Re: Integrating with Outlook

Hi Kevin,

I am not entirely clear on what you are trying to achieve here. Are
you wanting to have the functionality of your database built in to
Outlook and synchronised with your PDA? If so, what type of data are
you keeping there, and what type of functionality are you looking for
on the PDA. Are you looking to be able to do everything on your PDA
that you would be able to do on your laptop for example?

I have been using and developing with windows mobile based PDA's for
about 7 years, and I have done this for my own purposes to make my
life easier. Lyle's idea about using Outlook as the programming
environment is a good one, and I can confirm that it has been a
successful one for me in the past.

If you are looking at building functionality in to your PDA to make
your life in the field easier then you have a little work cut out for
you. There are some programs that will allow you to make an Access
application / DB into a PDA version, complete with forms (I think one
is even called Pocket Access), but you need to develop for that
environment. My suggestion would be to try and get hold of the old
Visual Studio for mobile development, where you can get version of VB
or C++ for mobile development. The last version I saw was a few years
ago, and it was pre .net (and also free). This allows you to build and
test an application completely for a windows based PDA. You can make
it work off the local contacts database, add your own db with your own
data, and build your own forms and functionality etc..... It takes
some serious work though.

Have you thought about some of the commercial packages that are out
there. I think there is even a business contacts thingy from MS for
Outlook with a PDA module that allows you to handle a lot more info
than the standard, and I think it is free too.

Just some thoughts.

Cheers

The Frog
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