Connection Notification

Windows CE Services gives you two ways of notifying desktop computer-based applications when a connection is made with a Windows CE–based device:

• Registry-based notification, in which all the applications that are listed under a given registry are launched. When a connection is broken, all applications that are listed under a different key are launched.
• COM interface–based notification, which involves two interfaces: IDccManSink, which must be implemented by the application seeking notification, and IDccMan, which is provided by Rapi.dll.

Registry-based notification is appropriate for applications that do not need some control of the connection manager or the ability to register and deregister for connection notifications. The COM interface–based notification method is more complex than registry-based notification; however, it provides you with some control of the connection manager and the ability to register and deregister for connection notifications.