The new HanDBase ODBC Driver is a tool that "integrates" data contained within the Palm or Pocket PC handheld computer and back-end corporate data files in three functional ways.

1.) Primarily the ODBC Driver allows handheld databases to appear as tables directly within corporate databases, which enable users to access live data for queries, reports, forms, charts, and mail-merge without having to do any conversions.

2.) Secondarily, the ODBC Driver will synchronize changes made to the database across all entry points between the handheld and desktop versions of HanDBase, and ODBC enabled back-end database programs, such as MS Access, JDBC, Clarion, Crystal Reports, and Sybase (currently only these listed have been tested). This means data can be entered on the handheld and desktop versions of HanDBase and the corporate data-files concurrently, and when the handheld is synced the data from all three will be merged together.

3.) Lastly, the ODBC Driver also expands opportunities for enterprise application developers and systems integrators. Application developers will be able to use the new ODBC driver to write custom applications that can access current handheld data using developer tools such as JDBC, Visual Basic, Crystal Reports or Microsoft Access, greatly simplifying the process of integrating handheld data into custom written applications.