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February, 2009 Edition
 

Thank you for reading the SYWARE, Inc. monthly newsletter, which provides updates on our mobility products, offers tips, and highlights industry-related articles and resources.

SYWARE, Inc. Related:

  • News: Visual CE and mEnable Can Now Directly Access Microsoft Excel Files
  • News: SYWARE Support Policy Clarification
  • News: SYWARE Newsletter Archive Now Available Online
  • Technical Tip: Visual CE and mEnable Access to Microsoft Excel Files

Mobile Industry Related:

  • News: Dell Might Be Coming Back to Windows Mobile


SYWARE News: Visual CE and mEnable Can Now Directly Access Microsoft Excel Files

At the request of our users, we reexamined the Visual CE synchronizer and mEnable in regards to Microsoft Excel files. As it turns out, by making some changes to our products, we are able to work around some of the quirks in the Excel ODBC driver. Consequently, there are many cases where the Visual CE synchronizer and mEnable can directly access an Excel file. We will roll these into our next release, but we can send these changes to version 11 licenses on request. See this month's Tip of the Month for more details.

SYWARE News: SYWARE Suport Policy Clarification.

Our official support policy is 30-days free tech support and after that we charge on an hourly basis ($100 / hour). In reality, as long as you have the current release, we will answer your questions (within reason). When you contact us for support, please be prepared to let us know where and when you purchased your license so we can check for support eligibility. Thank you for your cooperation.

SYWARE News: SYWARE Newsletter Archive Now Available Online.

Looking for an old copy of a SYWARE newsletter? Miss a copy one month? All the SYWARE newsletter's from the last few years will soon be online. The newsletters for 2008 are currently available and we will be posting the older ones shortly. Take a look at the SYWARE newsletter archive.

Technical Tip from "Dr. DeeBee": Visual CE and mEnable Access to Microsoft Excel Files

We have made some changes to our products to work around some of the quirks in the Excel ODBC driver and, consequently, there are many cases where the Visual CE synchronizer and mEnable can work directly on an Excel file. Click here to find out how to give Visual CE and mEnable access to Microsoft Excel files.

Mobile Industry News: Dell Might Be Coming Back to Windows Mobile

Rumors have been flying around that Dell might be announcing a Windows Mobile Smartphone at GSMA, the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona February 16-19. This, of course, would be great news. Read more about this here and here and here.


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