ODK implementation on Windows Mobile

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Hello Everybody,

I'm going to use ODK-collect plus ODK-Aggregate for census mapping
reporting.
In order to make the system more flexible I would like to implement
the client (ODK-Collect) on windows mobile OS.
Do you know if there is already something in process?

I can develop it by myself, but I need some more info about the
system:

  1. how the data is sent out from ODK-Collect.
  2. If I use a simple XForms browser, like X-smile, I will still have
    the "save" features like in ODK? (To locally store data when you don't
    have connectivity)

Many thanks
Marco

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  1. the apis we use are mostly described at
    http://bitbucket.org/javarosa/javarosa/wiki/OpenRosaAPI. collect does
    a http post of the xml data to a url.

  2. havent used x-smile, so can't say what functionality it has or doesn't have.

why the desire to use winmo? seems like a dead end as far as platforms
go. i don't even think you can buy those phones. anyway, you should be
able to run the javarosa (our core library) on windows mobile's j2me
environment. it will likely be an unpleasant user experience, but you
can get started at http://bitbucket.org/javarosa/javarosa/wiki/Home.

another option is to roll your own xforms engine, but the problem with
that approach is that you'll quickly fall out of sync with the
javarosa core as we add functionality there. you might be able to do
clever client/server things to solve that problem, but no clue on how
much work that'd be in winmo.

the folks at http://www.microsoft.com/oneapp/ have been look for a way
to do odk on that platform. glad to connect you to that team if you
are interested in running on msft platforms. might also be better to
try doing it on a windows phone 7.

··· On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 06:48, GioX® wrote: > Hello Everybody, > > I'm going to use ODK-collect plus ODK-Aggregate for census mapping > reporting. > In order to make the system more flexible I would like to implement > the client (ODK-Collect) on windows mobile OS. > Do you know if there is already something in process? > > I can develop it by myself, but I need some more info about the > system: > 1. how the data is sent out from ODK-Collect. > 2. If I use a simple XForms browser, like X-smile, I will still have > the "save" features like in ODK? (To locally store data when you don't > have connectivity) > > > Many thanks > Marco