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Visual CE - mobile database from SYWARE - adds support for built-in camera in Pocket PC devices from HP March 21, 2006 [Pocket PC] | By Edward J. R. After we have noticed that Windows Mobile 5.0 actually has manufacturer-independent Camera API and one could provide thus camera support for all devices, not just those from HP, then Frank Yacano from SYWARE has written to us: SYWARE has previously supported the HP Photosmart add-in camera, so we were already a member of the HP Developer Partner Program, which gave us access to the camera SDK. We had existing customers with an immediate need, so we decided to support their built-in cameras. We are very committed to backward compatibility, and we wanted to be able to support the HP devices with built-in camera's that were released previous to Windows Mobile 5. We do intend to add support for the "camera capture dialog box" offered in Windows Mobile 5 in a future release, probably when we release Visual CE 10. Finally, the HP camera SDK gives us more flexibility than the Windows Mobile 5 API, because the HP camera SDk allows us to take pictures from within an application, while the Windows Mobile 5 API will "take over the device" from our application, which is less desirable. More information from SYWARE follows below. * * * * * SYWARE’s Visual CE Tightly Integrates HP Pocket PCs’ built-in Cameras with Easy-to-Use Database Software for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs Allows users of Hewlett-Packard Pocket PCs with built-in cameras to take and store pictures directly from their database application and synchronize them to desktop or server databases. SYWARE, Inc., a developer of mobile database tools for business and personal productivity, today announced that Visual CE, the award-winning rapid application development software for database and forms development on Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PCs, has added direct support for HP Pocket PCs' built-in cameras. When applications built with Visual CE are run on HP Pocket PCs with built-in cameras, end users can take pictures and either save them directly into a database running on their device or save them as external files linked to the database record. They can move the pictures to their desktop database using the Visual CE synchronizer and print them out with a portable printer. To capture images from HP Pocket PCs from within a Visual CE-built application users simply click an image control and the control becomes a viewfinder. Point the camera, click the control again, and the image is stored directly into the Visual CE database. They can then use Visual CE's synchronization capability to send the image to a desktop or server via an ActiveSync connection or wirelessly, and they can print the image immediately using a portable printer. The addition of support for HP built-in cameras to Visual CE means developers can create information-rich, mobile database applications for end users in just a few hours or days. For example, a home inspection company can create a database application that allows inspectors to add images of the specific problems they detect to their inspection reports. When an inspector returns to the office or synchronizes wirelessly, the image is uploaded to the server for inclusion in the final report. The application can use SYWARE's Report CE to produce and print, onsite, an inspection report that includes the printed images. Pricing & Delivery Visual CE is available in Personal and Professional editions, and as part of SYWARE's cost saving Mobile360tm bundles. It can be purchased through SYWARE's online store at http://www.syware.com. Visual CE Personal (US$129) is licensed for single device applications. Visual CE Professional (US$399) includes a royalty-free license to distribute created applications. SYWARE's related products, Report CE, sqlceEnable, and mEnable are sold both separately and as part of the Mobile360™ bundles. To learn more click here (original source of the story).  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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