12.4. Downloading to the Handheld

As we discussed earlier, there are several different ways that you might want to move data around during a synchronization. Let's look at what is involved in moving data from the desktop to the handheld. This is commonly done with databases that are exclusively updated on the desktop and are routinely downloaded to handhelds where they aren't modified. Or you may do this in the case that the user chooses "Desktop overwrites handheld" in the HotSync settings dialog (see Figure 11.3).

You need to create the database if it doesn't yet exist. You should also delete any existing records before downloading the ones from the desktop. This is necessary because you don't want the old ones; all you want are the newly downloaded ones.