>>>>Hi.
>>>>We have been asked to develop a Front End Sale Person type app for an IPAD, and I have no idea whats involved here.
>>>>Just wondering if anybody here has done any development on IPOD/IPAD and how different/Easier.mire dificult is it than VFP or Dor Net.. The data will need to find its way back into a VFP app also
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>>>>Any comments would be appreciated
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>>>You *could* consider SilverLight which is .NET based but will run on a Mac - and maybe look at the LightSwitch beta to simplify development (I confess that I haven't looked at the latter so I've no idea how it really works).
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>>>I see elsewhere in the thread that the application must run whilst disconnected but Silverlight OOB should be OK there - written properly the app can easily detect whether it is connected or not and handle data accordingly....
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>>>This approach could also circumvent the Mac v MS hardware/software argument since you won't be tied to one or the other....
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>>>Plus you get automatic online installation/update, plus....
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>>>(I'll let someone else iterate the negatives :-}
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>>I went to a sensational user group meeting in late July. One of the things the speaker mentioned was his shop does almost 100% Silverlight development these days. So I guess the laggards among us can lose the thought that it's bleeding edge or not ready for prime time.
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>>Another thing I learned is WPF and Silverlight are sort of converging, one aimed at the desktop and the other at the web. All the more reason to learn them.
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>>So now I just need to learn WPF, WCF, and of course WTF ;-)
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>By chance, I've just done my first bit of Silverlight for production use. Very simple app and I started with a WPF version using a WCF service. There were a few niggles and quirks (but probably because I'm not familiar with what can and can't be shared between WPF and Silverlight) but it only took a couple of hours :-{
>I wanted to try it as an OOB app but there was no requirement for that so it didn't get done - but it's still the smartest looking web page I've done (which isn't really saying much I suppose)

Good work!