Michael,
I think people on the list will be able to correct me if I speak
something that has a better solution.
First thing I think you should decide is if you want to go with the
online solution or the offline solution.
THE ONLINE SOLUTION
the online solution is easier to implement for no PDA/PocketPC
programming is involved. You do everything on the server. The bad
side is that your mobile agent must be online for access the web app.
If you're talking about Mobile SmartPhones, then almost all big
carriers in the world have some cheap GPRS solution that enables your
smartphones to access the net, or some convergence device sports gprs
and wifi features.
For this approach you'll need to build a CGI like solution but your
html output should be designed for tiny screens. What you'll do is a
web conduit that will talk to your database and output the data to
the web. Others in this list did this kind of tool for blackberries.
Some entrypoints for this are:
To learn Revolution CGI basics you can go to http://
www.hyperactivesw.com/cgitutorial/index.html
Microsoft is distributing a smartphone/pocketpc emulator that you can
use to test your apps (if you're running windows).
I'll be giving a presentation on RevConWest that will present topics
on WebApps, not specific for tiny screens, but that's the easy part.
Maybe we'll meet there.
THE OFFLINE SOLUTION
This solution is not what you might be looking because this will sure
involve some third party program, coded by you or not. If all you
want is to carry the data and access it without modification or
syncronization with the Desktop version then you can choose which
format you'll be translating your altSQLite data into. For example,
if it is a simple contact database, then you can generate a CSV file
and import it to most contact applications. So its not very hard if
all you want is to view raw data. Now if you want to interact with
the data, then, you're in a bad situation because you'll need to buy
some app or to build it using some other language since Revolution
has no engine for pocketPC.
You can always vote on feature request #1200 <http://
support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=1200> and tell RunRev
that you'd really like a WindowsCE engine.
Cheers
andre
On May 27, 2006, at 1:32 PM, Michael Mandaville wrote:
Andre,
That's terrific. Do you have any guidelines or samples on this?
Or any
direction that you can point me in?
I'd really appreciate it.
Michael
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