Roger, thanks alot guys for getting me to think about. I guess I am going to try to go with the database.

What do you guys think if I just batched the orders on the handheld in a .txt file then as it would get connected the client on the handheld would read it in again and send it to the db... ???

Or should I have a little CE sql on the handheld running ?

if u still insists to use .txt file & then put in DB!
You can also import them to DB from .txt files but u should give a format for that!! what format u r using?!

Always:),
Hovik Melkomian.

I cancelled the .txt format, I am going to run the SQL CE on each of the handhelds and batch the info that way. Much more secure and easier to maintain... Thanks for all you help guys.

Perhaps you should consider saving the data to an XML dataset on the handheld. This would simplify the local saving of the data if you can't reach the server and not require the use of SQL CE. By using an XML dataset you can utilize all the System.Data functionality and work against that until you can reach the server again. Then you can update the server with the data in the dataset and purge the local dataset XML file.

There is a very simple solution to your problem unless you have one of those very strange networks.
You're problem is
"Z:\\ABC\\FOLDERTEST" - works but not "\\\ABC\\FOLDERTEST"
What you need instead of "Z:" is the UNC path. Let's say Z: is mapped to CPU1\Share1
Then "Z:\\ABC\\FOLDERTEST" is the same as "\\\\CPU1\\Share1\\ABC\\FOLDERTEST"

Worked like a charm tnd. Thanks alot for your help, much appriciated !

You may also want to make sure you have access rights on the computer from which you are trying to retrieve the file. But I agree with melvik... use a database of some type.


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