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FriendFeedCopy Files From your PC to PocketPC
Posted
by G. Alan Rencher
on July 11th, 2002
Environment: [eg 98, Me, W2K, XP]
Have you ever wanted to copy a file from your Desktop Computer to your handheld Pocket PC?
This included any Windows CE version too?
Well if so, I will present an easy way to do it here: It's called the Remote Application Programming Interface, or, RAPI
in this article. It is touched on in the MSDN but not really explained very well.
RAPI encapsulates the old file function functionality:
| Old C function | RAPI Function |
| CreateFile() | CeCreateFile() |
| WriteFile() | CeWriteFile() |
| ReadFile() | CeReadFile() |
| etc... | etc... |
Ok, you get the idea...
So how do I call these RAPI functions?
There are two ways I know of. These functions are defined in the Microsoft include file: rapi.h. You simply include this in your project along with linking in rapi.lib and your business. However, since these two files are not very common and will crash a machine that doesn't have the correct .dll's. By the way, tehse are installed with ActiveSync. Since this is a bit frustrating, we can do it the hard way. We can manually load the exported functions from the .dll itself. This is done for you in the Initialization function of my Wrapper class.
How do I use this in my application?
1. Alright, download the source files: RencherRAPI.cpp and RencherRAPI.h
2. Include them in your project.
3. Include RencherRAPI.h in the .h file of where you would like to connect to the Pocket PC.
4. In the public section of the class declaration, create a member variable of type CRencherRAPI.
5. Someplace in your OnInitialUpdate() or InitDialog() functions or someplace else call the InitializeSettings() member variable [by the way this can be seen in RencherRAPI.cpp].
6. If it succeeds, that means RAPI is alive and well and you have a Pocket PC or Windows CE device connected!
7. To transfer a file from the PC to the Pocket PC, call the CopyFiletoWinCE() function.
There is tons of other functionality in RAPI. This article is designed to show you how to call this interface, you can figure out how to utilize the other RAPI calls defined in the MSDN and elsewhere. Best of luck.
Downloads
Download demo project - 13 KbDownload source - 2 Kb
Comments
getting SD card directory
Posted by ugroczkycs on 11/14/2006 09:10ami'd like to copy files to the SD card. How can i find SD card directory name? thanks
ReplyWriting actual size
Posted by llcoolplay on 11/08/2004 05:19pmThank you for the source code. I've just made som minor changes. Etc. I added the iBytesRead instead of always writing with BUFFER_SIZE. Also I added the call to CeSetEndOfFile, in case of re-writing a smaller file to the Pocket PC. int iBytesRead = 0; while((iBytesRead = oldFile.Read(&cTemp, BUFFER_SIZE)) > 0){ CeWriteFile(h, &cTemp, (DWORD)iBytesRed, &nbytes, NULL); } CeSetEndOfFile(h);
Replyquestion plz:
Posted by syri on 03/04/2004 05:39pmhi i want to thank you for the information i got. and i have request plz: i want to learn about programing pocket pc by C# but at begining i want to understand what is pocket pc? i want to design program on pocket pc sends and reseives data from Desktop database server through wireless connection. it is important to know how to exchange these data between the two devices (pocket pc & desktop pc). so i hope & wish that you help me and give me your advice, and if i can obtain anything help me like websites adresses,or forums or tutorials or ebooks or articles...etc. thank you very much & i hope i don't waste your time.
ReplyThank you...
Posted by Legacy on 01/21/2004 12:00amOriginally posted by: Baazunga
After using the standard scriptlike programs out on the market for free i.e EzSetup etc and quickly realizing its limits I was looking for something like this. I found it, made som minor modifications and now have a really good installationprogram. Thanks... keep up the good work. Great comments also, helped me tons!
Reply
wireless communication between pocket pc and server
Posted by Legacy on 01/17/2004 12:00amOriginally posted by: aryan
we develop project on this application
Replyso, u have any information about it, then send me..
To Storage card
Posted by Legacy on 10/29/2003 12:00amOriginally posted by: Zubair
Nice sample code. I need to copy file to storage card. Is there any good way to find storage card folder name. They seem to be different on devices, like "Storage Card", "Storage Card2", "SD Card", etc.
thanks,
Zubair 10/29/03
ReplyModifying Sample Code
Posted by Legacy on 10/07/2003 12:00amOriginally posted by: Ernie D.
I've taken your great sample code and I'm trying to modify it so that it creates a database in the object store instead of creating a file. But I'm having all sorts of troubles with headers. I'm sort of a newbie at this, as I'm sure you'll be able to tell :-) I created a new .cpp file, and this line of code:
CEOID oid;
produces an error that CEOID is an undeclared identifier. What header file do I need to add so that this will work? I tried adding this path:
C:\Program Files\Windows CE Tools\wce420\POCKET PC 2003\Include\Emulator
under "Project Settings/C++/Preprocessor/Additional include directories"
When I do that, the error about CEOID (and a lot of others) goes away, but now I get several errors including:
stdlib.h: '_JBLEN' : undeclared identifier
winnt.h: 'PCONTEXT' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
winnt.h: 'ContextRecord' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
I know this is just a matter of knowing what headers are needed. What .h files do I need to include at the top of my new .cpp file? Thanks a lot!
E.D.
ReplyCeSHCreateshortcut - shortcut path and spaces?
Posted by Legacy on 09/19/2003 12:00amOriginally posted by: Norm
I've tried using CeSHCreateshortcut(LPWSTR, LPWSTR. It seems to work for the most part, but empty spaces don't seem to work. For example, "\\My Documents\\..." I get cannont find 'My'... If I get rid of the space, there's no error, but the path is wrong.
Any help, thanks,
Norm
ReplyWhat abt Pocket PC to Desktop via Wireless
Posted by Legacy on 09/06/2003 12:00amOriginally posted by: Guruprasad
Hi all,
ReplyI am using a 802.11b wireless LAN to connect to PC. Doing this establishes a LAN IP for the handheld. I need to copy some files to the PC and then from the PC to the handheld device. From desktop to PC is no problem I can use the CopyFile() API and give the path as "\\Machine Name\Folder\DestFileName" - it works - without ActiveSync!
But from the PC to the handheld, I have problem as I don't have a machine name for the handheld. So I have depend on CeWriteFile RAPI file - for which I have to depend on the ActiveSync :-(
I want to give up ActiveSync because if the Wireless LAN fails, the ActiveSync disconnects and doesn't connect automatically.
So I was wondering if there is any way of either starting the ActiveSync from the Handheld device programmatically. Or otherwise if there is any way of copying the files from PC to the handheld which doesn't depend on ActiveSync.
Thanks in advance and best regards,
Guru
does RAPI do execute or register active X
Posted by Legacy on 06/08/2003 12:00amOriginally posted by: Norm
I'm trying to write a simple install program. Can RAPI execute a pocket PC file to register my Active X files, or can RAPI register Active X files on the pocketPC?
Thanks, and thanks for the code, very helpful,
Norm
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