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Hi,
I have some questions about pocket pc and smartphone application development with vs.net 2003
These maybe fundamental questions but i am a bit confused plz help..
I am planning to implement a health care website which can be accessed via the computer,

the pocket pc and the smartphone..
1)I need to know wheter i can do all the development and testing using the sdks..will i need to get a pocket pc or smart phone?
2) the database in the server will be sql server 2000 Can the webbased application developed for pocket pc and smart phones access it without any trouble..?

Or do i have to have a seperate database like SQL CE for the purpose..

I don think having two databses with the same data is a good idea..But i am really confused so i need to know wether i can access sql server 2000 via pocket pcs and smart phones
Please help me
Thanks
Bugzz

[890 byte] By [Bugzzbunny] at [2008-1-29]
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# 1
Hi,
1)I need to know wheter i can do all the development and testing using the sdks..will i need to get a pocket pc or smart phone?
I recommend you to buy one with wlan-adapter like pocket loox 420, so that you can test your programs in a real environment and not only on emulators.

2) the database in the server will be sql server 2000 Can the webbased application developed for pocket pc and smart phones access it without any trouble..?
If you are using a xml-based webservice there should be no problem implementing this into you pocket pc. If you use ASP.net pages there should be no issuses displaying those pages on pocket pc. My ASP .net pages are rendering well on my Pocket PC .

rgerbig at 2007-9-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Smart Device Development,Smart Devices General...
# 2
Thanks alot
So u mean if i am doing the website using asp.net and using aspnet for the mobile applications also..i wont have to be troubled about the backend database i am using is that so..
So can i access sql server 2000 or oracle 8i without any problem with the pocket pc ans smartphone sdks?
thanks plz reply
Bugzz
Bugzzbunny at 2007-9-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Smart Device Development,Smart Devices General...
# 3
Hi,
if you are using ASP.net the only thing what you're client does is to render the information it gets from the server. Your business-logic runs on the server not independent from your client. The second way would to use a webservice to get informations from your database and then use them in your client application.
rgerbig at 2007-9-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Smart Device Development,Smart Devices General...
# 4
Thanks..
>I will be updating certain tables in the database with the smartphone and pocket pc too..So if i still use asp.net it wont be a problem am i correct?
>Also i have never used a smart phone or a pocket pc before ..I think the smart phone interface is menu based
>But how about the pocket PC..When a website is accessed with it are there lot of diffrences in how the website displays in a normal pc and a pocket pc or is it similar?

>Could u plz give me some design hints for the website interface in the pocket pc
Thanks a lot for all the help
Bugzz

Bugzzbunny at 2007-9-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Smart Device Development,Smart Devices General...
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