Interfacing Windows CE with w2k

[TimJr]

I want to have a windows ce device (Symbol PDT 8100) access an application on a w2k server that interfaces to an SQLAnywhere table.

First, is this possible?

Second, if it is possible, do I write the application using VB 6.0 or eMbedded VB for CE? Can a windows CE application reside on a w2k server?


Thanks!

 

[Blobtech]

Hi,

Have you ever programmed using Windows Sockets? It can be very useful.

First write an app in VB that will run on the Server. This app is going to wait for the CE device to request data through sockets. When data comes in, the VB program gets the data from your SQLAnywhere table and sends the requested data back to the CE device.

Next write an app in eMbedded VB for the CE device, that accepts user input, sends the request to the server app, and processes the returned data to display to the user.

If you have a look at the Visual Basic V5&6 forum do a search on sockets and there are some good examples of writing client/server socket apps.

Good luck.

 

[TimJr]

That is probably the way we are going to go if we can't connect from the PocketPC to the SQL Anywhere directly.

I was told that Adaptive Server Anywhere has a CE ODBC driver, but does SQL Anywhere?