Pocket PC

Hi,

Just started playing with Mobile dev on Pocket PC using VS.Net 2003. It's fairly easy to make new apps but I've got some questions and I was wondering if someone can provide some help or any URLs.

1. How do I programatically access the contacts on Pocket PC ? They synchronize with Outlook fine but I want to play a bit without using Outlook.

2. Anyone knows a URL where I can find out about Bluetooth the easy way ? Seems there's a USB to Bluetooth kit but I want to understand a bit more about how it works.

3. Is there a way to access ActiveSync functionality from VB.Net ?

Cheers,
NTG

I'm not exactly sure where I found it, but I searched Google for something similar. I used PellesC which comes with a PocketPC compiler and a sample game. There was a library written by someone to use in PellesC which allowed you to use nearly everything on the PPC, including Bluetooth and ActiveSync. I never tried accessing contacts through an application on the PocketPC, since I never found any use for it.

Anyway, enough of my rambling, try searching Google for "PellesC" and downloading it. I haven't tried the Mobile Dev .NET package, but PellesC (C language) was extremely easy to pick up...

Phreak

When you talk about accessing ActiveSynch, what do you mean? When you have an ActiveSynch connection established, using sockets to communicate with the host computer over any of the TCP/IP protocols is pretty routine. However, my understanding (which could be wrong) is that ActiveSynch is a program, and may not in itself provide more functionality than you see.

Therefore, what is it that you are trying to do with it?

I've no idea what is it exactly - if it's a client-server thing, then I'd know how to handle things, but I was wondering if ActiveSync is based on a specific protocol or SDK or something...

Cheers,
NTG

I haven't found any reference to it. It appears to be a variation on a client server program.