Execute an Application on a Device

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This code sample is named Prun. It demonstrates how to launch an executable on a mobile device, from a desktop host computer.

Feature Area

• Networking and Communication

Relevant APIs

• ActiveSync Reference API
• CeCloseHandle function
• CeCreateProcess function
• CeRapiInit function
• CeRapiUninit function
• Remote API (RAPI) API

Usage

To run the code sample

1. Navigate to the solution file (*.sln), and double-click it. By default, the solution files are copied to the following folders:

   C:\Program Files\Windows CE Tools\wce500\Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK\Samples\CPP\Win32\Rapi\Prun\``prun.sln

   C:\Program Files\Windows CE Tools\wce500\Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK\Samples\CPP\Win32\Rapi\Prun\``prun.sln

   Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 launches and loads the solution.

2. Build the solution (Ctrl+Shift+B).

3. Deploy the solution (F5).

Using the application

If you wanted to run "test.exe" on the Mobile device for example, you would execute the command:

Prun \windows\test.exe

Requirements

Pocket PC SDK: Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK.
Smartphone SDK: Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK.
Development Environment: Visual Studio 2005.
ActiveSync: Version 4.0.

See Also

Code Samples | ActiveSync | Remote API (RAPI)

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