>>Subject: Custom IR Application
>>From: "Phillip Streck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> I have an application that pulls down records from a sql
>>server via hsm and a conduit. My boss wants the doctors
>>to able to walk into the lounge go up to an ir point and pull
>>down the records.. Now i could do this with hsm and ir
>> hotsync, but we want to avoid the docs having to create
>>accounts on the pc since there are over 300 docs going to
>>be using this.. One of my ideas is to write custom ir code for
>> the pc and the palm but this is very time consuming..
>> Anyone got better ideas?
>Subject: Re: Custom IR Application
>From: "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>You can use IR hotsync, but you need a different Hotsync
> Manager -- look at Scout Server, which lets you design custom
>HotSyncs where you don't need user accounts. Its from Aether,
>www.aethersystems.com, and I've seen it used at lots of trade
>shows to do distributed do wnload stations for Palm OS devices.
>From a cost point of view, your are probably better of writing your
own IR interface. I think your original concept was pretty good!
Not too disimilar from a project I looked at a month ago.
And when Bluetooth comes along, it'd get even more usable.
Roger Stringer
Marietta Systems, Inc.
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