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Using WildForm on a mobile browser

Working Online - Devices with mobile internet connection

If you have a good mobile internet connection in the area in which you will be working (e.g. wireless, 3G, HSDPA or EDGE), you can use WildForm online. To work in the online mode, you must make sure:
a) your device is connected to the internet at all times
b) the ‘offline’ mode is inactive – this is indicated by a red cross on the home page and next to the form/s you are using

• Open ‘WildKnowledge Mobile’ from your Programs list – this fires up the Opera browser (installation instructions above) and takes you automatically to the m.wildknowledge.co.uk site

• Login if prompted

• To open a form on your mobile device, click on the WildForm icon, this will show all forms in your account along with the number of records for each form

• Open the form of interest by clicking on the relevant title/image. Note: only administrators will be able to view unpublished forms

• Forms are completed by simply clicking in the field – with these exceptions:

- Time stamp – click Now to automatically enter the time
- Date – click Today to automatically enter the date
- Camera / Sound / Video – you must take your picture or record your video or sound first (in Windows Mobile you can activate your camera or sound recording programs by clicking on the Windows Mobile icon in the top left-hand of the screen). Then click Choose to browse to the file
- Position – if accessing GPS, the latitude-longitude will populate automatically – no need to click in the field

Working Offline - PDAs / Mobile Phones with no mobile internet
If you do not have mobile internet on your device or do not have a suitable internet tariff (e.g. you only have a small data allowance), or you will be working out-of-range of a fast internet connection, you can use WildForm offline by caching the contents to your device.

• Get your device online - sync it to a broadband-enabled desktop / laptop with a cable or log it on to your WiFi (wireless network)

• Open WildKnowledge Mobile on your device from your Programs list

• Click on Offline (changes the cross to a tick) – this enables the offline option. You will need to wait whilst the basic information required for offline use is downloaded.

• Once the ‘basestore’ files have downloaded, click on the WildForm icon and click on the cross to locally store the form you wish to use. If the download process is interrupted, click on the cross to resume download. If your device runs out of memory (you will see a warning message), exit the browser and return to the forms to continue downloading.

• Note: unpublished forms do not appear when viewing forms in the offline mode as they can easily become out of date with the version within the portal – see above for details of how to publish forms. Once your form is published, click ‘Reload (requires a connection)’ and the form will appear.

• Once download is complete, disconnect your device and use offline. Do not logout as this will deactivate the offline mode – and you will have to get online again to log back in. Note: Although logging out deactivates the offline mode, it does not delete any keys or results stored on the device, these can be accessed by re-ticking the offline mode

The offline mode now works exactly in the same manner as explained in ‘Working online’ (above), with the exception that only records saved can be viewed as you are working offline.

• View records by clicking in the Results button - they can be edited or deleted.

• Upload your records when an internet connection is available.

• If you wish to clear a form from your offline storage you can either click on the relevant tick for the form or alternatively log out of the portal and select yes to clear the cache.