Change Mobile UserName
From its inception, I always envisioned Pocket Pollster being used in the field with one mobile device per user. But the new client wanted to have a smaller pool of devices and let anyone take any device at any time. This meant there had to be a way to allow the mobile user to input their name on-the-fly.
The solution is the introduction of a special screen that now appears at the very beginning of a poll. It displays the current user's name but provides a simple way to change it, if required. Here's an example of this screen:
The presence of this mobile screen is controlled in the Pollster Privileges section on the Settings screen of the Desktop software:
If checked then the screen will appear on the mobile device; if not, it won't. The poll's creator is thus given the maximum amount of flexibility to control whether this option should be provided.Data Transfer Options
In the past the Options screen on the Desktop consisted of just a few items that all resided in one small dialog box. But the addition of some new items necessitated an expanded version. There's now a Data Transfer page that looks like this:
The initial two items added to this screen are these:- Unattended Sync - Sometimes Pocket Pollster is setup on a desktop computer and then isn't used for a period of time. Unchecking this box will prevent the Data Transfer dialog box from automatically appearing every time a mobile device is synched. If, however, the Pocket Pollster desktop software is running then the dialog box will appear.
- Audible Feedback - When the Data Transfer dialog box appears a distinct series of tones are heard as well. Unchecking this box will turn off these sounds. It should be noted however that the sounds emanating from ActiveSync are unaffected by this setting.
