File transfer alternatives

Hi,

I'm just starting thinking & developping a complex mobile application
in wich a great part of the work will be in communication between
mobile devices and servers.
I need to improve a mechanism of bi-directional file transfer
(messages, XML files, dlls, ...).

I'm now evalauating and testing the differents technologies in .net
compact framework :

- FTP
- MSMQ
- others ...

I would be really happy to have suggestions about your experiences,
tips, books, sites, technologies and any other thing than can help me
to keep the right direction.

Thank's

Ginny
Wed Feb 22 09:51:57 CST 2006

Zeno,

If you will have an Activesync connection during the transfer you should
also consider RAPI. There is code on www.opennetcf.org in the
Desktop.Communication section for this.

You could also consider a sockets based solution. This sample has lots of
interesting things in it:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/PPCSignatureApp.asp

--
Ginny Caughey
.NET Compact Framework MVP


"Zeno Loco" <info@opigi.com> wrote in message
news:1140596851.500498.195180@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm just starting thinking & developping a complex mobile application
> in wich a great part of the work will be in communication between
> mobile devices and servers.
> I need to improve a mechanism of bi-directional file transfer
> (messages, XML files, dlls, ...).
>
> I'm now evalauating and testing the differents technologies in .net
> compact framework :
>
> - FTP
> - MSMQ
> - others ...
>
> I would be really happy to have suggestions about your experiences,
> tips, books, sites, technologies and any other thing than can help me
> to keep the right direction.
>
> Thank's
>

Lao
Thu Feb 23 01:56:31 CST 2006

Zeno,

Are you in control of the server? If so, socket-based technique might
be the best and most flexible. You can define the communication
protocol yourself, and implement the server and client based on the
protocol. You can add compression and encryption as well. Another good
thing is that you do not need to worry much about what connectivity to
use (GPRS, ActiveSync, Wifi...). Call ConnectionManager API, let it
pick one for you.

Thanks,
Lao K
http://windowsmobilepro.blogspot.com

Zeno Loco wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm just starting thinking & developping a complex mobile application
> in wich a great part of the work will be in communication between
> mobile devices and servers.
> I need to improve a mechanism of bi-directional file transfer
> (messages, XML files, dlls, ...).
>
> I'm now evalauating and testing the differents technologies in .net
> compact framework :
>
> - FTP
> - MSMQ
> - others ...
>
> I would be really happy to have suggestions about your experiences,
> tips, books, sites, technologies and any other thing than can help me
> to keep the right direction.
>
> Thank's

Zeno
Thu Feb 23 04:00:03 CST 2006

Thank's Ginny,

I'm evaluating youy suggestions, yust a question :
. Is RAPI usefull only for ActiveSync connecionr?

Ginny
Thu Feb 23 06:51:17 CST 2006

Zeno,

Yes, Rapi is part of Activesync and gets installed along with Activesync.

--
Ginny Caughey
.NET Compact Framework MVP


"Zeno Loco" <info@opigi.com> wrote in message
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> Thank's Ginny,
>
> I'm evaluating youy suggestions, yust a question :
> . Is RAPI usefull only for ActiveSync connecionr?
>