Moving Data from Handheld to PC.

[Guest]

We are planning on developing our first application using the compact framework. The application will be used to gather information in the field. We are using XML to store initially provide data for the application and to collect additional data in the field. How is data moved from the handheld do the PC?

Secondly we want to then Push the data from the PC to a web service. The web service will be utilized to update corporate database. Does it make sense to go from hand held to PC then PC to Web Service or is there a better way

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

There are many ways to do this: Web services, ActiveSync, simple socket
I/O, copying the files to a shared folder on the desktop machine, etc. If
the PPC has a network connection, you might as well push the data straight
from the PPC to the service. You don't get anything that I can think of by
copying the data twice...

Paul T.

We are planning on developing our first application using the compact

framework. The application will be used to gather information in the field.
We are using XML to store initially provide data for the application and to
collect additional data in the field. How is data moved from the handheld
do the PC?

Secondly we want to then Push the data from the PC to a web service. The

web service will be utilized to update corporate database. Does it make
sense to go from hand held to PC then PC to Web Service or is there a better
way.

 

[khorad]

We are planning on developing our first application using the compact

framework. The application will be used to gather information in the field.
We are using XML to store initially provide data for the application and to
collect additional data in the field. How is data moved from the handheld
do the PC?

if you aren't connected to a network many people find flash cards
convenient, avoid the whole syncing issue plus it's easy to turn in one
card, pop in a spare and keep working