Hi,

I never developped with .NET yet but we'll have to make an application that'll run on PocketPC which will allow the users to connect the PockecPC to an Internet connected Desktop, download some data from the online server, work offline with the PocketPC and then connect to the desktop and upload the modified\entered data later.

I was reading about the .NET Compact Framework to develop the application and it looks fine to me, the point where I am stucked for now is what type of data we should have on the PockecPC and how to access it.

I think it really depends on how the synchronization with the server will work. The backend on the online server is all VFP free tables. We thought of having a sync. manager on the desktop to make the link between the PockecPC and the server, but if it's possible, it could also be directly from the PocketPC when it'll be connected on the desktop. In that case, would a webservice be the best solution ?

And what type of data should we get on the PocketPC ? Is it easy to use the VFP OleDB Provider with the .NET Compact Framework so that we could use VFP tables ? If not, would XML be the best solution ?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated,
Sylvain Bujold