filePro on a PDA or Tablet type Computer

[Robert Haussmann]

> I have  THREE  customers constantly asking me when is  
> filePro going to work on there handheld PDA's of various 
> sizes and operating systems, Pocket pc or Windows CE?  
> Is filePro working on a tiny, lightweight app.that will 
> work/run in one of those enviroments?  I told the 
> customers I would ask the list and see what happens.  
> Has anybody on the list had any success in this area?  
> I just bought a  2 GIG SD memory stick, that fits in 
> my Toshiba, Thera PDA,  more than enough space to handle 
> an fp app.  

Wayne--depends on what you want to do, but the basic
answer is "yes".  We have filePro (or fileProODBC)
x.0.13 running on Tablet PC's (specifically Compaq)
running XP Tablet edition.  No issues to report.

Windows CE gets more tricky.  You need a DOS emulator.
We tried this about two years about on an iPaq pocket
PC running Windows CE.  We found a DOS emulator that 
would include a small amount of expanded memory.  As such,
we were able to get filePro 4.0 running (although it was
not very usable, given the screen resolution).  Anything
higher than 4.0 requires extended memory (I think) which
our emulator didn't support (and I never found one that 
did, though I stopped looking).  

Hope this helps...

Bob Haussmann
Tabor Children's Services, Inc.