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Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676
That looks awesome. Will two networked computers be able to both input information and have it automatically synchronize? That was the problem we had with Greg Needel's scouting sheet: as good as it was, it didn't automatically synchronize when info was put in on two different computers. That's the main selling point for me. And with the source code available, I can get our programmers to customize it for me if needed. Thanks in advance for your work!
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Be sure to note that this program is only for PocketPC devices. While there may be an emulator to run Windows Mobile on a PC, I would advise against it because the program is optimized to be used by a stylus and onscreen keyboard. Perhaps someone will create a Windows version eventually...
. One great thing about being able to export the database is that allows this to become cross platform, as most programs will import CSV or XML files. With synchronization features, it will most likely not be completely automatic, but if both devices are paired with bluetooth it will hopefully only require one button press to begin the sync.
As far as features, it is not very far along, but here are some that I hope to include:
- Support of PocketPC2002, WM2003/SE and WM5.0 devices
- Synchronisation with Microsoft Access
- Data export in XML (MS Access compatible), CSV and HTML
- Data import from XML, CSV and TXT
- Data analysis on PC and PocketPC (using SQL)
- Customizable fields on PC via GrandaSoft XSDesigner
Providing that you have a cell phone/wifi/bluetooth:
- Upload team information & robot statistics to central web server (allow sharing scouting info between teams if wished)
- Programming in the match schedule and the drive team's cell phone numbers to automatically text them the info about alliances
- FTP Database backups
Most of these features are available thanks to the great freeware program I am using to design the form, called XSDesigner. Basically Visual Basic, but for the PocketPC. It lets you do scripting with VBScript and JScript, so people fluent in those languages may wish to toy around with, and improve, the analysis. Also, thank you for the interest in the program. I am creating this for our team for the synchronization issues you mentioned above, but when we were using FRCScout (had to export the ENTIRE database (or one entry at a time), overwriting whatever the other device had).