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George Durzi
I've developed a web based sales contact software for my company. Account
managers use the software to record sales activity they've made.
Recently, they've been complaining that there are times when they can't use
the application, e.g. when they have no internet access, like on a plane.
DUH, it's an internet based application!!!
Apparently, my boss wants to take this excuse away from them. He realizes
and agrees with me that developing a way for users to enter data into the
application while offline goes against the whole web paradigm.
Now that I've accepted the fact that I have to do this, I have to come up
with an elegant way of doing with, and wanted to solicit some suggestions.
Basically, my goal is to convert one web form into an "offline form", and
then when the user connects back to the site, they can "import" this data
back.
One idea I tossed around is having them enter the data in an access
database, then import it when they connect again.
Has anybody ever needed to do anything like this? I'd appreciate any tips.
managers use the software to record sales activity they've made.
Recently, they've been complaining that there are times when they can't use
the application, e.g. when they have no internet access, like on a plane.
DUH, it's an internet based application!!!
Apparently, my boss wants to take this excuse away from them. He realizes
and agrees with me that developing a way for users to enter data into the
application while offline goes against the whole web paradigm.
Now that I've accepted the fact that I have to do this, I have to come up
with an elegant way of doing with, and wanted to solicit some suggestions.
Basically, my goal is to convert one web form into an "offline form", and
then when the user connects back to the site, they can "import" this data
back.
One idea I tossed around is having them enter the data in an access
database, then import it when they connect again.
Has anybody ever needed to do anything like this? I'd appreciate any tips.