Newbie - Achievable or Not

[john_noble]

A client has requested the development of an application using pocket PC's as its main form of input. My main programming language does not facilitate for such hardware and I can forsee a return back to Microsoft for development.

I haven't used any form of VB since i was at college and I am in need of some good advice.

My problem is this. I need to develop an application using mainly Pocket PC's for data input that can update a database (located on a WINDOWS PC) in real time. The Pocket PC's could be working as far as 25mtrs away from the destination PC.

Can this be done?

If so - Can someone give me a few pointers regarding database selection and other development choices.

Thanks


John

[Strider]

yes this can be done if you have a wifi enabled Pocket PC, or even a Pocket PC with GPRS.

In the Compact Framework you can add SQLCliet as a reference which allows you to connect directly into a network based sql server.

If connecting directly into SQL server doesnt suit you could create a webservice that you implement from the device again over WIFI.