<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C45153.60F30050"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="cid:editdata.mso@01C45153.60F30050">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Dave = –<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> You need to go into the ActiveSync = program, click Options and put a check in the box next to Pocket Access. Then = click the settings button and add the tables you’re your desktop DB that you = want to sync. Then click the Rules tab, click the Conversion Settings button = and make sure that your *.mdb files are being = converted to *cdb files on your device. I think this = should do it for you.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> - Mark<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original = Message----- From: David M. Porritt [mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu] Sent: Sunday, June 13, = 2004 12:08 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: RE: Pocket PC = w/TL & Customer DB <o:p> </o:p> Mark:<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> I downloaded the trial version of the = SpringDB for Pocket PC, installed it on the PPC then tried to copy over my Access = files but the sync program said it couldn't copy the Access file.  Does the = file have to be converted to a different format?  I have the school's = piano inventory on Access and I wanted to be able to access it without taking = my laptop with me.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> dave<o:p></o:p> __________________________________________<o:p></o:p> David M. Porritt, RPT<o:p></o:p> Meadows School of the Arts<o:p></o:p> Southern Methodist University<o:p></o:p> Dallas, TX 75275<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>= ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Mark Dierauf <<a = href="mailto:mark@nhpianos.com">mark@nhpianos.com</a>> To: <<a = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> Received: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 15:47:15 -0400 Subject: RE: Pocket PC w/TL & Customer = DB<o:p></o:p> I have an ipaq 3835 that is about 2 years old. The newer models are = smaller and faster, with many incorporating wireless access, I believe. Mine has = pretty much just the standard Micro$oft office suite that comes as part of the = PPC 2002 operating system, but I have added the following = applications:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= Tunelab Pro for = Pocket PC - <a = href="http://www.tunelab-world.com/">http://www.tunelab-world.com/</a><= span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  tuning = software<o:p></o:p> SprintDB - <a href="http://www.kaione.com/">http://www.kaione.com/</a>  database = application<o:p></o:p> Audible Player - = <a href="http://www.audible.com/">http://www.audible.com</a> digital = books<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= SprintDB reads = and writes Microsoft Access database files, and since my desktop DB is in Access it = was a logical choice. I tried several DB’s for PPC and found this one to = be by far the most powerful. The new version has a desktop companion so you don’t need to do any design work on the diminutive PPC screen. My = DB tracks the usual customer info, including piano data and service = history. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= Audible.com is a = source for books on tape, or in this case digital format. Since I’m often = on the road this is for me an easy way to enjoy a good “read”. I = carry some ear-buds in my car, so if I’m filing hammers or regulating in = a customer’s home I can listen while I work. Makes those drudgery = jobs go by faster!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= The only extra = hardware I use is a 64 Meg SD memory card, and I only use that because the Audible = files are often about that size. It usually allows me to keep an entire “book” on the card, rather than having to load titles in two = or more sections. The extra memory is not necessary for either TL or = SprintDB. I’ve heard some people complain about the battery life, but I find = that I can get about 4 tunings out of it quite easily on a charge which is = about as much as I like to do in a day anyway. I did buy a car charger which = works quite well and have never had the battery quit on me. It is also my = understanding that some of the newer PPC’s have removable and/or high capacity batteries, so this should be even less of an issue. I hope that when the = time comes for me to replace this one I’ll be able to combine my PPC = and cell phone in one device! Beware that some of the Dell PPC’s are = unsuitable for use with tuning software – see the “News” section = of the Tunelab web site for details about specific models to = avoid.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= - = Mark<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= -----Original = Message----- From: Rick Bazemore [mailto:tunericks@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, June 12, = 2004 2:30 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Pocket PC w/TL = & Customer DB<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Mark,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Please elaborate on all that you have on your pocket pc as well as memory cards = and devices required to do all you do with the pocket pc as it relates to = your piano business.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> "I like having my schedule and complete customer database available to me on the = same 7 oz Pocket PC that runs TL!"<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Rick = Bazemore<o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='margin-left:.5in'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center = style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'> <hr size=1 width="100%" align=center> </div> </div> Do you Yahoo!? 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