Looking for an easy way to interrogate a file on my Pocket Pc from a Desktop applicaion

[Derek Chong]

I want to interrogate an xml file stored on my Pocket PC from a desktop app
written in VB.Net.
So far the only ways I have seen to do this are :
- to manually copy the file to my desktop using activesync and then
interrogate it or
- install IIS on my desktop, create a Webservice and pass it to that
service from the Pocket PC

Surely there has to be an easier way than that?

Cheers
Derek
(VS Pro 2003 and a Dell Axim with Pocket PC 2003 )

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

You can use the RAPI library on the desktop to query the file on the device
assuming you know the path where it will be located. OpenNETCF have a
wrapper library for the desktop framework which allows you to use RAPI -
called Communication
http://www.opennetcf.org/communication.asp

Peter

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Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP

In The Hand
http://www.inthehand.com

 

[Derek Chong]

Thanks Peter, worked a treat

You can use the RAPI library on the desktop to query the file on the device
assuming you know the path where it will be located. OpenNETCF have a
wrapper library for the desktop framework which allows you to use RAPI -
called Communication
http://www.opennetcf.org/communication.asp

Peter

--
Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP

In The Hand
http://www.inthehand.com