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What is BrightXpress?
Who can use BrightXpress?
What sort of applications can be developed using
BrightXpress?
What are the
system requirements to run BrightXpress?
Do I need any other software for integration?
Do I need a store-and forward database?
What do I need to mobilise my database?
What databases are supported by BrightXpress?
Can I synchronise data to and from flat files?
How do I configure
BrightXpress?
What platforms are
supported by BrightXpress?
How does BrightXpress
communicate with the handheld devices?
I am interested in
using BrightXpress to develop solutions. What types of
support does Bright Software can offer?
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Q. What is BrightXpress? |
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A.
BrightXpress
is a flexible mobile data gateway designed to handle
business mobility requirements.
BrightXpress
enables
BrightForms
powered mobile devices to connect with server-side data
sources including powerful relational databases or files
based data sources at the backend.
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Q. Who can use
BrightXpress? |
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A. Anyone with
mobility requirements in any industry can use
BrightXpress
to mobilise its field force to remove the
paper based business processes, streamline automatic
data collection, eliminate double data entry, optimise
and automate the backend data administration into back
office systems.
You do not need to be fully
trained computer programmer to create solutions using
Bright Mobility platform.
BrightBuilder
provides easy to
understand and learn application development environment
for quickly creating business forms and deploying onto
Windows Mobile devices.
BrightXpress
is configured via
the drag-and-drop plug-in in
BrightBuilder
to connect
databases and files to the remote devices.
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Q. What sort of applications
can be developed using BrightXpress?
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A.
BrightXpress
can be used to
develop solutions for any mobile work force, such as:
BrightXpress can be used in
any situation where data is being collected in the
field, and needs to be sent back to a central location.
BrightXpress
can be used to eliminate paper forms and
data re-entry, and allows businesses to move their data
in a more efficient manner.
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Q. What
are the system requirements to run BrightXpress?
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A.
Please click here for the
system
requirements.
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Q. Do I need any other
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A. No! You do not need any
other software to mobile your backend data stored in
databases and files.
BrightXpress
data gateway has
built-in features to detect the incremental changes in
your backend data and send only the changed data to the
remote field devices. In the same fashion,
BrightXpress
is able to store the data into your backend database
tables and files based on the configuration that you
create using
BrightBuilder.
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Q. Do I need a store-and
forward database?
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A. No!
BrightXpress
is able to
find the changes in your backend database tables and
files without the need for a store and forward database.
Just configure your
BrightXpress
project to make the
database tables and files without worrying about system
fields etc.
BrightXpress
will do the hard work for you
out of the box.
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Q. What do I need to
mobilise my database?
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A. Virtually nothing. Just
configure
BrightXpress
with correct database details,
and
BrightXpress
will handle
the rest automatically.
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Q. What databases are
supported by BrightXpress?
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A.
BrightXpress
provides direct
support for the following databases:
And for
advanced users, you are able to directly enter a
JDBC connection string and specify your own JDBC
driver details.
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Q. Can I synchronise data to
and from flat files?
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A. Yes! You can even mobilise
your file based business processes to the field devices.
A special built-in feature in
BrightXpress
will allow
you specify the file content to be synchronised to the
field devices.
BrightXpress
is able to detect any
changes (additions, modifications, deletions) and send
the changed data to the field devices. You can even have
different files for different remote users in the field.
Likewise the data coming from the field devices can be
put into the files of your choice in the format you
design including the ability to store data on a user
basis.
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Q. How do I configure
BrightXpress?
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A. You use
BrightBuilder
to
create
BrightXpress
projects. It is all visual and
drag-and-drop. When
BrightXpress
project are executed,
they are exported as XML files can also be modified if
need.
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Q. What platforms are
supported by BrightXpress?
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A.
BrightXpress
runs on Windows
platforms (NT, 2000, 2003, XP and Vista), Linux and Sun
Solaris.
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Q. How does BrightXpress
communicate with the handheld devices?
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A. The handheld devices running
BrightForms
connect to
BrightXpress
using HTTP or HTTPS,
using Web Services technology. Once connected,
BrightXpress
and
BrightForms
communicate using SOAP over
HTTP/S.
BrightForms
automatically fetches the latest
server data from
BrightXpress, and at the same time,
sends the field data up to
BrightXpress.
By using Web Services
technology,
BrightXpress
is able to co-exist in the
widest variety of infrastructure environments.
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Q. I am interested in using
BrightXpress to develop solutions. What types of
support does Bright Software can offer?
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A. By becoming a
BrightXpress
developer you automatically become eligible to receive
30 days of developer support from the Bright Software
support team, who are able to answer developer questions
via email.
Also this website contains numerous
how-to videos and
demo applications, taken from real-world
applications, and posted by Bright Software developers.
In addition, this website
will act as the community hub,
where developers can share experiences and tips via
the website forums. Experienced Bright Software developers are
constantly monitoring the user forums, to provide
answers. The most frequently asked questions will
be added to this FAQ.
Regular web-conferences will
be scheduled, and announced via the website. These
web-conferences will aim to announce the latest product
features and provide a look at the product road map
ahead.
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