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>Does anyone know if it's possible to dial up from a windows CE palmtop to a
>windows NT server to interact with an oracle database?
>Here's my situation.
>I'll be on the road doing inspections. My objective is to collect data and
>then enter it on site. Currently I'm using a laptop and cell modem. I would
>like to have the option of using a smaller and lighter computer. The
>palmtops look ideal as no one here uses more than one finger to type and it
>appears more cost effective. This may not be the ultimate answer (I like
the
>idea of CD ROM for catalogue info) but it would be nice to have other
>options.
>Any ideas would be most appreciated.

>Thanks Tim

>Here's a suggestion:

>Create a web app on your NT server which doesn't use Java (since the CE IE
>doesn't support it).   Using the IDC components of the IIS, and the Oracle
>ODBC drivers, you should be able to create a simple, form-based web app
>which could be accessed from ANY PC with a browser.

>'course I don't know the specifics of your app, so it's just a suggestion.

>>Does anyone know if it's possible to dial up from a windows CE palmtop to
a
>>windows NT server to interact with an oracle database?
>>Here's my situation.
>>I'll be on the road doing inspections. My objective is to collect data and
>>then enter it on site. Currently I'm using a laptop and cell modem. I
would
>>like to have the option of using a smaller and lighter computer. The
>>palmtops look ideal as no one here uses more than one finger to type and
it
>>appears more cost effective. This may not be the ultimate answer (I like
>the
>>idea of CD ROM for catalogue info) but it would be nice to have other
>>options.
>>Any ideas would be most appreciated.

>>Thanks Tim

>You could always use the PCanywhere for Windows CE.  It is a little clumsy
>but it would certainly work as long as you had the parent (host)application
>(which comes with the CE version)running on the NT machine and it had a
>modem.

>>Here's a suggestion:

>>Create a web app on your NT server which doesn't use Java (since the CE IE
>>doesn't support it).   Using the IDC components of the IIS, and the Oracle
>>ODBC drivers, you should be able to create a simple, form-based web app
>>which could be accessed from ANY PC with a browser.

>>'course I don't know the specifics of your app, so it's just a suggestion.

>>>Does anyone know if it's possible to dial up from a windows CE palmtop to
>a
>>>windows NT server to interact with an oracle database?
>>>Here's my situation.
>>>I'll be on the road doing inspections. My objective is to collect data and
>>>then enter it on site. Currently I'm using a laptop and cell modem. I
>would
>>>like to have the option of using a smaller and lighter computer. The
>>>palmtops look ideal as no one here uses more than one finger to type and
>it
>>>appears more cost effective. This may not be the ultimate answer (I like
>>the
>>>idea of CD ROM for catalogue info) but it would be nice to have other
>>>options.
>>>Any ideas would be most appreciated.

>>>Thanks Tim

>You could always use the PCanywhere for Windows CE.  It is a little clumsy
>but it would certainly work as long as you had the parent (host)application
>(which comes with the CE version)running on the NT machine and it had a
>modem.

>>Here's a suggestion:

>>Create a web app on your NT server which doesn't use Java (since the CE IE
>>doesn't support it).   Using the IDC components of the IIS, and the Oracle
>>ODBC drivers, you should be able to create a simple, form-based web app
>>which could be accessed from ANY PC with a browser.

>>'course I don't know the specifics of your app, so it's just a suggestion.

>>>Does anyone know if it's possible to dial up from a windows CE palmtop to
>a
>>>windows NT server to interact with an oracle database?
>>>Here's my situation.
>>>I'll be on the road doing inspections. My objective is to collect data
and
>>>then enter it on site. Currently I'm using a laptop and cell modem. I
>would
>>>like to have the option of using a smaller and lighter computer. The
>>>palmtops look ideal as no one here uses more than one finger to type and
>it
>>>appears more cost effective. This may not be the ultimate answer (I like
>>the
>>>idea of CD ROM for catalogue info) but it would be nice to have other
>>>options.
>>>Any ideas would be most appreciated.

>>>Thanks Tim