Hand held devices

Mon Apr 15 07:14:37 EDT 2013

Hi Ben

That makes sense - but they are putting in the terminal server for a  
different reason - the company is scattered over a number of sites and they were  
using a wireless network to connect them - one of the buildings being over 
1  mile away and they wondered why the connection kept dropping  out!!!    

Hopefully the terminal service will resolve this problem as they will  
connect over the internet to the server

The idea is that the handheld devices will be being used in their  
factories and connected to the terminal service as well to run the  software. 

Kind  Regards
Wendy Osbaldestin
Wizard Computer Services
_www.wizardcompserv.co.uk_ (http://www.wizardcompserv.co.uk/) 
Tel:  01260271647  

In a message dated 15/04/2013 11:33:32 GMT Daylight Time,  
Ben.Butler at c2internet.net writes:

Hey,

As an observational aside.... Terminal Server can be  viewed as an 
expensive option when there is a low user count to cover  hardware, OS and RDP CALs 
and the more expensive E Open Office licenses that  must be purchased for 
use on TS rather than the cheaper "normal" office  licenses.

For low use count applications of one or two remote thin  client users of 
desktop or application solution.  A copy of Win7 Pro with  RDP turned on 
allows for remote RDP connection for a single user to that  workstation which 
can run a single user instance of Omnis fat client  runtime.  Two workstations 
comes in a lot cheaper than a decent server  platform with other MS costs + 
CALs to deploy a FAT Omnis  application.

So for applications such as warehousing / bar coding with  a couple of 
users with bar code guns running an RDP client that would not  otherwise have a 
"proper" terminal server, the workstation route can be  commercially 
enabling.

Ben

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[mailto:omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com] On Behalf Of Philip  Potter
Sent: 15 April 2013 10:28
To: OmnisDev List - English
Subject:  Re: Hand held devices

Hi Wendy,

I don't know if you have an  android device to try out stuff with...
But I have used a client called  '2X' which you can search for in the play 
store.

I suggest having a  play with this and see how it works for you, see if 
there are limitations that  you cannot work around...

An Android interface obviously is a touch  interface, and the 2X client 
provides some gestures that you may want, or may  not want...

Something you might want to consider is making the Omnis  application full 
screen?

If your running it locally for testing, you  might require the computer to 
allow remote desktop connections, without  Network Level Authentication.

regards
Phil.

On 15/04/2013  08:42, Wizardcompserv at aol.com wrote:
> Hi Phil
>    
> This option sounds like it might do what the customer wants - they  are 
> supposed to be installing TS this weekend to overcome a  connection 
problem they
>   have had ever since I  have  been involved with them!!
>   
> We were looking at some  devices over the weekend and one running 
> android looks to me to be  within the price bracket they would be 
> looking at - is it easy to  connect this to a Terminal Server?
>   
> They really do  not want to go Web server for this as for a start they 
> would need  Studio licences and application and have to set up a web 
> server   to hold the database.
>   
>   
>  Kind  Regards
> Wendy Osbaldestin
> Wizard Computer  Services
> _www.wizardcompserv.co.uk_  (http://www.wizardcompserv.co.uk/)
> Tel:   01260271647
>   
>
>   
> In a  message dated 12/04/2013 15:46:03 GMT Daylight Time, 
>  phil at pgpotter.demon.co.uk writes:
>
> I've  used Citrix, and  I know of Terminal services being used to run a 
> standard  Omnis  application on the server, Citrix or TS server, both 
> of which  used  Barcode scanning.
>
> You seem to be able to run a  citrix or TS client on  most devices 
> these days, android, ipad,  iphone...
>
> The only thing  is, if you don't have a Citrix  server or TS server, 
> this may price the  solution out of  the  equation?
>
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