Also, no matter what you do with ofbiz, you need a connection to a database. It that database lies on the mobile device, it needs to be synced with your backend which is unreliable at best. Also, the database will get large over time and probably will not fit to begin with.
If the database lies on a server some place, that implies a connection to it. If the connection exists, better to write a small fast application that makes JSON calls to a specialized application on the backend Ofbiz server. Just my two cents. Skip -----Original Message----- From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 2:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ofbiz on mobile & embedded devices I think you should go this way. Using OFBiz POS embedded in a mobile seems impossible nowadays. You may reuse some part of the POS code, not sure... Also the hhfacility is a simple webapp, so not what you are looking for. Jacques From: "tony marcus" <[email protected]> > Well Jacques, this is one our plan-Bs to have a mobile-client built > from ground-up around jPOS (since its distribution jar size is also > very small i.e. ~700KB, though not sure again if it supports mobile > devices) in case ofbiz thing doesn't work for us. Please suggest!! > > regards, > Tony Marcus > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Jacques Le Roux > <[email protected]> wrote: >> The POS is built to work in such situation. But it's really built around >> JavaPOS and I don't know if you can adapt it to this use >> case. Because of course it needs a DB (hence a hard disk) and at the very >> least 256 MB of RAM (not sure 256 will even be sufficient) >> >> Jacques >> >> From: "tony marcus" <[email protected]> >>> >>> I understand your apprehensions BJ, but the disconnected-mode is one >>> of the main requirements/features that my client wants to have built >>> in to his project so we are really looking towards having it worked >>> out. Any suggestion/clue/hint in this regard will really be helpful >>> for us. >>> >>> regards, >>> Tony Marcus >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:34 AM, BJ Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> this has been a problem since the days of multiuser databass. >>>> I recommend you steer away from having disconnnected system. >>>> >>>> >>>> ========================= >>>> BJ Freeman >>>> Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation >>>> <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/control/forum?forumId=SUPPLYCHAIN> >>>> >>>> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com> >>>> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist >>>> >>>> Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man >>>> >>>> tony marcus sent the following on 6/22/2011 7:40 PM: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thanks for info. tips, Jacques. >>>>> >>>>> I suppose the WebPOS of OFBIZ will have to run a ofbiz app-server and >>>>> all the mobile client will access it through Internet by any means, >>>>> right!! but here we have scenarios where the mobile-clients can in >>>>> disconnected mode (due to diff. reasons). How to tackle such >>>>> situations? >>>>> >>>>> Please guide. >>>>> >>>>> best regards, >>>>> Tony Marcus >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Jacques Le Roux >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> There was a 1st attempt some years ago: specialpurpose/hhfacility it's >>>>>> far >>>>>> from what you can have now on mobiles >>>>>> >>>>>> If you are looking for POS on such devices, then you should rather have >>>>>> a >>>>>> look at WebPos than POS which is really designed for Point Of Sell >>>>>> >>>>>> I guess you could use jQuery Mobile or of course plenty of other >>>>>> tools... >>>>>> >>>>>> Jacques >>>>>> >>>>>> From: "tony marcus" <[email protected]> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for the suggestion, Adrian. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thats what we already have as a backup plan but then we won't able to >>>>>>> leverage the functionalities that ofbiz gives ootb including data >>>>>>> sync'ing. I know ofbiz is a server kind of thing but can't we have >>>>>>> some kind of smaller/reduced ver. of it which can run mobile devices? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> regards, >>>>>>> Tony Marcus >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Adrian Crum >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You would be better off Keeping OFBiz on a server and create a mobile >>>>>>>> device >>>>>>>> portal in OFBiz. In other words, just have the device browse OFBiz. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -Adrian >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 6/21/2011 1:29 PM, tony marcus wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We are quite new to ofbiz but feature wise it seem to have almost >>>>>>>>> all >>>>>>>>> the functionality that we need. But there are few issues which we >>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>> not sure on how to resolve. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Requirement here is to build a client application based on ofbiz >>>>>>>>> framework which is targeted to mobile devices and embedded devices. >>>>>>>>> So >>>>>>>>> the first issue is framework's size itself, which quite huge for >>>>>>>>> mobile devices. Please suggest on how to reduce that to as small as >>>>>>>>> possible. If not, then at least can just the POS client part of it >>>>>>>>> be >>>>>>>>> extracted and made run on mobile/embedded devices? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Secondly, since it has to on run mobile devices we need to compile >>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>> using j2me, but that not not happening. Please suggest on how to do >>>>>>>>> that or if there is any other implementation of Java SDK that can >>>>>>>>> help? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance and looking forward your replies. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> regards, >>>>>>>>> Tony Marcus >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >>
