Conclusion

This chapter has shown a variety of different techniques for writing desktop applications that can access Windows CE functionality. The standard RAPI functions expose most of the functionality you will need for accessing data stored on a Windows CE device, including files, property databases, and the registry. You can write your own functions to extend this functionality. Finally, the RAPI stream functions can be used to allow communications between desktop and Windows CE applications when ActiveSync 3.0 or later is used—a situation where TCP/IP sockets cannot be used.