Hi Thomas,
First, thank you for your message.
I believe Motorola is now Zebra (since I get tons of email from them).
Your approach is interesting. However, I would prefer an app that would work on both the Android and iPhone. This is why web-based seems to be more practical (for me).
But what caught my attentions is that you collect the data on the hand-held device using sqlike-db.
I will need to explore how easy or difficult it is to install this on an Android or iPhone.
Again, thank you for your input.

>I donÄt know if this might help you but for inventory check I have written an Android App which collects data in a sqlite-db and sends it via ftp to a server where it is processed by my vfp-application. The hardware used is from Zebra. The app is written in C# using Xamarin and it wasn't too complicated.
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>Best regards
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>Thomas
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>Hi,
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>Years ago I had a very smart guy from Bulgaria develop an app for me that worked on Motorola MC55 and allowed customers to process work orders on this app and then upload the data to my VFP/SQL application. I did the upload part, he developed the app on the Motorola MC55. This app worked very well (except it was a pain for me to maintain the hardware).
>In any event, the Motorola MC55 do not work any more because they (MC55 devices) had an older MS OS that no longer works with Window 7 or later.
>Ideally I would like the app to be working on either iPhone or Android (so that I do not have to support the hardware).
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>Anyone developed an app on iPhone/Android that works with VFP application? If yes, what language you used? Or was it web-based? Any information would be helpful.
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>TIA