I wrote the original legacy PC app and it can be configured to place and
receive the transfer (ascii) files on any of the PC's subdirectory. So that
is handled.
My questions relate more to how ActiveSync works. Do the ppc files have to
be located in the 'my documents\*' directory? Or can they reside in the
'program files\*' directory too?
If there's detailed info on how exactly ActiveSync works, I'd be happy to
review that - but all I've found so far, is bonehead info on the basics.
Also, it doesn't appear that any specific file can be configured
differently - all files are treated the same. I'll assume for the moment
that this is correct.
Thanks for the help,
Mike
"Chris Tacke, eMVP" <ctacke[at]OpenNETCF_dot_org> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'd do the logic manually on the PC and not rely on the built-in sync
> stuff.
> A good head start is the OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communcation stuff, though
> there
> are probably VB6 libraries out there (willing to be there not as robust
> though).
>
> -Chris
>
>
> "Wapiti" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello AGAIN.... so much to learn, so little time... pardon for all the
>> requests for help.
>>
>> I've built my first ppc app using CF VB.net 2003. I create an xml file
> to
>> store my program specific settings (such as tools | options items),
> receive
>> a parts.txt file for import into sqlce. and then export collection data
> from
>> a sqlce database to a collect.txt file for export to the PC. This is all
>> working fine, but I might have messed up. In VB6, I've always stored
>> this
>> type of info (program specific ini, xml, data files and databases) in the
>> programs home directory (app.path). So this is what I did for my ppc
>> app.
>>
>> However, now comes the time to test and I found that activesync doesn't
>> appear to sync files in any location other than in 'my documents'. Is
> this
>> true?
>>
>> Just curious how you folks handle data imports/exports? I'm not syncing
>> with a database now as this is to talk with an aged legacy system.
>>
>> My app will be run on multiple ppc devices - each would begin with an
>> initial xml settings file that I'd like to maintain off the handheld for
>> each client, and then provide to them this xml file customized for their
>> needs. I see this as being copied to (sync'd) each device that they
>> purchase.
>>
>> Also, the app will require a parts.txt file issued from the PC (legacy
>> system) - I'd like to have activesync copy this onto the handheld
>> whenever
>> its available from the PC (whenever it is found in a given PC directory,
> it
>> should be copied to a specified directory on the ppc). The app will poll
>> that directory, when its available, it will request the user to initiate
> the
>> import.
>>
>> Then, the app, upon user input, will generate a collect.txt file that
> needs
>> to be transferred to the PC and collected by the legacy system.
>>
>> Currently I'm saving all data in a sqlce database. All files are storing
> in
>> the 'program files\myapp' directory. Is it best to create instead, a
> subdir
>> under 'my documents' to keep these files in?? I'd rather not, but if
>> necessary, I will.
>>
>> Also, how does the process I described above sound to you? I'm not
>> experienced in ppc / cf development; I'm a vb6 and dos handheld
>> programmer
>> from the days gone by; this ppc app is to replace a legacy system (thus
> the
>> reason for the ascii text files swapping back and forth).
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas and thoughts you can shed!!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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