Transcript OneBridge Mobile Agent

Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise
OneBridge Mobile Agent Training
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OneBridge Mobile Agent
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OneBridge Mobile Agent
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What is it?
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“Rich” client application with a browser look and feel
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Supports online & offline operation
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Special features like Bar Code scanning, IR Printing and
Signature Capture
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Unlike J2ME, Mobile Agent allows you to use device
specific API (for things like barcode, etc.)
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OMA Architecture
Pocket PC
PSP
Files
PSP
Engine
.cdb
HTML
file
ADOCE
DB
Nav.
buttons
Win CE File
System
Links
HTML View
Control UI
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OneBridge Mobile Agent
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When should it be used?
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When application access is required offline
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Programming Mobile Agent
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Database
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Supports any ADOCE enabled database
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Use Pocket Access for prototype
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SQL Server CE for real deployment
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Programming Mobile Agent
Language
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XHTML based tags
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<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="read_sig.oma">
<TEXTAREA COLS=30 ROWS=5 NAME=signature>sig:</TEXTAREA><br>
<INPUT TYPE=submit value="submit">
</FORM>
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Programming Mobile Agent
Tags for retrieving and displaying data
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Database
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Data
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Var
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Recordset
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Database
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Database tag is used to connect to a database
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Only one database connection is allowed at a time
Example:
<Database Name="\Storage Card\My Documents\Northwind.cdb">
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Programming Mobile Agent
Data
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Data tag displays data for the user (writes data to an HTML
document)
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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
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Var
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Holds variables
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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">
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Recordset
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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>
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The importance of index.txt
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When launched, OneBridge Mobile Agent searches for index.txt
or index.htm
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It must be located in either "\My Documents" or "\Storage
Card\My Documents”
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Signature Capture
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Programmatically capture a user signature
Example:
<TEXTAREA NAME=CustSig COLS=30ROWS=4>sig:</TEXTAREA>
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Buttons
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Allows the navigation buttons to be set
programmatically
Example:
<NAME="BACK" HREF="index.txt">
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Schemes
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Protects the programmer from the location of the resources
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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>
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Your Turn!
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Code the following example…
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Hands-on OMA Development
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Hello World!
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Hello <Your Name>!
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Add Format
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Connect to Database and List Data
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Display details
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Capture Signature
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To learn more…
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P:/engineering/PSP/documentation
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Contact Info:
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Email: [email protected]
Phone: (414) 224 5138
Cell: (414) 324 0522
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