Erlend Thune, M.Sc. - Software Products

Expense Sharer

A multitude of expense tracker programs exist for Palm OS devices. Most of them keep track of one persons expenses. Since 'Expense Sharer' is a book keeping program, it can keep track of one or several persons expenses and can split expenses between these persons. In 'Expense Sharer', each account has a name, an account number and, more untraditionally, an email address related to it. To 'Expense Sharer' a person is nothing more than an account. If you've ever gone on a vaccation or weekend trip with friends, you have probably also been blessed with the task of splitting bills and settling 'who owes who how much'. Although the process should be quite simple by itself, gathering the receipts and putting it all together often is a time consuming task. By entering expenses in 'Expense Sharer' you can get a complete overview of the balance for each person at any time. You can also transfer and present the information on PC; email the balance to the participants with balance and account number information, such that the participants have the information they need to wire the money instead of paying cash. 'Expense Sharer' costs $10 but can be evaluated for free. It is available from Erlend Thune, Theresesgate 52A, 0168 Oslo, Norway, T.+47 22569138, M.+47 41209858, mailto:erlend.thune@c2i.net, http://home.c2i.net/erlendthune

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Generic Conduit and GUI for Palm

GENERIC CONDUIT AND GUI FOR PALM To transfer data from a Palm OS device to a PC, a conduit needs to be written. 'Generic Conduit and GUI for Palm' lets you specify the format of a Palm application's data on xml and transfers the data for you. It stores the data on xml format as well. Equipped with your data on xml format, you can select between a multitude of ways of presenting your data. 'Generic Conduit and GUI for Palm' comes with examples on how to make a user interface for four of the built-in Palm OS applications, 'address book', 'calendar', 'to do list' and 'Memo'. Palm Desktop from Palm Inc., lets you extend its user interface. The extension is presented as an html document in an embedded internet explorer. 'Generic Conduit and GUI for Palm' comes with an ActiveX object that lets you interface the Palm Desktop from the html document. You can concentrate on making the user interface using any of the technologies supported by internet explorer, i.e. html, javascript, xml, xsl, etc. If you are developing programs for Palm OS you might want to consider using 'Generic Conduit and GUI for Palm' to transfer data from your application to PC. Once you have paid the license for your application creator id, you are entitled to distribute 'Generic Conduit and GUI for Palm'. If you are a web developer and wants to make a PC user interface for a Palm application that doesn't have one already or doesn't suit your needs, 'Generic Conduit and GUI for Palm' provides you with a good starting point. 'Generic Conduit and GUI for Palm' costs $25 for each application you want to synchronise, but can be evaluated for free. It is available from Erlend Thune, Theresesgate 52A, 0168 Oslo, Norway, T.+47 22569138, M.+47 41209858, mailto:erlend.thune@c2i.net, http://home.c2i.net/erlendthune

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