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Pocket PC Forum / Developers / Windows Mobile / October 2008Accessing mobile device's file system
Microsoft, I am a .NET developer working on an inventory management system for a client. They use various Windows Mobile 5 barcode scanners, which I am developing on. I am currently storing the SQL CE database in the My Documents folder. How am I able to access this database (or any other file) directly from a Windows Forms program? Right now I am relying on ActiveSync but would like to accomplish this directly to eliminate the sync issues I am having. The mobile device's name is "Unitech Scanner". I have tried: "/Unitech Scanner/My Documents/MobileInvManagement.sdf" "/My Documents/MobileInvManagement.sdf" "/Computer/Unitech Scanner/My Documents/MobileInvManagement.sdf" "/Mobile Device/My Documents/MobileInvManagement.sdf" I am on Vista using .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008. Regards, Adam Adam, You can't access the mobile file system from a desktop app directly except via the remote API (Rapi) which is installed along with ActiveSync/Windows Mobile Device Center. You may find using Rapi rather than sync meets your needs, however you won't be able to open a database on the device from the desktop app, although you can copy it to the desktop and work with it there. Tell us more about what you want to accomplish and perhaps we can point you toward a solution.  SignatureGinny Caughey Device Application Development MVP > Microsoft, > I am a .NET developer working on an inventory management system for a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Regards, > Adam Ginny, Do you have any examples on using RAPI in .NET/Visual Studio 2008? So far, I have not had any success. Regards, Adam > Adam, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Regards, > > Adam http://www.opennetcf.com/FreeSoftware/DesktopCommunication/tabid/90/Default.aspx SignatureChris Tacke, Embedded MVP OpenNETCF Consulting Giving back to the embedded community http://community.OpenNETCF.com > Ginny, > Do you have any examples on using RAPI in .NET/Visual Studio 2008? So far, [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> > Regards, >> > Adam Adam, The OpenNetCF sample Chris referred to is the one we usually point people to. SignatureGinny Caughey Device Application Development MVP > Ginny, > Do you have any examples on using RAPI in .NET/Visual Studio 2008? So far, [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> > Regards, >> > Adam > Microsoft, > I am a .NET developer working on an inventory management system for a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Regards, > Adam There is no way to by-pass ActiveSync if you want to access the filesystem, because the driver for WM devices comes with ActiveSync. (Except for Windows Vista) The ways to work around would possibly be, using Wifi or Bluetooth. Regards, Daqi www.peidaqi.com i am trying to create a small inventory program for our dell pocket pcs that will allow us to scan barcodes in the bins in our warehouse. I would then take that information and compare it to our counts in our inventory module in our backend accounting system. Can you share some code with me to help me get started. I am using vb.net 2008. Thanks I am using vb.net 2008 to design a simple inventory counting program for my Dell pocket pcs. I just need it to scan a barcode allow the user to enter a bin location and a count and a note. after all the data is scanned i need to export it so I can compare it to our inventory counts in our backend accounting system. Can you share some code with me to get me started. I am new to pocket pc development for the most part. I have played with it some in past versions. thank you. >I am using vb.net 2008 to design a simple inventory counting program for my >Dell pocket pcs. I just need it to scan a barcode allow the user to enter [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >played with it some in past versions. > thank you. Pocket Excel should be able to cope with that easily. No programming required. |
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