Executive Summary

In the previous chapters we've looked at the first three architectural concepts of local data handling, RDA, and robust data caching; however, applications require not only that data be accessible and transferred to a device, but that the transfer be intelligent and move data in both directions. This is the essence of the last architectural concept covered in this and the following chapter on synchronization.

More robust forms of synchronization using SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition will be covered in the next chapter. In this chapter we'll focus on using the features of ActiveSync, Microsoft's desktop synchronization software, to transfer file-based data to and from the device.

ActiveSync has evolved over the last several ...

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