Hi Mark, you are right, web services are a becoming an important tool in the connected world, I imagine they also will be very important in always-on PDA environments. Even if currently there are advanced tools for web services for PocketPCs (.Net CompactFramework, PocketSOAP) there are no such tools for Palm (yet). But there are some tools that can help you get closer.
Essentially, for accessing a WS using SOAP, you will need: - a HTTP/HTTPS protocol layer. - a XML Parser (for creating requests and getting results). - (optionally) a SOAP layer that may help you create those XML requests. You can find simple Palm versions for the first two items on Internet, or you can develop your own, it's not such a big deal if you got few Web Services. Moreover, our company has plans to deliver some tools in this direction, we can talk privatelly if you like to. HIH, SebastianM PDADevelopers.com Visit us at http://www.pdadevelopers.com | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark | Williams | Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:31 PM | To: Palm Developer Forum | Subject: Web Services...? | | | Dear Friends, | | Good morning! I am new to the world of Palm development, so | please forgive | any crazy questions I may ask. | | I presume a number of developers in this forum are well aware | of the world | of Web Services. For example, Amazon has a Web Service | developers can plug | into to perform searches, retrieve book prices, even purchase an item. | | Is there a current method of implementing Web Services (SOAP) | under the Palm | OS? If so, any ideas how this is currently done? I also heard | that BEA were | working on something: anyone know if this is correct? | | If there _isn't_ a method of doing this right now, presumably a | library to | encompass this could be written easily? | | Thanks for all your help, gang! | | | Mark, Senior Projects Manager | White Clif Computing Ltd | | | | (this is a repost: I am unsure if first post was issued, please | forgive me | if this is a duplicate!) | | | | -- | For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to | unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ | -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
