Q222527: HOWTO: Launch ActiveSync from a Visual Basic CE 6.0 Application

Article: Q222527
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 1.0,2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbToolkit kbVBp600 kbOSWinCEsearch kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 24-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, version 1.0 
- Microsoft Windows CE version 2.0 for the Handheld PC 
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SUMMARY
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Under the Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, you can now call the
CreateProcess API to launch a process on a Handheld PC device running Windows CE
2.0. This article demonstrates how to launch the ActiveSync program using the
CreateProcess API.

MORE INFORMATION
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Step-by-Step Procedure
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NOTE: This code works for Windows CE 2.0 only.

1. Start a new Windows CE HPC Project in Visual Basic 6.0. Form1 is created by
  default.

2. Place a command button and a label on Form1.

3. Paste the following code into the code module of Form1:

  Option Explicit

  Public Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "coredll.DLL" _
      Alias "CreateProcessW" _
      (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, _
       ByVal lpCommandLine As String, _
       ByVal lpProcessAttributes As Long, _
       ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, _
       ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, _
       ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
       ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, _
       ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As String, _
       ByVal lpStartupInfo As Long, _
       ByVal lpProcessInformation As Long) As Long

  Private Sub Command1_Click()
      Dim ret
      ret = CreateProcess("windows\repllog.exe", "/remote", _
                          0, 0, False, 0, 0, "", 0, 0)
      If ret = 1 Then
          Label1.Caption = "Success"
      Else
          Label1.Caption = "Failure"
      End If
  End Sub

4. Run the project on the H/PC device.

5. Disconnect the device from the desktop.

6. Click Command1 and notice that the ActiveSync program starts.

REFERENCES
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Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0 Online Help
Visual Basic 6.0 API Text Viewer (winceapi.txt)

Additional query words: vbce vbce6

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Keywords          : kbToolkit kbVBp600 kbOSWinCEsearch kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbWinCETKVBSearch kbWinCESearch kbWinCE200HPC kbWinCETK100VB600
Version           : :1.0,2.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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