A Practical Guide to Working with ActiveSync 4.0 By Chris De Herrera Founder, Pocket PC FAQ Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices

What We Will Cover: Microsoft ® ActiveSync ® Overview History of ActiveSync Installing ActiveSync Terminating ActiveSync Additional ActiveSync Functionality Developing with ActiveSync Troubleshooting ActiveSync Additional Resources

Session Prerequisites Access to a Microsoft ® Windows Mobile™-based Pocket PC or Smartphone Access to a PC to install Microsoft ® ActiveSync ® 4.0 Optional: Installed version of Microsoft ® Office on the PC Level 200

ActiveSync 4.0 Introduction ActiveSync is used to synchronize with Microsoft ® Windows Mobile™ Devices and Microsoft ® Windows ® CE.NET devices Supports file synchronization Standard method to install applications from the desktop Ability to synchronize with Microsoft ® Office Outlook ® Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Inbox Ability to synchronize with the Microsoft ® Windows Mobile™ 5.0 emulator

ActiveSync 4.0 History ActiveSync 3.0 (the first release) replaced Windows CE Services when the Pocket PC 2000 shipped Prior versions included 3.1, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8 With each new release generally a new generation of hardware support is added Also, each release generally has improved the users experience with ActiveSync

Recommended Installation Process for ActiveSync 4.0 Install Microsoft Office 2003/2002/2000 first! Install ActiveSync 3.8 – This optional step will install the Pocket Word file converter for Word. Install ActiveSync 4.0 Install Office Service Packs If you run into trouble, just remember to install ActiveSync last.

ActiveSync Demo Configuring and Synchronizing ActiveSync

What’s New with ActiveSync 4.0? Support for Microsoft ® Windows Mobile™ 5.0- based Pocket PC and Smartphone devices New functionality to synchronize your Windows Media files (for WM5.0 only) Supports USB 2.0 devices Redesigned the ActiveSync protocol for a better user experience New user interface and new icon design Removed network/dialup synchronization (for security reasons)

Terminating ActiveSync Microsoft does not provide an option to end ActiveSync. By default it is always running. When you launch it, ActiveSync re-adds the Registry key so it will run automatically when you reboot The two programs to terminate in the Task Manager are WCESCOMM.EXE and WCESMGR.EXE if you want to end it by hand. A workaround is to use Killsync from A companion application called Resync will stop and restart ActiveSync

Additional ActiveSync Functionality Can setup Guest only synchronization by changing the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\GuestOnly to 1 Can run program upon initial connection by entering the program name in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\AutoStartOnConnect Can run a program upon termination of the connection by entering the program name in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\AutoStartOnDisconnect Officially Microsoft does not support end users editing the registry. For ease of configuration, use ActiveSync Keys from

ActiveSync 4.0 Demo Terminating ActiveSync and Additional ActiveSync Functions

Developing with ActiveSync Microsoft provides the RAPI API so you can use ActiveSync in your programs RAPI provides the functionality to perform the following functions Transfer files Install Applications Modify the registry of the Pocket PC or Smartphone Create/Modify the internal databases Execute a program on the device MSDN ® is a great resource for RAPI information - api&View=msdn&st=b&c=0&s=1&swc=0 api&View=msdn&st=b&c=0&s=1&swc=0 api&View=msdn&st=b&c=0&s=1&swc=0

Troubleshooting ActiveSync Common Fixes: Make sure your software firewall (including Microsoft ® Windows ® XP, Service Pack 2) is allowing WCESCOMM and WCESMGR to access the internet. This is required because ActiveSync uses TCP/IP to communicate. Try using Detect and Repair of Outlook and reinstall ActiveSync. Take a look at the ActiveSync Troubleshooting Guide at shootactivesync.htm shootactivesync.htmhttp:// shootactivesync.htm

Additional ActiveSync Resources Pocket PC FAQ – lots of information on ActiveSync – Microsoft ActiveSync newsgroup – microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync Sync with Act, Goldmine, and other CRM – Intellisync from Sync with Outlook Express – Sync Outlook Notes –

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