RAPI fails on CeMountDBVol (WinMobile 5)

RAPI fails on CeMountDBVol (WinMobile 5)

• GillBates

  So my next question is, what's the odds of seeing the code or getting a copy. I'll be honest, I am very new to PDA development (1st time), and was forced into supporting a PDA app written in eVC3, but does not run on Mobile 5.0. I have looked at migrating to VS 2005, but time constraints at this point force me to provide a workaround.

  If your not confortable with providing it, could you give me some quick directions on where to start.

  Thanks for the help!

  
  

• Tomas_1971

  I've created a simple example that illustrates this.

  TestRAPI.zip

  bResult from ceMountDBVol will return FALSE if run using ActiveSync 4.1 to a Windows Mobile 5.0 device. (In this case a Dell Axim 51v)

  Result will return TRUE if RUN on a Pocket PC 2003 device. (HP Ipaq 6325)

  
  

• Ronak Desai

  Thanks for the reply, however, the problem I'm having is with CEDB databases.

  It works ok on WM5 emulator but not on actual devices.

  
  

• TheUaRT

  Did you ever figure out a work around for this. I am in the same situation and I am looking for a quick fix.
  

• MarkBell

  This continues to be a problem. Test Device is a Dell Axim 51V.

  Has anyone gotten CeMountDBVol uder RAPI to work with Windows Mobile 5

  The error code INVALID_PARAMETER, doesn't make sense because all the input parameters are correct. RAPI has been successfully Initialized.

  
  

• Landero

  I was experiencing the exact same issue with CeMountDBVol and I discovered why it doesn't work. Apparently RAPI does not support EDB! Sure would have been nice to have this in the documentation. Here's what I found in the newsgroups:

  Subject: Re: Windows <Mobile 5 Rapi Database Access 9/22/2005 10:35 PM PST

  By: Robert Levy [MS] In: microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer

  You should only be accessing PIM data through the POOM APIs.
  
  RAPI currently does not have an EDB equivalent of it's CEDB APIs but that's 
  definitely something we're looking to address in a future release.
  
  -- 
  -Robert Levy
  Program Manager, Windows Mobile Developer Experience
  http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile
  
  "iistudio" <iistudio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
  news:27820D02-2152-4073-B6EF-306515EB3252@microsoft.com...
  > thanks Peter:
  > my objective here will be to directly retrieve contacts database 
  > information
  > from
  > a desktop pc.
  >
  > I think first i need  information about EDB and if i can use RAPI to get
  > the pim.vol file is there any way to get contacts in the file 
  >
  > secondly is there any difference Microsoft made in the RAPI 2 interface to
  > work with EDB 
  

  
  

• War59312

  Continuing to dig further...

  I can get this to work on the WinMobile 5 device by changing the RAPI security policy to "ALLOWED" by instaling and running SDKCERTS.CAB, then creating the .cpf file with the following:

  < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" >

  - <wap-provisioningdoc>

  - <characteristic type="SecurityPolicy">

  - <!-- RAPI mode : Allowed -->

  <parm name="4097" value="1" />

  </characteristic>

  </wap-provisioningdoc>

  After running the .cpl file above on the device, then CeMountDBVol will work.

  So it is true that RAPI Security is blocking this call unless the above setting is done.

  My question now is:

  How is this done so it is seamless to the End user Do I need to create and run a signed DLL via CeRapiInvoke in order to change the security policy so the RAPI application will run

  
  

• Alan Shields

  Hi,

  I had to create simple Executable that runs via CERapiInvoke that modifies the RAPI security settings so the RAPI database calls will work.

  Scott

  
  
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