Re: Pull Files down to PDA
- From: "Harry Simpson" <hssimpson@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:29:21 -0500
Thanks Paul,
Gee you'd think someone in the PPC world has had to pull files down to the
device from a server before. Guess I'm the first to ever do this too. <g>
Thanks
Harry
"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
wrote in message news:uOArdxsvFHA.1988@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You'd share a folder, just as if you were going to use it from another
> desktop machine on your network. You know, find it in Explorer,
> right-click, choose Share..., etc. At least some Windows CE devices can
> share those folders by mapping them to the \Network folder in the
> filesystem; they have a redirector for network shares that makes them look
> like local folders. That is, if you have a share on a server FARSIDE
> called Temp, you might run a command 'net use * \\farside\temp', which
> would, after prompting for user name and password, maybe, create a new
> folder called something like 'Temp on FARSIDE" in the \Network folder.
> The contents of that virtual folder would be the shared files from the
> server. The WNetXXX functions are the ones used to control this type of
> operation programmatically. Not sure if they are on the Pocket PC, but
> our 4.2-based devices have them. The Windows CE devices act just like any
> other share client.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Harry Simpson" <hssimpson@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ulep7SsvFHA.2072@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Thanks Paul,
>>
>> That'll save me a little work with the RAPI tool....
>>
>> <shared folder on the server with the updates>
>> I'm in a bit of a fog as to how to implement - does the CF have a way to
>> create a shared folder with a connected server?? I do have a proxy
>> connection established with the server that would have the updates but
>> how do i share FileIO across connection from Device to Server file
>> directory??
>>
>> TIA
>> Harry
>>
>> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
>> wrote in message news:eQQEtMsvFHA.3556@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> No, you can't use RAPI to do things on the device end; RAPI is a desktop
>>> component.
>>>
>>> Possible ways: Web server with the updates, FTP server with the updates,
>>> shared folder on the server with the updates, Web service with the
>>> updates, custom program running on the server. Obviously, the first
>>> four are 'open', while the last can be anything you want, since you'd be
>>> writing both ends of the connection.
>>>
>>> Paul T.
>>>
>>> "Harry Simpson" <hssimpson@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:e9GAXEsvFHA.3864@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> I've seen the reference to the OpenNetCF RAPI class for sending files
>>>> to the PDA.
>>>>
>>>> I need to actually have the device pull files from a server's directory
>>>> via an tcp/ip connection (eConnect ethernet docking station not
>>>> ActiveSync).
>>>>
>>>> My plan is to build in functionality on the device which will look in
>>>> the \Update directory on the server and if a file is found, check the
>>>> version (possibly by name) against whether the device has the same
>>>> file....if not it'd pull this file from the server down into the device
>>>> directory.
>>>>
>>>> Can the OpenNetCF RAPI class do this? Or is there a better other way?
>>>> I do have a web service running that the device can use.
>>>>
>>>> Basically I need a painless way for the client to update like 30 to 50
>>>> devices at a time....
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>> Harry
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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