Well, I'm not sure what is the "core" part of the conduit software at the moment since the main module of it is rather large, but after doing some more looking in on the subject, I learned that a Palm conduit is a DLL application, usually coded in C/C++ or VB in this case and installed on the PC that implements the supported function calls to sync with the Device usually in response to the presence of a database with the right identification. As per this article <http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mobile/PalmOS_II.aspx>
So, the more I think about it, the more I believe that this is not as unfeasable as previously thought. Though I could be wrong. From what I can tell from the VB code, it looks like it is simply comparing data and checking for changes among other things I can only vaguely identify right now. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Aebig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Though it's unorthodox, perhaps you could post the core aspects of the VB > code and some of us can tell you if it's even feasible and if so, than how > to move forward. > > > > !k > > > > _____ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of bredwards358 > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:21 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Programming an AIR App to accept input from a PALM > device... > > > > As per a suggestion from another member of the forum, I have decided > to repost my question with a more descriptive title. Right now I am > currently in the midst of designing an Adobe AIR application which is > basically a new and improved version of legacy software coded in VB6 > (I'm using Flex 3). At the moment I'm purely working on the client > side of things and one issue I'll be having to deal with is this: > > The old VB6 application was able to accept input from synchronized > PALM devices as well as others, but I want to focus on PALM first. > Now, I've never developed this kind of software before, and I'm even > quite new to Adobe Flex and AIR, having only been using them for the > past few weeks. > > That said, I'm having trouble figuring out where to get started, I'm > aware that I need some sort of conduit software, but I don't know > whether I need to code that myself or simply download it. I'm also not > sure where to begin going about setting things up so that the software > I'm working on can listen for when a client scans a barcode and having > the results show up in the application on the desktop. > > I'm searching google as well but my "search-fu" is rather weak so > that'll take a while so I have decided to post here in the meantime. > This is by no means time-critical as this is just the beginning of the > project. > > Thanks in advance. >
