FAQs 1

An Alpha Tester asked some excellent questions today. I thought I'd start posting such questions, along with the answers, as they may benefit others too:

What exactly happens when I press Publish?
The master/working copy of a PP file resides in the "Data" folder. Pressing "Publish" simply puts a copy of it in the Templates folder, cleaning out any collected data it may have.

When collected data is transferred back to the Windows computer, where is it stored?
All collected data is stored in the files in the "Data" folder.

What's the Archive folder for?
Nothing at the moment, actually. The collected data, downloaded from the mobile device(s), is first appended inside the master copy of the files in the "Data" folder. But then each individual file is archived inside of the "Archive" folder. This is done purely for historical purposes at the moment. In fact, other than placing the files there, the program currently does not use them at all. At least not at the moment. But a future auditing feature will be available to interrogate these files, producing a detailed report of the data within. This won't be necessary for everyone but will likely be useful for certain clients with specific legal or accounting requirements.

Can Pocket Pollster adversely effect ActiveSync?
No. Pocket Pollster is a self contained application that in no way modifies any files or functionality connected with ActiveSync. But the opposite is not true. The current version of Pocket Pollster absolutely depends on ActiveSync working properly. There's an inherent assumption that a mobile device already properly syncs with ActiveSync. This is easy to test before Pocket Pollster is ever installed: Just sync your device and see if ActiveSync interacts with it normally.