HOWTO: Launch ActiveSync from a Visual Basic CE 6.0 Application

• Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, version 1.0
• Microsoft Windows CE version 2.0 for the Handheld PC

SUMMARY

Under the Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, you can now call the CreateProcess API to launch a process on a Handheld PC device running Windows CE 2.0. This article demonstrates how to launch the ActiveSync program using the CreateProcess API.

MORE INFORMATION

Step-by-Step Procedure

1. Start a new Windows CE HPC Project in Visual Basic 6.0. Form1 is created by default.



2. Place a command button and a label on Form1.



3. Paste the following code into the code module of Form1:

   
   Option Explicit
   
   Public Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "coredll.DLL" _
       Alias "CreateProcessW" _
       (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, _
        ByVal lpCommandLine As String, _
        ByVal lpProcessAttributes As Long, _
        ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, _
        ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, _
        ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
        ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, _
        ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As String, _
        ByVal lpStartupInfo As Long, _
        ByVal lpProcessInformation As Long) As Long
   
   Private Sub Command1_Click()
       Dim ret
       ret = CreateProcess("windows\repllog.exe", "/remote", _
                           0, 0, False, 0, 0, "", 0, 0)
       If ret = 1 Then
           Label1.Caption = "Success"
       Else
           Label1.Caption = "Failure"
       End If
   End Sub 




4. Run the project on the H/PC device.



5. Disconnect the device from the desktop.



6. Click Command1 and notice that the ActiveSync program starts.

REFERENCES

Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0 Online Help
Visual Basic 6.0 API Text Viewer (winceapi.txt)

Additional query words: vbce vbce6

Keywords : kbToolkit kbVBp600 kbWinCE kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto