Hello! I'm developing a WinForm application for Windows Mobile 5.0 and above, using C#, .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2. This application uses Web Services and I've found the Disconnected Service Agent from the patterns and practices group at Microsoft, because I want to deal with disconnected eviroments. Is there any other software to...
Hello, I have a application that will be run offline so there is no database connection. My options for the data-source are Excel Spreedsheet, CSV, or XML files. The application needs to be able to search for a record and update it. What's the best way to do this? Should I load the entire spreadsheet into memory and then work with it ...
A company I work for develops winforms .net applications in which users are required to login. These applications are deployed in an online environment, e.g desktops in a LAN where the client app connects to a service on a server. The same applications can be deployed 'standalone' in an offline environment, where data is occasionally syn...
Cloud computing offers a lot of up-side (I currently favour Google’s App Engine), but have encountered resistance from customers who are worried that basing their business platform on the Internet (as opposed to internet servers) would risk staff productivity during temporary internet outages. Are there any solutions available that invol...