The ultimate solution would be an Android app. Mike
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [NF] Writing a program for Linux Tablets. From: Profox <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 11/7/2012 9:42 AM Sorry forgot to mention that at least half of the time they would not be able to connect to the internet. Peter -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: 07 November 2012 15:21 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Writing a program for Linux Tablets. On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Peter Hart <[email protected]>wrote:
I have just taken on a client as a favour for my local church.
Peter: It's good of you to volunteer.
They saw some of the cheap Linux Tablets that I sell and think they could afford to buy some for their volunteers to use for data entry.
Will they be doing data entry with internet access available? If the tablets have wireless, a web application could save you from the difficulties of trying to shoehorn a data entry app in a language you're less familiar with, onto a platform you may find is not all that compatible. In addition, a web application could be accessible to volunteers with smart phones, their own tables (just as likely iPads, Kindles or even W-8 devices), and you could write the app in FoxPro. I may be a bit of a Luddite myself, but I don't think the idea of writing device-specific applications should be the first choice, unless you need to take advantage of hardware (like a camera or GPS) not available to a more general solution, like a web app. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, of course: you'd need to host the web app somewhere, likely a FoxPro-friendly host for Web Connection or another VFP solution. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
