Carry Your MS Access Database With You In The Pocket!

Until recently there has been no MS Access counterpart for Pocket PC. Fortunately the guys at Kaisoft thought it shouldn't be that way and came up with their solution to the problem of missing Microsoft Access for handheld devices. The thing is called Kai's Access Manager .Net and it can fit the needs of everyone from non-programmers to expert programmers.

Kai's Access Manager .Net lets you open and edit a Pocket Access Database as a file or from the Objectstore. Unlike other tools, it works fine with large databases and can open a table with up to 20,000 records as quickly as a couple of seconds. The table can be viewed either in Tableview or in Formview from where you can edit, delete and create new records. Professional users will like the opportunity to create own queries. For faster opening, a table/database can be indexed.

The program works on common sense. Once installed, you can jump into creating a database, entering information right out of the box without messing around complex features. Just load a copy of a MS Access Database from the desktop PC to your Pocket PC and get it automatically converted to a Pocket Access Database (.CDB). That's pretty much you need to do. The database on the Pocket PC will now be automatically synchronized with the one on the desktop, so that any changes to the Pocket PC database can be easily uploaded to the desktop database.

It's important to note that copying a MS Access Database to the mobile device doesn't work with Active Sync 4.5 and Vista’s Mobile Device Center. Instead Access Converter .Net should be used.

Let's say, for example, you control a website and all records database using Access. You would like to have a way of being out in the field with a database available but not requiring the need to carry a laptop with you. Kai's Access Manager .Net will help you. It can handle Access tables, let you read and edit records before sending data back to the desktop PC for updating the website.

Currently Kai's Access Manager .Net has been upgraded to version 7.9 which adds support for landscape mode and square screen.

Kai's Access Manager .Net 7.9 will run on Windows Mobile for Pocket PC 2003, 2003 SE, Windows Mobile 5, 6 and costs $24.00 (US).

Download Kai's Access Manager .Net and carry your MS Access database with you in the pocket!

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About the Author Iren Birken is IT specialist, heavily using Windows Mobile devices every day