Using Sybase Central

You can use Sybase Central to manage MobiLink synchronization and create synchronization scripts that are held in the consolidated database. You can also use the SQL Anywhere plug-in to Sybase Central to add publications, synchronization users, and synchronization subscriptions to remote databases.

StepsTo start Sybase Central

  1. From the Objects view of the Database painter or from the Database Profiles dialog box, expand the ODBC Utilities folder, and click Sybase Central. You can also launch Sybase Central from the UltraLite Utilities folder.

    Sybase Central displays.

StepsTo work with the consolidated database in Sybase Central

  1. Right-click MobiLink Synchronization in the left pane of Sybase Central, select Connect from the pop-up menu, enter connection parameters in the Connect dialog box, and click OK.

    You can use Sybase Central to add scripts for database tables and select synchronization events that cause the script to be executed.

StepsTo work with remote databases in Sybase Central

  1. Right-click SQL Anywhere 10 in the left pane of Sybase Central, select Connect from the pop-up menu, enter connection parameters in the Connect dialog box, and click OK.

    If you open the Publications and MobiLink Users folders under the MobiLink Synchronization Client folder for the remote database, you can add publications and synchronization users in the right pane of Sybase Central.

    After you add a publication and a synchronization user, you can create a synchronization subscription by right-clicking the publication in the right pane of Sybase Central, selecting Properties from the pop-up menu, clicking the Subscribe button on the Synchronization Subscriptions tab of the Publication Properties dialog box, and clicking OK.

For more information, see the chapter on MobiLink synchronization in the Resource Guide, or see the MobiLink books in the SQL Anywhere online Help. You can open the online Help by selecting the Help>SQL Anywhere 10> Help Topics menu in Sybase Central.