> Adrian -
>
> One of my limitations is that I do not know about the capibilities of the various
>models. What I have in mind is for a sales person to be able to enter a "formatted"
>email and send it via wireless to an email address.
>
> Also, I do not know what can be programmed with Java. What features are accessible?
> Any help you can guide me to so I can ask more intelligent questions would be
>appreciated.
>
This is very possible, in fact for an expirienced person it would
take less then a week to build an app like that. However i'm not sure
that it could be done with Java. Pilot does not support full implementation
of java. And the subset that supported is not very impressive and more like
a toy.
Vlad
P.S. The only problem here is that either you need palm VII or use some
third party wireless unit.
> Thanks for the help...........
>
> Todd
>
> At 8/21/99 7:43:00 PM, you wrote:
> >Todd:
> >
> >If you could be more clear about your requirements, it would be helpful.
> >
> >Which Palm device exactly?
> >E-mail from dial-up or desktop sync?
> >
> >There are a number of java-type options on the Palm at the moment, none of
> >which are particularly appealing.
> >
> >> A client asked me if a PalmPilot can be programmed with Java so that an
> >> email can
> >> have a specific format. Here is what the client has in mind:
> >>
> >> FirstName: Todd
> >> LastName: Cary
> >> Tel: 707-773-4523
> >> SSN: 425-65-9972
> >>
> >> Would you know if a Java program can be written that would provide
> >> this? Maybe the creation of a simple text file that is copied into an
> >> email? I do not own a PalmPilot, so I have no knowledge of it's
> >> capabilities.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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