Newbie

[Kim D]

I am a seasoned VB6 programmer but new to VB.NET and Pocket PC development.
I am using VS.NET and have been able to create VB.NET apps and run them
successfully.

However, I need to create an application the collects data on the Pocket PC
to a database, then I need to grab the data from the Pocket PC and draw it
to a SQL Server 2000 Database.

I am trying to read through all the info but I am completely confused on how
to do this.

-How do I create a database on the CE device, keeping in mind that the same
app will be running on 30-40 Pocket PC so I need a way to move this database
to all the Pocket PCs

-How do I programmatically connect to the pocket PC and upload/download the
data from a VB.NET program.

-How can I programmatically copy Files to and from the Pocket PC.

I will be forever grateful for help...

Kim

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

Kim,

This article should help get you started with the options available to you:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnppc2k3/html/sometimesoffline2.asp
using SqlCe as a local data store on the device.

If you have a large amount of data that you will be storing on the PocketPC,
SqlCe is really the only practical way to go. If the amount of data is not
large, you could consider using XML on the device or a CSV file (which is
quite a bit quicker than XML.) There is a CSV data adapter on
www.opennetcf.org. If you do go the file route rather than using Merge
Replication or RDA, you can use RAPI from a desktop app to move data to/from
the device. There is a Rapi class also on www.opennetcf.org in the
Communication section.

--
Ginny Caughey
..Net Compact Framework MVP

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