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This was an interesting contract to build a data collection tool on an older PocketPC. Given that the client was probably going to:

• need further surveys
• use multiple devices 
• have a limited budget

I opted to buy a tool and build the survey using the tool rather than custom write the survey from scratch.

The tool I ended up with was from Pendragon Software and is called Forms.

The tool works on Palm and PocketPc and has adequate layouting and scripting functionality. It is a little slow with calculations but is excellent at managing survey deployment, versioning and managing data collected with different devices. On the pc end it uses a database backend that is starting to show its age.

Overall for the price it was a very good tool for the project and we were able to build and prototype the survey very quickly as a result. Because I didnt have to build any of the backend I was able to spend more time on building the survey logic and training the users and we still stayed on budget.