"neilhza" wrote:

> Hey guys
>
> The xp firewall has exceptions for ActiveSync dll's etc. and set to
> notify if it blocks something.
>
> Based on my research so far the only way to programmatically
> communicate between desktop and server is over http, would that be
> correct? I have tried database connections from each to the other with
> no success.
>
> Problem I'm having is the device cannot browse to my desktop by either
> machine name or IP. It moans about not being able to connect and I need
> to set up connections, but the only connections I can set up are modem
> dial-ups, IrDA and VPN. I try to set up the horde of network devices it
> appears to have (I think they're all virtual) but to no effect. Its an
> HP iPaq btw. I can browse to it in windows explorer, my desktop sql
> server can connect to the sdf on the device, I can even set up windows
> forms datasources to the sdf on the device, but in runtime nothing
> works.
>
> Should I be able to browse to the desktop its connected to straight out
> the box or is there a configuration process I'm missing here? This is
> the most frustrating development I've ever done.
>
>
> Peter wrote:
> > Have you tried looking at your firewall settings on XP in case this is
> > blocking you?
> >
> > I don't remember doing anything it particular to get this connection
> > working, it worked it out on its own, sorry.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > "neilhza" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Peter
> > >
> > > Thanks for your suggestion. I did test accessing the desktop over HTTP
> > > from the PDA, which if it worked I would have just developed web
> > > services to transfer the data. Problem is the browser on the PDA isn't
> > > able to browse to the desktop, I'm guessing there's a configuration
> > > error stopping all of this and that is why the sqlconnection object
> > > cannot see the desktop's database. Do you know what I need to do to
> > > enable TCP/IP connections between the PDA and the desktop it is plugged
> > > into? I assumed ActiveSync set this up to access the mobile device
> > > through windows explorer, but it doesn't appear to be the case.
> > >
> > > Peter wrote:
> > > > This is probably complete overkill for you, but you could use an Httpclient
> > > > and POST the XML file across to a custom Handler in IIS. You can trigger the
> > > > POST action when the device is cradled and do what you want in the handler
> > > > with the XML.
> > > >
> > > > Of course, you need IIS for this and your client may not want that...
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > > "neilhza" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > My client requires a simple data transfer utility to synchronise data
> > > > > for a custom c# app between his windows mobile 5.0 pda and a xp pro
> > > > > server. I cannot use the sql mobile synchronisation as the cost of
> > > > > licensing sql 2005 enterprise edition is not feasible for this project.
> > > > > I have also not been able to get it working on a duplicate of their
> > > > > environment (xp pro server, no domain).
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm new to mobile development but not c# windows and web dev. Can
> > > > > anyone advise me on my options to develop a c# utility to automatically
> > > > > transfer xml data files between the mobile device and the server it is
> > > > > connected to via usb?
> > > > >
> > > > > I really didn't think it would be this hard but I cannot find anything
> > > > > yet to help me. I have tried using the server explorer to create
> > > > > database connections and then create datasources (from the Data menu)
> > > > > on the mobile app, this works in design time as I can preview the data,
> > > > > but as soon as I run it in the emulator or real mobile 5.0 pda it
> > > > > throws an empty SQLException (message is also "SQLException"). Can
> > > > > anyone point me in the right direction to find a way to write this
> > > > > automation myself?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
>