Hello.
I'm facing a problem about the interaction between desktop Pcs and palmtops
that apparently is not documented.
I have got a C# device application running on a PPC with Windows Mobile 5
and SQL Server 2005 CE. I would like to establish a connection with an
access database located on a destop PC. Is there anyone who knows if and how
this is feaseble ? I can use indifferently ActiveSync or Bluetooth to link
the two elements; is it anyway possible to launch the connection directly
from the C# application ?
Once the connection is established I should be able to copy a couple of
tables from Access to SQLCE and a table back from SQLCE to Access.
I would like to add that I'd prefer to avoid the use of a web service to
make the system work.
I thank you in advance for any help.
Newcomsas
Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] - 17 Apr 2008 17:49 GMT
It's really not. You could use SQL Compact on both the desktop and the
device (SQL Compact 3.5 -- see www.microsoft.com/downloads), or you could
use one of the server versions on the desktop and use either RDA or Merge
Replication on the device. You need to give up on Access though; there's no
support for this at all, at least from MS, any more.
Paul T.
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ErikEJ - 18 Apr 2008 08:50 GMT
You could use RAPI to copy the sdf file from the device, manipulate on the
desktop having both an SQL Compact and Access connection open, and then use
RAPI to copy the sdf file back to the device.

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