With an Active Sync connection, what is the best way to have a program
running on the mobile device copy a file to the desktop?

Thx

Helen

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Helen Warn, PhD
Agile Software Inc.
www.agile-soft.com

Hi,

The "best way" depends on the application. However, RAPI often is the most
straight-forward. Take a look at the communication class wrappers from
www.opennetcf.org. As the name implies, these are free and come with source
code.

--
Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)

See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.

Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004. See
www.mabry.com/vbpgser4 to order.

Thanks for the response.

I am already using RAPI from the desktop to the device, but I need some way
of having a program that runs on the device to send a file to the desktop. Do
I need to use a socket or something?

Chees,

Helen

"Dick Grier" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The "best way" depends on the application. However, RAPI often is the most
> straight-forward. Take a look at the communication class wrappers from
> www.opennetcf.org. As the name implies, these are free and come with source
> code.
>
> --
> Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)
>
> See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.
>
> Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
> Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004. See
> www.mabry.com/vbpgser4 to order.
>
>
>

That's one way. Maybe the desktop has an FTP server running? Or a Web
server? Those would be two other ways. Maybe the desktop user has
configured ActiveSync to synchronize a folder on the device with one on the
desktop and you could just copy your file there?

Paul T.

"Helen Warn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CF9D8E62-AAB8-40B3-B40A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the response.
>
> I am already using RAPI from the desktop to the device, but I need some
> way
> of having a program that runs on the device to send a file to the desktop.
> Do
> I need to use a socket or something?
>
> Chees,
>
> Helen
>
> "Dick Grier" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The "best way" depends on the application. However, RAPI often is the
>> most
>> straight-forward. Take a look at the communication class wrappers from
>> www.opennetcf.org. As the name implies, these are free and come with
>> source
>> code.
>>
>> --
>> Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)
>>
>> See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.
>>
>> Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
>> Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004. See
>> www.mabry.com/vbpgser4 to order.
>>
>>
>>

Hi,

When I do this I either use FTP (requires a FTP server running on the
desktop), or my own home-brewed file transfer programs that use TCP/IP
sockets -- and an associated custom app on the desktop.

As Paul says, a web service is another way. Regardless, you need apps that
run on both machines.

Dick

--
Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)

See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.

Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004. See
www.mabry.com/vbpgser4 to order.