Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Jul 21 14:34:00 CDT 2014
Hi Stuart: It sounds impressive considering you are now creating all this functionality but have not strayed far from PowerBasic. Here is a little app that might be useful to you. If you are not a big fan of coding in HTML there is a little app call Haroopad that allows you to code in simple markdown language. With it you can code in simple text, in a number of languages and it produces what you would see on its layed out web page window (you can also work in reverse; HTML (existing web pages) to markdown text). Text, code, built in functions, PDF translator, email and so on...and you can just cut and paste from virtual any text type file so it should be easy to just boiler-plate anything together. There is also a host of templates you can use. It is also very small and very fast. I have not used this program myself as I still prefer to code web pages directly but according to a strong recommendation I heard and a demo I saw, this is an excellent little application. Also it runs on all platforms and there is no cost involved. http://pad.haroopress.com Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 1:33:23 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Fwd: Great essay by Dan Bricklin on off-line mobile-capable apps It's a mashup. At this stage using PowerBASIC on a desktop to transfer data between the main Roll database and SQLite. The main roll is SQL Server, but we take Access snapshots and use them to build the SQLite databases so that we are working with locked rolls at points in time. That may well change since we are currently looking at a complete redesign and rebuild of the entire election management system. Basic4Android on the tablets. Looking at various options including laptops and MIFI devices in the field to consolidate groups of tablets into a single database for subsequent updating of the master roll. That is likely to be a combination of FTP and PowerBASIC. On 21 Jul 2014 at 0:32, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Stuart: > > Now that application sounds interesting. What did you finally decide > to write it in? > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 8:41:53 PM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Fwd: Great essay by Dan Bricklin on > off-line mobile-capable apps > > Good essay. > > I'm facing this at the moment - rolling out a trial of tablet based > electoral roll updating in the field. > > -- > Stuart > > On 20 Jul 2014 at 18:39, Arthur Fuller wrote: > > > There's a great essay by Dan Bricklin on the various issues facing > > the developer moving into the world of mobile development. > > > > http://bricklin.com/offline.htm > > > > Arthur > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com