Pocket PC Deployment and Custom Authentication Actions

[Neelima]

Hi All,

I am researching the best way to deploy my PPC App (built using CF2.0
and Sql Mobile).

During deployment, I need to contact a webservice and authenticate the
user. Also I need to store a few values I retrieve from the webservice
in the PPC Registry.

I have also realized that the best way (user friendly) to deploy a PPC
App is through ActiveSync from the desktop.

I have read the following article and it solves my problem of deploying
it from the Desktop.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/netcfdeployment.asp

But I am clueless as to how i contact and retrieve values from the web
service.

Any ideas or suggestions are welcome.

TIA
Neelima

 

[Neelima]

Hi All,

I have decided to take a different approach to this issue. Instead of
authenticating the user during installation, do it when the application
is launched for the first time. This way I can include the
functionality to contact the web service in the App itself.

-Neelima