Installation and Registration

Installing an ActiveSync provider on a Windows CE device requires the following steps:

  1. Copy the DLL (for example, ASDevice.dll) into a suitable directory, such as "\Windows."

  2. Add an entry such as the following in the Synchronization registry key for your ActiveSync provider:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
      Windows CE Services
        Synchronization
          Objects
            Appointment
            Contact
            Tasks
            AsyncSample
    						
  3. Add a "Store" REG_SZ value to this key that contains the name of the .DLL that implements the ActiveSync provider. This should contain the fully qualified path if the .DLL is not in a standard location (such as the root or \Windows directory).

    AsyncSample
      Store ASDevice.dll
    

    Code to register the DLL is contained in an exported function called

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