Channel Synchronization

As a synchronizing agent, Microsoft Windows CE Services copies mobile channel contents into the channel cache of the Windows CE-based device. Channel synchronization is a two-way operation. From the desktop computer to the device, the synchronization agent copies channel content, such as CDF, scripts, data, and images. From the device to the desktop computer, the agent posts the usage logging data to the logging host site.

When the agent synchronizes mobile channels, it consults with a list of subscribed channels that a user can select from the Channel Synchronization Options panel. The list covers the subscribed channels with associated CDF files on both the desktop computer and the device. The CDF files must have the top-level channels defined with the following USAGE tag:

<USAGE VALUE="MobileChannel"/>