Does anyone know of a PDA version (preferably Pocket PC) of the Baan client out there. It would be handy for me to dial into users sights and the new HP Jornada that I have means I can know do it on the move, however I need some form of client software that can be used on it.

Any one got any ideas?

As far as I know, there are no Baan Client versions for PDA's. Having a Baan Client on a PDA would not really be feasible anyway. The program would take up a lot of the limited space on the PDA, the network connection would be v slow for GUI, and the menu/sessions perhaps cumbersome to draw/read.

If you want Baan access from your PDA, a far better option is to use a Terminal program to connect to your Baan server via Telnet, then use the Baan ASCII client ba6.1. You'll get a better idea then of how a Baan GUI client would fair, in terms of response times - if one were ever to be available.

You could use a terminal services/citrix client if they are using them or telnet client if it is unix. Another way is to have VNC running on a machine in the site and use the VNC client for pocket PC.


http://www.cs.utah.edu/~midgley/wince/vnc.html

Good idea but as my speciality is NT systems not many running the terminal or ASCII interface. Also have used VNC before and even over a network it can be slow so would hate to think what it would be like over 9.6 speeds allowed by mobile

This software looks like it might be worth a try.

http://www.bitween.com/v2/eng2/pocketpceng.htm

Looks like I should give that a test. Thanks for the tip

We are pushing both Terminal Server client and VNC http clients. The VNC web client is the best we've found todate. Nothing to install beyond the internet browser on the PDA. Lean traffic, some refresh challenges though.

Ron:cool:

Hi,
I manage to telnet to Baan session using telnet on a DOS wireless handheld terminal
The problem I face is that the screen is small on the terminal and need to use cursor to move around,not practical.
Is there any software that will do a screen mapping or formatter.

Another problem is that the Purchase Receipt seesion the screen size is 132 column instead of standard 80 columns.

Thanks for any help.

James,
I have tried using a wireless DOS handheld terminal to telnet,the speed is very good,however,I have a problem to size the display to fit the Baan session.
Can you recomend and screen mapping software?

Thanks
Richard

Has anybody researched the possibility to use MS Terminal Services over IIS?