Wednesday, November 12, 2003
What's Up with ActiveSync 3.7.1?
Posted by Andy Sjostrom in "DEVELOPER" @ 02:06 PM
I've had some awkward sync issues since I upgraded to ActiveSync 3.7.1. My setup is probably quite unique with numerous Pocket PCs and Pocket PC versions, and there have been more going on in my setup lately than just the upgrade, so I am not prepared to blame it all on ActiveSync, yet. However, we got this message from a fellow Pocket PC friend:
"Many 3rd Party PPC Programs use RAPI to access the PPC Registry, move files or databases... It seems AS 3.7.1 has somehow broken these calls...". Then the message points at some posts in one of the Windows CE newsgroups.
I have stopped using RAPI a long time ago and use HTTP and XML Web Services throughout my solutions, but I guess there still are valid usage scenarios where RAPI might be a better choice. Regardless, I wonder if you've seen any of these issues yourself?
UPDATE: I just learned that this is a known issue and that Microsoft is about to post a knowledge base article regarding this matter. As far as I can tell, the article contains both an explanation and a workaround. I have posted more details in the threads of this post.
"Many 3rd Party PPC Programs use RAPI to access the PPC Registry, move files or databases... It seems AS 3.7.1 has somehow broken these calls...". Then the message points at some posts in one of the Windows CE newsgroups.
I have stopped using RAPI a long time ago and use HTTP and XML Web Services throughout my solutions, but I guess there still are valid usage scenarios where RAPI might be a better choice. Regardless, I wonder if you've seen any of these issues yourself?
UPDATE: I just learned that this is a known issue and that Microsoft is about to post a knowledge base article regarding this matter. As far as I can tell, the article contains both an explanation and a workaround. I have posted more details in the threads of this post.
