Pocket PC

[ntg]

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

[chemicalNova]

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

[Shaggy Hiker]

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?

[ntg]

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

[Shaggy Hiker]

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