting period inlcudes HbA1c values above 15.0 these are assumed to be mmol/mol and the graph switches to these units: any values found below this will be converted to mmol/mol, hovering the mouse over the graph will show the original value. If no values are above 15.0 the original % units are used.
• Updated: The default HbA1c standardisation scheme for current % values is set to the US NGSP. Published research papers indicate two other standardisation schemes: Japan's JDS/JSCC; Sweden's. Support for converting to mmol/mol from these three schemes is included. To switch schemes one of the following commands must be run in the Terminal.app:
  • defaults write com.Nesfield.DiabetesLogbookX HbA1cStandard NGSP
  • defaults write com.Nesfield.DiabetesLogbookX HbA1cStandard JDS/JSCC
  • defaults write com.Nesfield.DiabetesLogbookX HbA1cStandard Swedish
• Updated: HbA1c fields no longer include number formating with %.
• Fixed: Corrected a bug caused all imported events to be set to the current month.

There are example HanDBase database templates available on the downloads page. Use HanDBase's Desktop Connect feature to uploaded to the iPhone.

To make is as easy as possible to connect to the iPhone it is best if the IP address is always the same. To do this you must have access to your network and be able to configure static IP address assignments. On the Airport base stations this is possible using the Internet settings in Airport Utility: Select the DHCP tab and add a DHCP Reservation for you iPhone. The reservation needs the MAC address [format 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx] of the iPhone's network interface: this information is available via the iPhone Settings in the About screen's Wi-Fi Address field.

Now browse to the web server using the URL and {ctrl}-click the C,S,V icon of the Logbook X database. Choose 'Copy Link' to get the URL of the CSV file: in this case it copies the URL "http://192.168.1.119:8080/export.csv?db=Diabetes_Longbook_X.PDB"

OK, so we now have the URL. Now we need to do something with it. Open up the Mac Logbook and click 'Import' to display the Data Import window. Then select the second Data Source:

If you haven't been recording fields that have default values click the relevant import checkboxes, and select whether to import 'All events' or just those dated after the last imported event. Now click 'Select file and Inspect Data' to enter the URL where the download file is located. Paste in the copied URL from the web site then click 'OK':

The URL will be checked for availability and the page's contents will be read into the Logbook ready for processing: during this time the progress indicator will display a 'barbers pole' to show that it is working.

The import will now continue exactly as if a file had been selected from the Mac's filesystem and the event data will be extracted and displayed before asking whether to complete the import or cancel it.

A small fix has been added to the current release. Previously after importing data the database was immediately saved, which resulted that any reports would not 'see' the new data until an event Add/Edit/Delete or the Save Settings button was clicked.

See the online User Guide (Technical notes, Mobile DB data imports) for full information on the import file format and the support for localised date, time and float data types. Also, how to use HanDBase on the iPhone to record events on the move.

• D/M/Y
• M/D/Y
• D.M.Y
• M.D.Y
• D-M-Y
• M-D-Y

• HH:MM
• HH:MM am/pm
• HH.MM
• HH.MM am/pm

• HH,MM
• HH,MM am/pm

• Floating point format with a period, ".", as the decimal mark.

• In regions where "." is used as the decimal mark the exported CVS file can be imported directly into Logbook X.
  
• In regions that use "," as the decimal mark:
  • The HanDBase Desktop application can be used to open a downloaded copy of the database (use the built-in web server to get the copy). Then export the data as a {comma} delimited file, include a header row, and selected to enclose all fields in {quote}.
  • Alternatively, use a text editor to edit the exported CSV file from the iPhone and make sure that every field is enclosed by {quote}, even fields with empty data. Or use a text editor to edit the exported CSV file from the iPhone and make sure that no fields are enclosed by {quote}.

1. I believe that to fully support any application I write we need to be a regular users too. I have an iPod touch but it’s my wife that would be using a mobile app, and she is happy with her phone.
2. There are quite a number of iPhone logbook app appearing now, so why not import data from them.

• Added: New report added showing a summary of average insulin/medicine doses by time period and by day. The new report is visible in the all reports (except Notes) when Insulin and/or Medicine data is selected for inclusion in the report.
• Fixed: Localisation files may not have shown 'accented' characters correctly in the generated reports when shown in the Reports window [saved reports display correctly in Safari].

• Corrects the summary graph layout due to changes in Web Kit (i.e. Safari 3).
• Add Spanish localisation.