Re: Contacting a Pocket PC from a server
From: Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] (ptobey)
Date: 09/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:18:16 -0700
You're on the server end. Why would you have to deal with security? You're
just sitting there waiting for something to happen. If the desktop machine
can't get a packet to you, that's its problem. On the desktop side, you
have a lot more code sitting under you to handle that stuff...
Paul T.
"LJ" <do@not.use> wrote in message
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>I was hoping that MS had already done the tedious work for me. Processing
>the HTTP requests is probably not that difficult (maybe a bit slow when
>done in the CF), it is the security stuff hat bothers me most.
>
> Thanks for your reply,
>
> LJ
>
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
> wrote in message news:e3SSYsomEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Not with released pieces, no. You didn't say anything about running a
>> Web service. It's not a daunting task, generally. You simply have total
>> control over the 'protocol' for the communications. You could say that
>> the client just opens the socket, sends an XML file, and disconnects.
>> Not very difficult. You could be listening on port 80, if you wanted to.
>> You'd have to process HTTP requests from the other end, of course.
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "LJ" <do@not.use> wrote in message
>> news:%23NTF1aomEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Paul,
>>>
>>> Thanks for responding.
>>> As far as I know there is no way to run a Webservice on the Pocket PC
>>> itself using the Compact Framework without coding all the plumbing
>>> myself and that seems like a daunting task. The app has to go through a
>>> tightly secured (wireless) network that is firewalled at several places
>>> so I would love to be able do two-way initiated communication using port
>>> 80 using technolgies like SOAP and XML. Has anyone come up with
>>> something that is able to do this or will I have to create my own
>>> protocols in order to do so?
>>>
>>> Thanks for responding,
>>>
>>> LJ
>>>
>>> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
>>> wrote in message news:eyQ%23HjnmEHA.3896@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>> The client will have to have some sort of a connection (server),
>>>> endpoint open. You can do that with sockets, you might run an FTP or
>>>> HTTP server on the device, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Paul T.
>>>>
>>>> "LJ" <do@not.use> wrote in message
>>>> news:ehLNgLnmEHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm stuck developing an application where a a client application
>>>>> running on a PDA needs to be updated by a server. This client
>>>>> application can easily pull information from the server using a
>>>>> webservice running on the server. But how can the server push
>>>>> information to the client Pocket PC without resorting to polling
>>>>> techniques on the client.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, LJ
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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