Hello George,
"ceutil.dll" seems to be part of ActiveSync and should be installed on your PC,
I found it in C:\WINNT\System32. So I suspect that using the DECLARE mechanism
you should be able to use a very similar code as you found in VBA using
NSBasic. I will certainly give it a try myself, but not before the weekend...
Kind regards
Thomas
Am 10.03.2010 um 18:00PM schrieb George Walters:
>
> You may be correct. I only will be having one at a time syncing, but there
> may be many in the warehouse. I found that it is possible to identify which
> one is in the cradle using VB, but that is not the language I’m using. There
> is a tool in VB CEUtil.h that those guys can use which is exactly what I
> need. Here’s the code quoted from another forum:
>
>
>
> Thank you for your help.
> I found a method in the CEUtil.h Lib (API-Calls and constants).
>
>
> ' VBA-Modul in Access
>
> Public Declare Function CeGetDeviceId Lib "ceutil" () As Long
> Public Const CE_Services = "Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services"
>
>
> Private Function GetDeviceID() As String
> Dim iddvc As Long
> Dim dummy As String
> Dim x, y
>
> GetDeviceID = ""
>
> iddvc = CeGetDeviceId()
>
> Select Case iddvc
> Case 0
> GetDeviceID = "NO"
> Case -1
> GetDeviceID = "GAST"
> Case Else
> ' Success ! Device-ID convert.
> '
> dummy = CStr(Hex(iddvc))
> ' The string must be 8 Bytes long
> x = 8 - Len(dummy)
> For y = 1 To x
> dummy = "0" & dummy
> Next y
>
> GetDeviceID = dummy
>
> End Select
>
> End Function
> '
> ' Now find the Sync-Folder on the Desktop PC for the connected Pocket PC.
> ' ExistKey and GetSettingString are API-Calls from the Registry Lib
> ' to get informations (keys) from the registry.
> '
> Private Function GetSyncFolder() As String
> Dim ID, Partner As String
> If ExistKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, CE_Services) Then
> ID = GetDeviceID
> Select Case ID
> Case "NO"
> MsgBox "No Pocket PC is connected."
> GetSyncFolder = ""
> Case "GAST"
> MsgBox "You are connected as a guest. No Sync-Folder."
> GetSyncFolder = ""
> Case Else
> Partner = CE_Services & "\Partners\" & ID & "\Services\Synchronization"
> '
> If ExistKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Partner) Then
> GetSyncFolder = GetSettingString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Partner,
> "Briefcase Path")
> MsgBox GetSyncFolder
> Else
> MsgBox "Registry Key is not defined. Define a partnership."
> GetSyncFolder =""
> End If
> '
> End Select
> Else
> MsgBox ("Registry Key is not defined. Install ActiveSync.")
> End If
> End Function
>
>
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Thomas Gruber
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:29 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [nsbasic-ce] Re: Identification of PDA
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello George,
>
> if you have more than 2 mobile devices I think you will run into a
> restriction in ActiveSync anyway: it can only store profiles for 2 different
> mobile devices; if you connect a 3rd device, you either have to remove one of
> the others, or connect it as a "guest", in which case you can't synchronize
> any files. At least that's my knowledge from the ActiveSync versions I have
> used - does one of the experts in this forum know an alternative?
>
> To identify the different devices you could use the user defined device name
> (not the serial number) that you can set in the control panel of the device,
> or simply store a mini text file in a specific folder on the device that you
> can read during synchronisation. The device name is the one that ActiveSync
> uses to generate the main folder name as Joe described in his message, this
> can be read by NSBasic/CE from the registry.
>
>
>
> I think if you want to read from multiple devices (more than 2) you have to
> read directly from the device, not by using ActiveSync to copy the files from
> the device to the PC, but I must admit I don't know if that's possible.
> Windows Explorer can do that, so it may be, but I don't know how to access
> System Folders like "Mobile Device" from NSBasic.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
> Am 08.03.2010 um 22:12PM schrieb George Walters:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks, I think I could use this. At least I can cruise the folders and
> display a list to the user with a name he/she can recognize.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of joespan123
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 3:48 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [nsbasic-ce] Re: Identification of PDA
>
> Hi,
>
> Do not rely on the serial number to identify each device, as an example the
> new iPAQ 212 devices return the same serial numbers.
>
> To answer this question:
>
> If I put that in a file on the PDA, it would get sync'ed to a folder on XP
> and I don't know which folder it went to.
>
> When the device syncs with the desktop and you have chosen "File" transfer,
> all the files in the "My Documents" folder on the device will be sync'ed
> over to the destop in the folder with name like:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\JoePC\My Documents\JOES My Documents
>
> The "JoePC" is the login username of the desktop.
>
> The "JOES My Documents" is the folder created by ActiveSync for the device
> to perform file transfer.
>
> The "JOES" is what you define on the device in the settings:
>
> Start -> Settings -> About -> Device ID
>
> The "Device ID" here must be defined unqiuely for each device you synchroise
> with the desktop, hence it is the way ActiveSync knows which device is which
> if you sync multiple devices.
>
> When you sync the device, it will transfer the files over into it's unique
> folder.
>
> Your application on the desktop will not know which device has actually
> sync'ed. But you maybe be able to tell by creating a Status.txt file on the
> device with say a DATE/TIME in their. Your desktop application should check
> periodically for the Status.txt file in every folder and check the DATE/TIME
> for changes.
>
> Or you can interact with the ActiveSync process to detect when a device has
> been inserted into the cradle.
>
> The following gives some code examples on how to use the RAPI.dll on the
> desktop.
>
> http://etutorials.org/Programming/Pocket+pc+network+programming/Chapter+9.+D
> esktop+Synchronization/
>
> Cheers
> Joe
>
> --- In [email protected], "George Walters" <gwalt...@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, I didn't know that but I don't think that would solve the problem.
> > If I put that in a file on the PDA, it would get sync'ed to a folder on XP
> > and I don't know which folder it went to. Each folder would have a serial
> > number but I still don't know which PDA is sitting in the cradle. Follow
> > what I'm trying to say?
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > Behalf Of Computerhusky
> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 2:35 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [nsbasic-ce] Identification of PDA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi George,
> >
> > you know that NSBasic/CE can read the serial number of the device
> > I assume, and the problem is that the desktop program cannot access this
> > information? What about letting the program on the device write that
> number
> > to a text file, then the desktop program can read that file first, then
> from
> > that info derive the folder name.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> >
> > Von meinem iPhone gesendet
> >
> >
> > Am 08.03.2010 um 17:37 schrieb "georgeewalters" <gwalt...@...>:
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to write software to handle multiple PDA's collecting and
> > submitting data. I have writte the software in the XP computer and written
> > the software on the PDA using NS Basic. My problem now is how do identify
> > which of the more than one PDA is sitting the cradle for syncing so I can
> > put/get the data in/from the correct folder. Anyone know how to do this?
> > I've googled around a lot and have no results. No problem with only one
> PDA
> > but more that one presents this issue.
> >
>
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