This section describes how to work with applications once they are deployed on .NET client on the mobile device. Topics include:
This section describes how to synchronize mobile applications between Unwired Accelerator server and the .NET client on the mobile device. The applications to which you have access depends on the profile you use. You can select one or more applications from the available applications.
The speed of your network determines how fast you can synchronize. An ActiveSync shared internet connection is typically faster then a GPRS connection.
Synchronizing mobile applications on you device
From the Applications screen, select a profile from the drop-down list. The applications to which you have access depend on the profile you select.
If no profiles exist, see “Managing .NET user profiles” for information about setting up .NET client user profiles.
Select Menu | Synchronize. In a few moments, depending on the speed of your network connection, a list of applications available on the Unwired Accelerator server displays.
Select one or more applications to sync by tapping on them. Selected applications are highlighted. Tap a highlighted application to deselect it.
After highlighting all the applications you wish to synchronize, select Menu | Synchronize. During synchronization, the Progress screen reflects the progress of the synchronization. After synchronization completes, the Applications screen displays.
During synchronization, you can click the Cancel button
to cancel the process. Applications that have been downloaded and
saved are already committed to the local database, and are not rolled
back. Applications that are in the process of being downloaded and
saved are rolled back.
This section describes how to open synchronized mobile applications on your mobile device. Applications are of two types:
Non-grid applications – these are applications that do not contain grid data, such as non-gridified HTML web content. The Unwired Accelerator 7.0 .NET client launches Pocket Internet Explorer, and loads the Unwired Accelerator application into the browser.
Grid applications – these are applications that contain grid data. The Unwired Accelerator 7.0 .NET client displays data in an interactive grid, which enables you to resize columns and rows, follow hyper-links, and drill-down to detailed views, as described in “Working with grid applications”.
Opening and closing mobile applications on your
device
From the Applications screen, select the application to open. You can either:
Click once on the application you wish to open to highlight it, then click the Menu.
Tap and hold on the application you wish to open. After a moment it is highlighted and a context menu appears.
Select Open. The application opens.
To close the application, select Menu | Close, or click OK in the upper right corner of the screen.
This section provides guidelines for working with grid applications:
Resizing columns and rows – resize the columns and rows by tapping and dragging the dividers in the header row and column.
Following drill-down links – for applications with a server-side click-across events, tap the blue link in the data grid, or anywhere in the cell, to drill down to the next level. Drill-down data is displayed.
To go back up a level, select Menu | Back, or click the Back arrow at the top of the screen. The previous data set displays.
Switching to detail view – for applications with detail view, select the row to view, either by clicking on a cell in the row that does not contain a server-side click-across event, or click the row header on the far left of the screen. After the row is highlighted, select Menu | Detail View.
To return to the List View, select Menu | Back.
This section provides guidelines for sorting application data:
Sorting in List View – you can sort application data by a particular column. To do so, select Menu | Sort, and tap once on the column name by which to sort.
Sort order – the first time you select a column to sort, the sort is in ascending order. A subsequent selection of that same column results in descending order.
Sorting numbers – all application data is treated as string data, so all sorts are in alphabetical order. If a particular column contains numeric values, they are sorted in alphabetic order from the left most characters first. For example, the numbers 1, 9 and 20 would be sorted as 1, 20, 9 in ascending order, and 9, 20, 1 in descending order.
Scroll arrows – if there are too many column names to display at once, scroll arrows appear at the top and bottom of the menu.
This section provides guidelines for searching application data:
Searching in List View – you can search application data for specific values. To search for a particular matching value, select Menu | Search | Search. The next screen that appears lets you select the column you want to search and enter the value for which to search. To run the search select Menu | Search.
Removing search filtering from the data – select Menu | Search | Show All.
Multiple searches – searching is not cumulative. If you perform one search and then perform a second, the second search is executed against the full data set and not just the results of the first search.
This section describes how to remove an application from your mobile device. You can also remove all applications for a profile.
Deleting mobile applications from your device
From the Applications screen, select the application to remove. You can either:
Click once on the application you wish to remove to highlight it, then click the Menu.
Select Menu | Delete | Delete Application. You are prompted to confirm the deletion request.
Tap and hold on the application you wish to open. After a moment it is highlighted and a context menu appears.
Select Delete Application. You are prompted to confirm the deletion request.
Select Yes to confirm. The application is removed from the list.
To delete all applications in the profile, select Menu | Delete | Delete
All. You are prompted to confirm the deletion request.
This section describes how to insert a new record and update an existing record. New and updated records are sent to the data source when you synchronize the application.
Currently, you cannot delete a record from the mobile
device using the .NET client.
Inserting a record
Select the application to open as described in “Opening and closing applications”.
Select Open from the menu.
Select New from the menu.
Fill in the fields to create a new record. The fields available depend on the mobile application.
Select Save from the menu.
Click Menu | Sync Update to update the data source.
Modifying a record
Select the application to open as described in “Opening and closing applications”.
Select Open from the menu.
Select the record to change.
Select Update from the menu.
Change one or more fields to modify the record.
Select Save from the menu.
Click Menu | Sync Update to update the data source.
