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Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise

OneBridge Mobile Agent Training


OneBridge Mobile AgentOneBridge Mobile Agent



What is it?

“Rich” client application with a browser look and feel

Supports online & offline operation

Special features like Bar Code scanning, IR Printing and Signature Capture

Unlike J2ME, Mobile Agent allows you to use device specific API (for things like barcode, etc.)


OMA ArchitectureOMA Architecture

Win CE File System

HTML View Control UI

PSP Engine

HTML file

PSP Files

.cdb DB

Pocket PC

ADOCE

Nav. buttons

Links



When should it be used?

When application access is required offline


Programming Mobile AgentProgramming Mobile Agent

Database

Supports any ADOCE enabled database

Use Pocket Access for prototype

SQL Server CE for real deployment



Language

XHTML based tags

...

<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="read_sig.oma"><TEXTAREA COLS=30 ROWS=5 NAME=signature>sig:</TEXTAREA><br><INPUT TYPE=submit value="submit"></FORM>

...



Tags for retrieving and displaying data

Database Data Var Recordset



Database

Database tag is used to connect to a database Only one database connection is allowed at a time

Example:

<Database Name="\Storage Card\My Documents\Northwind.cdb">



Data

Data tag displays data for the user (writes data to an HTML document)

Data can be formatted as it is being displayed

<data value="1/3" format="fix3">

Output: 0.333

<data value=" '5551234' " format="@@@-@@@@">

Output: 555-1234



Var

Holds variables

Variables are global by default

Assign the value a3 to the string ind<var "string ind='a3' ">

Please the computed value in the variable<var “local x=(1+rs1.TaxRate/100)*rs2.Value">



Recordset

Access and search a database

List the first and last names of all employees in the "emp_list" table:<recordset name="namelist" SQL="select * from emp_list order by LastName"> <data value="namelist.Firstname"> <data value="namelist.LastName"><br></recordset>



The importance of index.txt

When launched, OneBridge Mobile Agent searches for index.txt or index.htm

It must be located in either "\My Documents" or "\Storage Card\My Documents”



Signature Capture

Programmatically capture a user signature

Example:

<TEXTAREA NAME=CustSig COLS=30ROWS=4>sig:</TEXTAREA>



Buttons

Allows the navigation buttons to be set programmatically

Example:

<NAME="BACK" HREF="index.txt">



Schemes

Protects the programmer from the location of the resources

PSP://, VAR://, DB://, SYS://, and sysPrefix

The href used will be "db://tblApp/name/data/sub1

<var 'sysPrefix="db://tblApp/name/data/" '><a href="sys://sub1">Sub1</a>



Your Turn!

Code the following example…


Hands-on OMA DevelopmentHands-on OMA Development

Hello World!

Hello <Your Name>!

Add Format

Connect to Database and List Data

Display details

Capture Signature


To learn more…To learn more…

P:/engineering/PSP/documentation

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