ONK:
In general this is probably much better suited toward server/desktop apps
because desktops and servers are usually connected to a network, don't fall
or get broken etc. Also, the amount of data storage on a desktop or server
is a lot greater. That's not to say that you can't do it on a pda, but I'm
not sure you'd want to. If you do it on a PDA, you'd either have to keep
all of the data on the device or assume constant network access which is a
bit much to presume unless you never want to go anywhere with your pda.
However, if you want to do this locally, you'll probably need a CE Database
like SQL Server CE, the ADOCE wrapper for Pocket Access @
www.inthehand.com
or use XML or a csv file. XML is easy to work with, but if you have a large
amount of data and don't want to use CE or Pocket Access, then you may want
to use csv files (check out the csv library at
www.opennetcf.org for a
excellent way of implementing csv) because they don't have the overhead of
XML. You can use the System.Net and the Sockets library to connect to an
email server and send and recieve your emails.
If I understand what you are trying to do though, you probably don't need a
mobile solution for the sending part, so maybe you'd just want to use the
PDA's to gather the information and then sync them with a server. From
there, let the server send the stuff out.
HTH,
Bill
ONK said:
I'm develop an application that will automatic get the date of birth of
the customer and send an e-birthday card to them ???
