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I guess to put everyone on the same page, I guess i'll explain the app i'm
working on...

right now, I have a nice time tracker/project manager that runs online via
the http server on our as/400... written with rpg-cgi and with some net.data
scripts... It works great any everyone likes it :-)  However, some people
would like the fexibility to download to their palm, there timesheet, with
all their projects so they can keep track of them on the palm, and then with
the ability to merge/synce the data back to the time tracker... So for the
palm, I can't write the system thinking there connected to the network, it
has to be portable off the network, and then will resync back up, when they
put the pda back on the cradle...  So my theory was this, a (conduit) or
whatever to download the db2 files that are relevant to that pda's owner...
and then an app on the palm to edit/modify/delete their time... and then
when set back on the cradle it will send to the 400 their new changes, and
It will trigger a utility to merge the uploaded data into our master
files...

So in this type of environment, I didn't think i could use wml/hdml, or
sockets...  I could use sockets once I was connected to the cradle, but I
believe that only works with serial connection cradles... so I figured
writing a ftp hack was out... (if I was using a modem it would be a very
serious option)...  so my next approach is some type of conduit I believe...
but i'm not totally sure yet.... Still learning....

hope this helps, and if you have more ideas, I'm very willing to
listen/read...

thanks for all the nice ideas so far..

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Stone [SMTP:brad@bvstools.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:15 PM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Palm PDA <--> as/400
>
> Tim,
>
> What type of markup language does a palm use?  If it's WML
> or HDML, then you can use eRPG.
>
> If you want to download a simulator, they're available out
> there.  Let me know know if WML is the way you want to go
> and I can help from there.  It's going to be a section in my
> new book.
>
> Brad
>
> On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:47:07 -0700
>  "Hatzenbeler, Tim" <thatzenbeler@clinitech.net> wrote:
> > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader
> > does not understand
> > this format, some or all of this message may not be
> > legible.
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > You bring up a point that I havn't been able to resolve
> > yet... Personally I
> > do not have a pda yet, I was asked to code for the palm
> > version... But if I
> > was to buy one for personal use I would lean towards the
> > pocketpc...  But
> > since I work in the medical field, it seems all the
> > doctors use palms, so
> > thats why I need to code a palm version...
> >
> > but any how... I'm going to look at the different options
> > suggested, and see
> > what I can come up with...
> >
> > My guess would be to use a development system that
> > supports both palm and
> > wince, so I only have to write the app once with just
> > minor modifications
> > (if that's possible)
> >
> > thanks...tim
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:     Steve Richter [SMTP:srichter@AutoCoder.com]
> > > Sent:     Friday, September 07, 2001 10:41 AM
> > > To:       midrange-l@midrange.com
> > > Subject:  Re: Palm PDA <--> as/400
> > >
> > > A front page article in the wall street journal today
> > re palm and its
> > > recent
> > > problems.
> > >
> > > Looks like palm is blowing its lead. They think they
> > can do it all.
> > > hardware
> > > and software.  End result:  palm market share down,
> > windows pocket pc up.
> > >
> > > Another example, ( apple, palm, our as400 ) where a
> > platform that has the
> > > hardware and software controlled by the same entity is
> > at a long term
> > > disadvantage to a platform where the os is controled by
> > one company and
> > > the
> > > hardware by another.
> > >
> > > Steve Richter
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Hatzenbeler, Tim <thatzenbeler@clinitech.net>
> > > To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com' <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> > > Date: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:55 PM
> > > Subject: Palm PDA <--> as/400
> > >
> > >
> > > >This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader
> > does not
> > > understand
> > > >this format, some or all of this message may not be
> > legible.
> > > >--
> > > >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > > >
> > > >I was asked to create a small portable version of an
> > applications that I
> > > >have on our as/400, but for a palm pda...
> > > >
> > > >I was wondering if anybody has tried it... Writing the
> > app, doesn't look
> > > too
> > > >hard, but transferring the database or a subset of the
> > data ie: select *
> > > >from ..... where user = 'tim' or being able to push
> > the changed data back
> > > to
> > > >the as/400 to be resynced into the master files, is
> > where I'm stuck...
> > > >
> > > >Any help, ideas or code would be tremendously
> > appreciated...
> > > >
> > > >p.s.  if this is off (list) topic, please e-mail me
> > directly...  Thanks,
> > > >again...tim
> > > >
> > > >
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