Recent content by Paul O' Connor

Hi, I am doing some research in integrating SMS into a Progress Application. I have been playing around with a Web Service offering provided by Clickatell who are an SMS Gateway. The WSDL for the Web Service is at: http://api.clickatell.com/soap/document_literal/webservice.php?wsdl I've run...

Thanks for the feedback folks. Getting hold of a tablet to test the software on (Win 7). It will mean that the same software will work on our fixed-point terminals (PC-based) and the tablets.

Thanks for that. Probably should have explained that our app is touch based so doesn't need a mouse and keyboard. We have it on a few fixed terminals but there is a requirement for it to be available away from the fixed terminal hence the requirement for a tablet. The app is ready to go so...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone has experience of deploying progress applications to a tablet/mobile device? We have a windows-based application that our userbase is looking to access using a tablet/mobile-device. I know there is a pretty fully-featured version of Windows 7 available for tablets...

Thanks Tom. Don't know much about the SOAP and REST adapters but will look into them.

Just to follow up on that, what do people recommend as the best methodology of putting data from a Progress DB online? I've not kept up to speed with the various solutions offered by Progress (I believe things have moved on since WebSpeed).

Hi Tom, I suppose it is borne out of lack of familiarity with what Progress offers and familiarity with PHP/MySQL. I've only ever used Progress for developing business applications whereas any web-based work I've done has been via MySQL/PHP. Might well be a case of picking a solution to match...

This would be an ongoing process. I am looking to upload records to MySQL once a day. The data will be viewed on the web (i.e. no update by end-users) so it's effectively an online reporting facility.

Hi, I am playing about with getting data from our Progress DB online. I have experience with MySQL/PHP and am thinking of using that platform for exposing our data online. Just wondering if anyone has played about with transferring data from a Progress DB to MySQL? I have a couple of possible...