Installing using the Install on Mobile Devices tool

The Install on Mobile Devices tool is available only in the SDK version of DB2 Everyplace.

The Install on Mobile Devices tool for Windows workstations supports mobile devices that use the following operating systems:

• Palm OS 3.5 or higher, with a minimum of 16M required for Palm OS 4.0 and higher
• Windows CE
• Symbian OS Version 6 and Version 7

Prerequisites

Before you install the DB2 Everyplace libraries and sample applications, you need to perform the following steps:

1. On your Windows workstation, install and configure the connection software that came with the mobile device.
2. Connect the mobile device to the Windows workstation. Use the device's documentation to ensure that it is connected correctly.

If you use the JDBC DB2 interface or ISync4J API, you need to install a Java Virtual Machine on your mobile device prior to installing DB2 Everyplace. This process applies to all client platforms.

Procedure

To install the DB2 Everyplace libraries and sample applications using the install tool:

1. Click Start -> Programs -> IBM DB2 Everyplace -> Install on Mobile Device. The Install on Mobile Devices tool opens.
2. In the Select a Mobile Device Platform window, select the operating system of your mobile device and click OK.
3. For Palm OS mobile devices, select the user that you want to install DB2 Everyplace.
4. For Palm OS mobile devices, select the Check this if this device displays colors check box if the mobile device has a color display.
5. Select the DB2 Everyplace components that you want to install.
6. If you installed DB2 Everyplace Sync Server and plan to use it for this mobile device, select the DB2 Everyplace Sync Server components to install on that device.
7. Click OK.
8. Ensure that the necessary files are installed:

   For Symbian mobile devices

   The tool will automatically install the necessary files using the mobile device's connection software. Click OK. Then, click Finish when the connection software asks you if you want to install another file.

   For Palm OS and Windows CE mobile devices

   You must perform the following sync function to transfer the files to the mobile device:

   • For Palm OS, perform a HotSync operation to transfer the files to the mobile device.
   • For the Palm OS emulator, you can drag and drop the files from your HotSync install directory to the emulator. The name of the directory that contains the files is:

   For Palm:

   Palm desktop directory\username\install

   For workpad:

   Workpad directory\username\install

   For a Windows CE mobile device, perform a sync function to transfer the files to the mobile device.

9. Use the DB2 Everyplace Visiting Nurse sample application to verify that DB2 Everyplace installed successfully on a Palm or WinCE mobile device.

Related tasks

• Post installation tasks on the mobile device
• Setting up the DB2 Everyplace Update Tool on the Sync Server
• Installing DB2 Everyplace files manually

Related reference

• DB2 Everyplace Update Tool error messages