the ultimate task. connect to iPhone via USB.

[chris stroud]

The application that I have asked about over the last few night... well I think it would be great (if possible) to connect thru the USB cable to an iPhone instead of over WiFi which is much slower. I am thinking that I can use Apple's "AppleMobileDevice.dll" to access the iPhone in question, but I of course wouldn't know where to start or even if I am headed in the right direction. A little guidance would be great, remember this has to be as noob friendly as can be . Thanks guys! You haven't let me down yet, I hope you don't this time.

[Hack]

I can't find any examples of using an Apple DLL in a VB6 application.

[chris stroud]

I can't find any examples of using an Apple DLL in a VB6 application.

Well, not necessarily using that specific dll, I'm just wondering if I can open it up as a flash drive sort of thing so that I can read and write files from it.

[Hack]

Regardless of what kind of drive it is, if it is a USB type drive, you should be able to.

I've seen scores of questions, which have been answered, on reading from and writing to USB drives.

[omfgz]

I would also like to know how i can browse those files through vb. I managed to find this program : http://iphonefolders.com/ it makes your iphone show in my computer and you can browse files but in vb i cant see that... since it doesnt have drive letter. any help would be appriciated

[CDRIVE]

Well, not necessarily using that specific dll, I'm just wondering if I can open it up as a flash drive sort of thing so that I can read and write files from it.

I doubt it because flash drives are in the HID catagory but your iphone is not.

[omfgz]

I doubt it because flash drives are in the HID catagory but your iphone is not.

what about when using that software iPhoneFolders? acutely found another way but some1 needs to convert this into vb6

http://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_dotnet

[AsmIscool]

If it has a USB label on it then it would comply with the USB standard. That label is very hard to get and I don't think Apple would muck around like that. Therefore you should be able to treat it as any other USB device. Much the same as my really cheap Chinese MP3 player.

[CDRIVE]

If it has a USB label on it then it would comply with the USB standard. That label is very hard to get and I don't think Apple would muck around like that. Therefore you should be able to treat it as any other USB device. Much the same as my really cheap Chinese MP3 player.

I think you're misinterpreting the difference between a USB device and a USB/HID (Human Interface Device). They are not treated equally by Windows. Non HID's will prompt an "Unknown Device Detected!" from Windows, unless drivers for it, and sometimes, dll's have been installed. HID's, on the other hand, are automatically recognized by the OS. I doubt that MAC handles none HID any differently.

[omfgz]

it shows up like this in my computer :



vb doesnt recognize it. How can i make vb recongzie it?!?

[CDRIVE]

I would think that it would show up in a DriveListBox.
Edit: I would also think that if your folders contain txt files, you should be able to input and output those files with standard file Input Output methods using the path to the files. There are copious amounts of text file In-Out code here on the forum. Alternately, you should also be able to Shell Notepad to open those files directly into Notepad.

[omfgz]

nope

[CDRIVE]

Hmm, how about a FileListBox?

[CDRIVE]

I forgot to ask... Can you open the iphone item that you see in My Computer?

[omfgz]

Hmmm i dont know how to open this with filelist cuz you need a drive letter to open its path but yes it opens just like a folder

[CDRIVE]

Can you open and read any text files that you've put in there?

[omfgz]

yup Read,Write any kind of file not just text. Its just like a folder you can make new files in it by right clicking and stuff

[CDRIVE]

Right click on a empty space in that directory and create a new folder. Then open Notepad, put some text in it, and see if you can save it to that new folder.

[omfgz]

Alright so just discorvered i can make new write folders and read any file just cant write to any file

[CDRIVE]

If you right click on the folder, or text doc in it, do you see any options for Read Only that you can un-check?

[omfgz]

there is no properties option


i dont even care about writting files i just want to able to read em how can i use this algorithm in VB?

[CDRIVE]

I figured that while I'm awaiting a reply I'd ask another question. Did your iphone come with any instructions for saving a text file created on your PC? Probably a stupid question because you probably checked for that by now.

[CDRIVE]

there is no properties option

i dont even care about writting files i just want to able to read em how can i use this algorithm in VB?

What algorithm?
Are there any existing text files in any of the folders and can you read them?

[omfgz]

yup everyfile can be read just checked not just text files i can open picture , zip and all kinds

[CDRIVE]

I just found this ...
http://menoob.com/iphone/how-to-save...your-computer/

I only breezed through it but I get the impression that they're saving text files as .db (database) files.

[CDRIVE]

yup everyfile can be read just checked not just text files i can open picture , zip and all kinds

Great, next thing to try is an Open File For Input and see if you can stuff the data in a TextBox.

[CDRIVE]

What's the full path of cindia.log?

[omfgz]

Great, next thing to try is an Open File For Input and see if you can stuff the data in a TextBox.

..... umm how... VB cant see "iPhone Folders" that was the whole problem...

and the link you posted is unrelated ... iPhone saves massages in db files... that has nothing to do with text files or anything related to what we are talking about in this topic

[CDRIVE]

Does Windows show the path to Cyndia.log?

[CDRIVE]

I would also like to know how i can browse those files through vb. I managed to find this program : http://iphonefolders.com/ it makes your iphone show in my computer and you can browse files but in vb i cant see that... since it doesnt have drive letter. any help would be appriciated

I just went back and read this!!

[omfgz]

Yea read it carefully

I would also like to know how i can browse those files through vb. I managed to find this program : http://iphonefolders.com/ it makes your iphone show in my computer and you can browse files but in vb i cant see that... since it doesnt have drive letter. any help would be appriciated

[CDRIVE]

Yea read it carefully

Well here's the thing.. You are not the OP and I didn't realize it. I had no idea that I was talking to someone other than the OP, who I had originally replied to. I've been home nursing an injury and have been bouncing from one VBF thread to another, while also working on a project of my own. It's easy to loose track like that. I also didn't realize that all those screen shots that you posted were from a third party app and not Explorer. If I had known that, I wouldn't be here typing this because I'd have known that my previous questions were irrelevant. This is why it's not proper protocol to, for lack of a better word, hijack someone else's topic.

Sorry I wasted your time. Best of luck.