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Hi Greg, I am glad to see that you are putting the Web Forms to use. At his point we have gone beyond the scope and purpose of this forum for the issue you are now experiencing. This issue is outside of Method (I'm assuming that the code the Method itself generated works) and would be best directed to your own Web Developer if you are still ...

Pioneer, It looks like that tablet is using a regular OS and not a tablet OS which means you should be able to run the non-mobile version of Method on it. -Michael 

Hi John, I would take a look a at the forum post found here. Let me know if that clears things up for you. -Michael.

Hi John, That's an interesting idea. They wouldn't be able to use the Method Integration Sync Engine (MethodPush program) but they could use our API to develop something that would push offline content to Method. If you are really interested in pursuing this idea I would post it in the Method API forums found here. -Michael 

Hi Pioneer, "Best" may be subjective in this case, Method Mobile works great on a lot of available smartphones. I personally use it on both the iPod Touch/Blackberry Torch and it works great using the Mobile version of Method. If your question is in regards to the new tablet devices that are popping up everywhere, there currently ...

 John, Thanks for the feedback. I will bring this suggestion up in our weekly Method Team meeting. -Michael

Hi John, In Method an Activity is a Work Order they are one in the same, the only difference is that Activities that are work orders are assigned the type "Work Order".  Can you give me some steps of the process you are going through? -Michael

 Ian, I would recommend holding off on customizing at the moment until I get back to you -Michael

Ian, I will have to look into this. Customizing is an option and would mean getting the amount into an action result and using the Character Function action to replace the pound symbol with $ and placing that value onto a field on the screen. -Michael

Matt, There are 2 main options for this, using scripts or using Formatting Rules. Scripts can be accesed by selecting a field in Report Designer and going to Scripts in the Property Grid (Located at bottom right of the designer by default). Using scripts can get difficult and is a bit advanced but that's where Formatting Rules comes into ...