Many questions regarding development of applications

I am new to developing database applications for the PocketPC OS. I
have been reading some of the topics on the newsgroups and have formed
questions I hope this group can answer.

I know my clients will be purchasing the Dell Axim X51 handheld which
will be running Windows Mobile 5. I have MS Visual Studio .Net 2003
Professional and would like to use it to develop a "Smart Device
Application" that would collect data to be transferred back and forth
to an MS Access 2003 desktop database program.

My questions are these:

1. Will an application developed with Visual Studio .Net 2003
Professional still run correctly on Windows Mobile 5?

2. Will Windows Mobile 5 still have support for Pocket Access (.cdb)?

3. If Windows Mobile 5 does not have support for Pocket Access (.cdb)
then if I use SQLCE is there a simple way to transfer the data from my
"Smart Device Application" to the MS Access 2003 program on the
desktop. The user of my application will not have SQL Server to
interact with SQLCE.

4. Will/Does the final release of Active Sync 4.x support .cdb files?

Thanks,
TD

Alex
Mon Oct 31 00:43:18 CST 2005

dlee@adsi-sc.com wrote:
> I am new to developing database applications for the PocketPC OS. I
> have been reading some of the topics on the newsgroups and have formed
> questions I hope this group can answer.
>
> I know my clients will be purchasing the Dell Axim X51 handheld which
> will be running Windows Mobile 5. I have MS Visual Studio .Net 2003
> Professional and would like to use it to develop a "Smart Device
> Application" that would collect data to be transferred back and forth
> to an MS Access 2003 desktop database program.
>
> My questions are these:
>
> 1. Will an application developed with Visual Studio .Net 2003
> Professional still run correctly on Windows Mobile 5?

Yes

>
> 2. Will Windows Mobile 5 still have support for Pocket Access (.cdb)?

Yes

>
> 3. If Windows Mobile 5 does not have support for Pocket Access (.cdb)
> then if I use SQLCE is there a simple way to transfer the data from my
> "Smart Device Application" to the MS Access 2003 program on the
> desktop. The user of my application will not have SQL Server to
> interact with SQLCE.
>
> 4. Will/Does the final release of Active Sync 4.x support .cdb files?

It does

>
> Thanks,
> TD
>

khorad
Mon Oct 31 09:09:19 CST 2005

"Alex Feinman (MVP)" <public_news@alexfeinman.com> wrote in message
news:eQ3khZe3FHA.400@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> dlee@adsi-sc.com wrote:
> > 4. Will/Does the final release of Active Sync 4.x support .cdb files?
>
> It does

but it doesn't work with windows mobile 5 devices, only ppc2003 and earlier

there may be a fix later

TD
Mon Oct 31 17:18:03 CST 2005

So...I should be safe if I use MS Access 2003 for the desktop app and
use VB.net 2003 to develop the smart device application ?

Alex Feinman (MVP) wrote:
> dlee@adsi-sc.com wrote:
> > I am new to developing database applications for the PocketPC OS. I
> > have been reading some of the topics on the newsgroups and have formed
> > questions I hope this group can answer.
> >
> > I know my clients will be purchasing the Dell Axim X51 handheld which
> > will be running Windows Mobile 5. I have MS Visual Studio .Net 2003
> > Professional and would like to use it to develop a "Smart Device
> > Application" that would collect data to be transferred back and forth
> > to an MS Access 2003 desktop database program.
> >
> > My questions are these:
> >
> > 1. Will an application developed with Visual Studio .Net 2003
> > Professional still run correctly on Windows Mobile 5?
>
> Yes
>
> >
> > 2. Will Windows Mobile 5 still have support for Pocket Access (.cdb)?
>
> Yes
>
> >
> > 3. If Windows Mobile 5 does not have support for Pocket Access (.cdb)
> > then if I use SQLCE is there a simple way to transfer the data from my
> > "Smart Device Application" to the MS Access 2003 program on the
> > desktop. The user of my application will not have SQL Server to
> > interact with SQLCE.
> >
> > 4. Will/Does the final release of Active Sync 4.x support .cdb files?
>
> It does
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > TD
> >

TD
Mon Oct 31 17:18:21 CST 2005

So...I should be safe if I use MS Access 2003 for the desktop app and
use VB.net 2003 to develop the smart device application ?

Alex Feinman (MVP) wrote:
> dlee@adsi-sc.com wrote:
> > I am new to developing database applications for the PocketPC OS. I
> > have been reading some of the topics on the newsgroups and have formed
> > questions I hope this group can answer.
> >
> > I know my clients will be purchasing the Dell Axim X51 handheld which
> > will be running Windows Mobile 5. I have MS Visual Studio .Net 2003
> > Professional and would like to use it to develop a "Smart Device
> > Application" that would collect data to be transferred back and forth
> > to an MS Access 2003 desktop database program.
> >
> > My questions are these:
> >
> > 1. Will an application developed with Visual Studio .Net 2003
> > Professional still run correctly on Windows Mobile 5?
>
> Yes
>
> >
> > 2. Will Windows Mobile 5 still have support for Pocket Access (.cdb)?
>
> Yes
>
> >
> > 3. If Windows Mobile 5 does not have support for Pocket Access (.cdb)
> > then if I use SQLCE is there a simple way to transfer the data from my
> > "Smart Device Application" to the MS Access 2003 program on the
> > desktop. The user of my application will not have SQL Server to
> > interact with SQLCE.
> >
> > 4. Will/Does the final release of Active Sync 4.x support .cdb files?
>
> It does
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > TD
> >

Alex
Wed Nov 02 17:57:05 CST 2005

Correction. AS4 does not support automatic conversiion between .cdb and .mdb

"Alex Feinman (MVP)" <public_news@alexfeinman.com> wrote in message
news:eQ3khZe3FHA.400@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> dlee@adsi-sc.com wrote:
>> I am new to developing database applications for the PocketPC OS. I
>> have been reading some of the topics on the newsgroups and have formed
>> questions I hope this group can answer.
>>
>> I know my clients will be purchasing the Dell Axim X51 handheld which
>> will be running Windows Mobile 5. I have MS Visual Studio .Net 2003
>> Professional and would like to use it to develop a "Smart Device
>> Application" that would collect data to be transferred back and forth
>> to an MS Access 2003 desktop database program.
>>
>> My questions are these:
>>
>> 1. Will an application developed with Visual Studio .Net 2003
>> Professional still run correctly on Windows Mobile 5?
>
> Yes
>
>>
>> 2. Will Windows Mobile 5 still have support for Pocket Access (.cdb)?
>
> Yes
>
>>
>> 3. If Windows Mobile 5 does not have support for Pocket Access (.cdb)
>> then if I use SQLCE is there a simple way to transfer the data from my
>> "Smart Device Application" to the MS Access 2003 program on the
>> desktop. The user of my application will not have SQL Server to
>> interact with SQLCE.
>>
>> 4. Will/Does the final release of Active Sync 4.x support .cdb files?
>
> It does
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> TD
>>