>>>>>>>>>>>If you can enforce an HTML5 requirement that shouldn't be a problem. With local storage and offline manifests you can easily create a web page that will work perfectly whilst offline and update when there's a connection available.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Thanks I'll investigate that. Any suggestions on where to start learning? Same suggestion as Michael so same response :)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>For offline pages :
>>>>>>>>>http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/appcache/beginner/
>>>>>>>>>or
>>>>>>>>>http://diveintohtml5.info/offline.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>For local storage:
>>>>>>>>>http://diveintohtml5.info/storage.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>or, for the full nitty-gritty look at the w3c documentation....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi Frank
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I juts produced a similar system for a logistics company with signature capture etc One thing you should look out for is some windows phones use an embedded internet explorer that doesn't support some html 5 elements, particularly the canvas element. As the people where tied to the (rubbish) phones by contract we had to use a product called zetakey as their browser which works ok but there is a license cost. Having said that developing in html with local storage was a lot easier than trying to produce a seperate app.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Nick
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Do you have any specific suggestions as to what "html with local storage" approach you used? I am testing a web application (that is almost finished) but I see that some customers will ask for an off-line use. So I need to start learning and maybe incorporating into my pages already. TIA.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Dimitry
>>>>>
>>>>>I used webSQL which worked very nicely. Its is deprecated http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/220254/why-is-web-sql-database-deprecated but because I knew what browser would be used that wasn't an issue as it was supported. If I re do the mobile web app to be publicly available I may alter to something else.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here's a websql example.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webdatabase/todo/
>>>>>
>>>>>I used it to store logistics data when the driver was offline and then he could sync it up to a sqlexpress database later. Works very well.
>>>>
>>>>Thank you for your reply, Nick. This is all new to me so I will see (study) how applicable it is for my app. Right now I can even imagine how to do it without some kind of a "light" version of DB engine on a tablet device (maybe this is what webSQL is). Anyway, I will read the references your suggested and maybe I will see the light.
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>>>I was a bit puzzled where the data ended. In chrome the data is stored at : chrome://settings/cookies/.
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>>Thank you. In my application the process takes place in the Store Procedure so the web application collects the data and then calls a SQL Stored Procedure. So, I suppose, the "collected data" would have to "sit" in the "//settings/cookies" until the internet connection is restored. But how/what will get the data from the "hiding place" and resubmit to the stored procedure is a mystery (so far).
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>In my case the drivers have a separate page to go to when they have signal which shows them a list of whats in the web storge db. Then they can submit that data and its deleted from the web storage as the data is loaded.
>It could be automatic but its a handy review for the drivers of what they have done or think they have done

Clearly you are already "flying" :) and I am just learning to "walk" :). Another steep learning curve. Thank you.