that question was asked here before a few weeks ago, i was wondering if anyone came up with a solution for this :
i have a form pulling data from an ODBC connection using DECS. i’m trying to find out if there’s a way to keep those values cashed somehow in the local replica of that form, so the values will be accessible offline.
Subject: RE: DECS Offline
You might get a better response asking DECS questions in the EI Forum.
You can create a local replica of any DECS-enabled application – it will contain all the fields, and you can use it for offline viewing and editing – the changes will be written to the relational database when the user replicates with the server.
You can also set the DECS activity to “retain” copies of the virtual fields in the Notes document. This is an option you can check on the activity document. These will be available for use in views and also can be seen when the virtual fields activity is not running – however, if the documents are edited while the VF activity is not running, of course the relational back end will not be updated.
Both retained fields and local replicas have the problem that if the back-end data changes without editing the Notes document, the data stored in the Notes document will be out of date. The LEI Redbook shows ways to solve this.