A simple application programming interface (API) is provided to enable automated filtering of database files between a desktop computer and a device. The API consists of two functions, DesktopToDevice for importing database files, and DeviceToDesktop for exporting database files. DesktopToDevice filters Microsoft Access (.mdb) database files to ADOCE database files (.cdb). DeviceToDesktop filters ADOCE database files to Microsoft Access database files. For more information on how to use the API functions, see: