Simple Activesync Service Provider

Hi,

First of all can anyone point me to a site or have a recommendation for
a book that includes a good guide on creating activesync service
providers? With samples included preferably.

However, I may not need a service provider set-up my problem is that
simple (at least it seems to be to me at the moment). All I want to do
right now is; when a pocket pc is connected have a program (or service
provider) on the desktop automatically look for and copy a specific
file from the pocket pc to the desktop, and then perform some
operations with this file. Will I need a service provider for this or
is there a simpler way to go about it?

Cheers,
Zief

ctacke/>
Tue Apr 25 09:33:30 CDT 2006

IMHO there is no such thing as a "simple" service provider. ActiveSync is a
real bear to integrate into. There is a sample called "StockPor" that comes
with the ActiveSync SDK (it's part of the PPC SDKs).

For what you're after, a simple RAPI desktop app should work. Set a reg key
to launch your app on connect, then use the RAPI calls (look in help or
MSDN) to retrieve the file from the device.

-Chris


"Zief" <zieftech@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> First of all can anyone point me to a site or have a recommendation for
> a book that includes a good guide on creating activesync service
> providers? With samples included preferably.
>
> However, I may not need a service provider set-up my problem is that
> simple (at least it seems to be to me at the moment). All I want to do
> right now is; when a pocket pc is connected have a program (or service
> provider) on the desktop automatically look for and copy a specific
> file from the pocket pc to the desktop, and then perform some
> operations with this file. Will I need a service provider for this or
> is there a simpler way to go about it?
>
> Cheers,
> Zief
>

Zief
Tue Apr 25 09:57:09 CDT 2006

Thanks for your quick reply.

You are right, from what I have looked at so far it does not seem to be
easy to get started in the Activesync Provider racket. Is there no step
by step guide anywhere at all?

However, I think RAPI should work out for me in this case. It looks
like I just need to use CeCopyFile to get the file and go from there.
Will hopefully be as easy as that.

Thanks again,
Zief