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<hr><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >The RAPI library (Remote API) is a desktop-only library which allows communication
between the desktop and the device using ActiveSync.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >Using RAPI library you can transfer files between the device and the desktop, launch
applications on the device from the desktop, and do other file operations.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >The RAPI library - RAPIDesktop.dll is based on OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communication
library.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >To use these features both dll files: RAPIDesktop.dll and
OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communcation.dll should be copied to the application folder
(source code or compiled application).</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >The OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communcation library and its license agreement are included
in this package.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >Note that the device must be connected to the desktop using ActiveSync.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >Example:</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >'Add a RAPIDesktop object named rapi.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >Sub</span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > Globals</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >End Sub</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >Sub </span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >App_Start</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > Form1.Show</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > rapi.New1</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > rapi.Connect</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > t = </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >now</span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >'3
seconds timeout.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >do until </span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >rapi.IsConnected = true</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >doevents</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >if</span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > (</span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >now</span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > - t)/cTicksPerSecond > 3 </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >then</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >msgbox</span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >("Cannot
connect to device.")</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >appclose</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >end if</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >loop</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >if</span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > rapi.DeviceFileExists("\My Documents\MyApp.exe") = true </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >then</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > rapi.CopyFileToDevice1(</span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >AppPath</span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > &
"\data.dat","\My
Documents")</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > rapi.DeviceShell("MyApp.exe","")</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >end if</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >End Sub</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div>
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