>I need information about how can I use DBF tables (made with VFP7) on PocketPc 2002 Device. I need to build a Sales program that consume data from DBF tables, and work with this tables. The idea was let the program work with real tables, and later synchronize only DBF tables with the server. I´ve read many documentation from Microsoft about OLEDB/CE and ADOCE, and it´s not clear that this technology can work with DBF tables. Another option is to use ADOCE with an ODBC data source to DBF tables (A data source pointing to .DBC file), but i don´t know if ADOCE can work with ODBC data sources other than MS ACCESS and SQL SERVER.No. DBFs do not work in PPC2002 (nor does VFP as there are no runtimes for any Windows CE based OS).
Your choices are:
- SQL Server CE
- Buy a commercial, ready-made database program
If you decide to program yourself, you can do it using .Net in C#,VB .Net or any .Net language.
There is also the older (and *much* more limited) embedded languages eVB and eVC.
All of this is free from Microsoft. As a programming interface (IDE), probably the best and easiest would be VS .Net (but not free).
The data acccess can be done using OleDB, ODBC and using ADO .Net or plain old ADO.
In Spain, there is an excellent site to help you wih this:
http://mipcdebolsillo.comYou can also check
www.devx.comHTH