New to PPC Programming... I Need Help [Archive]

x0ragon

Sep 9th, 2005, 10:17 AM

Please allow me to post here, i know somebody will help me about my questions.
Im new to PPC progamming, im using VB.Net and its ready for mobile development, esp. pocket pc. Somebody help me how to start or understand the pocket pc databasing. like for example, gathering and sending (via synchronization) from the database server. what are the requirements? do i hav to install sqlce on my pocket pc? how do i sync my data on the server?

Hope somebody will enlighten my mind... thanks a lot!

Shaggy Hiker

Sep 9th, 2005, 10:25 AM

You will have a very hard time NOT installing SQLServerCE. It happens automatically whenever you use a PDA as a test platform for any .NET development, even if you are not using database features (as far as I can tell). Therefore, you need not worry about that, it will be there. For deployment to other PDA's, you will need to install it, but that is easy to do, too, and you can leave that till later.

What is the server? If it is SQL Server, that makes things easier, as .NET is designed to synch with that. If you have Oracle, or just Access, it becomes more complicated. I pass XML strings via a TCP connection, myself. I'd give you the classes I use for that, but they currently have an annoying bug in that they only work on PDA's that have been used as test platforms. Any PDA that was never used for testing cannot run them. I have yet to track down the source of this problem, and won't get to it for a couple of months.

By the way, this is an excellent place to come for answers. However, the Mobile Dev forum is less frequented than others. Since much of the programming for a PDA is the same as it would be for the desktop, if you can ask a question in a more general .NET fashion (even if it is a stretch), you will get more eyes, and probably more answers in the VB.NET section.