Pocket PC For small projects

Shazia Naz SubhaniRegistries Core Facility, BESC

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

What is a Pocket PC?

A computer that fits in the palm of your hand.

Runs the latest Windows CE Operating System 3.0.

Includes Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Calendar,

Contacts and Tasks as well as other applications.

Is slim, light and has a bright, clear screen.

Has a cradle included for connecting to a PC

Pocket PC for a small projectChoice of a Database

•A 12 dollar software “Data on the Run” was available for download.

•Due to several easy to use features and price, we decided to purchase the software.

•This software is automatically installed on the Pocket PC as soon as it is synchronized with the host computer.

• Data synchronization, updates the data on both computers based on changes or deletions since the last synchronization.During a synchronization, only the changed or deleted objects are transferred.

Synchronization

• After synchronization, the updated content sits on your Pocket PC, ready to go with you wherever you go.

•An Access Table was created on the host computer.

Steps Followed for Research Database • Pocket PC was synchronized with the computer

using Synchronization software (ActiveSync accompanied with the package).

•This access database was then copied to thePocket PC through ActiveSync program.

Screen Shots of “Data on the Run”

Data collected on the Pocket PC can easily be exported

from the “Data on the Run” to an excel file to be analyzed

by any statistical package.

To be used by more than one user, the ER database has

also been replicated on the SQL server to be accessed

through an internet access by multiple users.

Emergency Room Database on the Server

Once all data is collected and is ready for analysis, a server based database is also ready to be used for the project.

This server based database can be used for data entry, search, edit, adding new users, data export etc.

Advantages

•With synchronization the contents are always up

to date.

•Frequent Data Backups.

•Easy to handle and use.

•Can easily connect to Internet and use databases on the server directly.

•Long battery life (around 10 hours)

Thank you &

Have a Nice Day!