Hello
I want to use synchronise my mobile device data with vista system..
As Windows vista does not support ActiveSync so how can i accomplish this.
Can I use the same OpenNETCF.DesktopCommunication.dll to do that...
Please help me

Thanks and Regard
Bijaya

Bijaya Kumar pathia

Yes you can. Depending on what you are doing, we've had some reports that you may need to run with elevated privileges. You can get the latest code from our Subversion repository

Neil Cowburn
Principal Partner
OpenNETCF Consulting, LLC

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I've been using OpenNETCF RAPI with XP for months and it works fine, however I'm having problems with Vista 64-bit.  CopyFileToDevice works with 32-bit Vista but throws an exception with 64-bit Vista.  The file *does* show up on the device, but does not oeprate (it's a .cab file).  The exception is "An arithmetic operation caused an overflow" (or something similar).  Any ideas on what's happening?

 

Thanks,
Randall Johnson
Celio Corp

 Hello,

I've been  trying to compile / run the RAPICSharp sample app on Vista64.  I have been having the same problem as Randall.    NOTE: I also tried running it as admin with no luck.  I think I'm going to try to fix this myself, but it's going to take some time since I don't know anything about RAPI. LOL.

I will try to post this in the bug reporting tool if it isn't already there, but here is the error I get...

System.OverflowException was unhandled
  Message="Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow."
  Source="mscorlib"
  StackTrace:
       at System.IntPtr.op_Explicit(IntPtr value)
       at OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communication.RAPI.SetDeviceFileTime(String FileName, RAPIFileTime DesiredTime, DateTime NewTime)
       at OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communication.RAPI.CopyFileToDevice(String LocalFileName, String RemoteFileName, Boolean Overwrite)
    

I did fix this problem. How can I contribute?

 RAPI doesn't work for me on Vista, I get an error thrown that informs me that an "object or method is not implemented"; it's being thrown by OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communication.ActiveSync.ConnectNow();

What happens when you call RAPI::Connect?

jleni:

I did fix this problem. How can I contribute?

I think this has already been fixed. You should check against the latest code in our Subversion repository. If it hasn't been fixed, follow the guidelines in the FAQ.

Turns out that a simple:

myRAPIObject.Connect();

works. D'oh!

I think I must have been using the ActiveSync.ConnectNow() incorrectly. On a related note, itspossible to detect that a system is running Vista (or higher) via code so maybe it would be a good idea to have a more informative error for when people try to use the ActiveSync methods on Vista

public static bool IsVistaOrLater
{
    get
    {
        return Environment.OSVersion.Platform == 
            PlatformID.Win32NT && Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major >= 6;
    }

}
I'm not pointing this out in an  "aren't I clever" kind of way, I'm pointing it out in a "gah! I am an idiot who spent 4 hours fiddling with this and I need every bit of help I can get" way :o