Hi all,

I've been looking at various software solutions for diabetics and haven't found anything that I really like that's not also really expensive. I need something that will allow datalogging while on the go, syncing capabilities so I can send files to my doctor, and a comprehensive nutrition database so that I can see how much I'm eating. (Diabetes Pilot is good because it has a desktop version, but to get both PC and PPC versions is expensive).

As I can't find much already developed software that I like, I'm thinking about creating my own using database software. I downloaded a trial of HanDBase, and within 5 mins had something functional, if not very primitive, for logging glucose level, carb intake, etc.

However, I don't think HanDBase has plotting capabilities, which is an important component of monitoring for me, as it allows me to see where glugose levels have been and whether I need to have tighter control or not.

Thus my question: Does database software exist for the Pocket PC that will allow me to plot/graph data based on some filter I specify?

I really hope so.

Thanks,
Phillip

 

Here's a few from Altavista with the following search tag: "diabetes pocket pc software":

http://www.handango.com/PlatformSear...earch=diabetes

http://www.wakefieldsoft.com/healthf...ource=overture

http://www.sidiary.org/

  

Hi KPDUTY,

Thanks for returning search results for me. I have actually recently done a similar search for myself, and ended up installing six or seven separate programs to compare their functionality/stability. However, as I mentioned in my original post, some of them plain and simply don't have enough functionality for my needs, and others have bugs. Only one of them was decent enough that I might consider it, but the morning after I installed it, it, too, stopped working (wouldn't launch). Plus, even if it did work, to get both the version for the PPC and the desktop would cost me more than I think I want to spend. (I could write my own database, import a food/nutrition database to use with it, have a decktop version to sync to and have a decent solution for quite a bit less).

Thanks,
Phillip

 

I didn't look at any of the referenced apps in detail, but on the surface, each seemed pretty comprehensive.

Since you seem to have\a specific need, you may want to consider SPREADCE:

http://www.byedesign.freeserve.co.uk/

It supports many functions, database options,macros and graphing.

  

It depends on how much code you want to write yourself ...

HandDBase is very nice for flat-file databases, but has some limitations, as you note.

A free database program you could use to write a calorie lookup and logging applications is Grandasoft XForms:
http://www.grandasoft.com/
It allows a more flexible design than HandDBase. However, it does not seem to have a graph tool for forms.

Basic4ppc (www.basic4ppc.com) is a more generalized development package. It's not free, but not too expensive. It does not have true graphics primitives, but if you look at some of the sample applications, people have been very clever in getting it to draw pictures. I'm sure you could come up with a crude bargraph with the form elements easily (see Tower of Hanoi example).

I downloaded Embedded Visual Basic 3.0 from Microsoft for free. It has a Picturebox control which allows for circle and line drawing that can be used for graphing. There are numerous ways to store tabular data, but you'd have to make your own export routines (not a big deal). It's a little more of a commitment, but it would get the job done.

Have you thought about a hybrid approach? HandDBase for recording glucose readings and a graphic calculator to show trends?
(by the way, have you seen the program by John Misurda that downloads from AccuCheck macines via IR to the Axim? http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~jmisurda/ppc.../GlucoComm.htm)

Now that I think about it, John Misurda has been very responsive to requests for useful software. He has a blog / web page; you might want to contact him directly to see if he'll give you the source code as a place to start, or more likely he'll just add functionality himself.

I have. It's just more complicated, that's all. It'd be nice to have everything within one application, but that may not happen.

I have seen threads about it, but my glucometer doesn't have IR.

Phillip