On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, John Crouch wrote: > We have the capability to use Symbol 1740 devices with wireless > networking back to an Access Point (Spectrum 24) but would prefer not to > add that setup complexity to the app. However, if someone has a great > idea on how to create this app using this form of technology I would be > more than willing to hear it.
Having the data searches run on a nice, large server would yield you a lot better performance than trying to do the same locally on a Palm, esp. with a database of that size. Since you say you have the option of hitting a network (and presumedly a server) with this app, I'd suggest having a SQL database backend on a server someplace. You can have a very simple request/reply server there that would accept SQL statements from the handheld device, then send the results back to the device in some format (delimited text would be simplest). The handheld could store that in a Palm database and you could do whatever you wanted with it from there. > We have developed a couple apps with Code Warrior. We have considered > tools such as Pocket Technologies, App Forge and Satellite Forms. Each > has it's own strengths and weaknesses. Code Warrior being the bare > metal programming way to go, but it is not very RAD. Like it or not, with a RAD tool you're either going to take a blow to performance, or be locked into their way of doing things (and jump through fiery hoops to get anything special working), or both. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Smith // avalon73 at arthurian dot nu // http://www.arthurian.nu/ Software Developer // Gamer // Webmaster // System Administrator "Genocide's the most exhausting activity one can engage in... next to soccer." -- Loki (Matt Damon), Dogma -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
