Windows CE Programming

You can have several apps started every time a device connects via ActiveSync on your PC. To enable this, you have to enter the application(s) to start in your PC Windows registry:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\AutoStartOnConnect]
"OnConnect"="\"c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe\" /c d:\\OnConnect\\install.bat"

In this example, the batch file d:\OnConnect\install.bat will be launched every time a device connects via ActiveSync. If you use the itsutils, you can specify a list of commands executed against the connected device. In example, you can use the following install.bat (assuming that all tools and files are in d:\OnConnect) ot alwayss install certain files onto the device.

@echo on                 
pause                      
d:
cd d:\OnConnect
pput -f -v _0000_comp_itcivacn2.cab "\DiskOnChip\Persistent Copy\CabFiles\_0000_comp_itcivacn2.cab"
pput -f -v userApp_WCE4.ARMV4.cab "\DiskOnChip\Persistent Copy\CabFiles\IuserApp_WCE4.ARMV4.cab"
pput -f -v sqlce.wce4.armv4.cab "\DiskOnChip\Persistent Copy\CabFiles\sqlce.wce4.armv4.cab"
pput -f -v System_SR_enu.cab "\DiskOnChip\Persistent Copy\CabFiles\System_SR_enu.cab"
pregutl @region.reg
pause "ReBoot ?"
preboot
pause "*************** Finished **************************"
exit

These line copy some files to the device, change the registry with a regedit4 conform file (download sample), sync the time of the device to yours PC time and then perform a warmboot. Using the XDA tools (itsutils) there are many more possibilities. Especially usefull, as PocketPC devices do not support batch files on the device.

If you are developing for windows mobile devices and got several devices, you may not want to be asked to setup a “New Partnership” on a new connected device.

To avoid partnering, you use a registry key and you will no more be asked to setup a partnership with your PocketPC or Windows CE device.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services]
“GuestOnly”=dword:00000001

To switch back to accepting partnerships, use this

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services]
“GuestOnly”=dword:00000000

How to connect a Bluetooth Barcode Scanner without additional software in Windows XP

• Incoming or outgoing connection
• Pairing from SF51 as client with SPP
• Using accessibility options to simulate keystrokes
• Cleanup COM port usage
• Installation of SF51 as HID device

There are several ways to connect your sf51 and your PC. If you have your own application, you should use a serial connection. If you paired the SF51 with an incoming connection on the PC, the scanner will be online, when you open the COM port.

If you don’t own the source of the target application(s), you have to use a solution, that translates the barcodes scanned into keystrokes.

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