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VFP on a PDA
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Mike Lewis
Programmer
Chuck,
The short answer is no. VFP 9.0 needs Windows 2000 or above, so unless they are making PDAs with the likes of XP or Vista these days, it can't be done.
That said, there are many ways of capturing data on a PDA and transferring it to a desktop PC or server. In fact, it should be quite easy. How you do it depends on which OS the PDA is running, and what development tools you have available for it.
Mike
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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)
My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk
The short answer is no. VFP 9.0 needs Windows 2000 or above, so unless they are making PDAs with the likes of XP or Vista these days, it can't be done.
That said, there are many ways of capturing data on a PDA and transferring it to a desktop PC or server. In fact, it should be quite easy. How you do it depends on which OS the PDA is running, and what development tools you have available for it.
Mike
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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)
My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk
Olaf Doschke
Programmer
Hi Chuck,
this tells you, what you can and can't do with VFP and PDAs, writing an app is a can't do:
What you can and can't do in FoxPro code
In VFP, you can perform these tasks:
Start an application on a Pocket PC
Enumerate files and folders on a Pocket PC
Transfer files between a desktop computer and Pocket PC
Create, modify, and delete files and folders on a Pocket PC
View and modify a Pocket PC System Registry
View and modify Pocket PC databases: Contacts, Tasks, Calendar, and others
Read Pocket PC configuration data
However, you can't build a FoxPro executable and start it on a Pocket PC. For developing mobile applications, you have to use programming tools specifically designed for this kind of development, such as Microsoft's eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0.
Bye, Olaf.
this tells you, what you can and can't do with VFP and PDAs, writing an app is a can't do:
What you can and can't do in FoxPro code
In VFP, you can perform these tasks:
Start an application on a Pocket PC
Enumerate files and folders on a Pocket PC
Transfer files between a desktop computer and Pocket PC
Create, modify, and delete files and folders on a Pocket PC
View and modify a Pocket PC System Registry
View and modify Pocket PC databases: Contacts, Tasks, Calendar, and others
Read Pocket PC configuration data
However, you can't build a FoxPro executable and start it on a Pocket PC. For developing mobile applications, you have to use programming tools specifically designed for this kind of development, such as Microsoft's eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0.
Bye, Olaf.
Olaf Doschke
Programmer
Christof Wollenhaupt is working on a VFP runtime, which allows to execute fxp files. The Runtime is written in .NET and also works on PDAs.
The supported list of commands is limited, but you already can access SQL Server Pocket Edition and create simple forms. DBFs are read only, no VFP SQL support, you can just SCAN through a DBF.
Scroll down and you see an image of a PDA emulator. Christof is in the foxpro usergroup in my area (Germany,Hamburg), and I've seen it work on a real PDA. That might be an option, but you have to learn to do it with the limited set of commands and functions supported.
Bye Olaf.
The supported list of commands is limited, but you already can access SQL Server Pocket Edition and create simple forms. DBFs are read only, no VFP SQL support, you can just SCAN through a DBF.
Scroll down and you see an image of a PDA emulator. Christof is in the foxpro usergroup in my area (Germany,Hamburg), and I've seen it work on a real PDA. That might be an option, but you have to learn to do it with the limited set of commands and functions supported.
Bye Olaf.
Mike Lewis
Programmer
Chuck (and Olaf),
Another option might be to install a DOS emulator, if available on your particular PDA, and to write your code in FoxPro for DOS.
Not a pleasant option, but might be better than some others.
Mike
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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)
My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk
Another option might be to install a DOS emulator, if available on your particular PDA, and to write your code in FoxPro for DOS.
Not a pleasant option, but might be better than some others.
Mike
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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)
My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk
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One step further that Mike's suggestion... use the DOS emulator to load a copy of Win 98, and the run VFP 5 or 6!
I have seen an article on the net about someone doing that... can't be a 'comfortable' option though.
Regards
Griff
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I have seen an article on the net about someone doing that... can't be a 'comfortable' option though.
Regards
Griff
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I used syware. I had to add a field to my tables, connect to the tables, and then whenever I connected and synced the pda I got updated tables on it to view with the forms that syware created to run on the pda. There were a couple of programs one for reports and one for forms i think in visual ce
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