[PythonCE] How do you develop on the PocketPC?

[Thomas Heller]

"Luke Dunstan" <coder_infidel at hotmail.com> writes:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Thomas Heller" <theller at python.net>
> To: <pythonce at python.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [PythonCE] How do you develop on the PocketPC?
>
>
>> "Luke Dunstan" <coder_infidel at hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I'm sorry to say that I've seen the NULL bug before but have been too
>>> distracted by the task at hand to fix it, but here is a patch that
>>> fixes it.
>>>
>>> By the way, I've recently tried running the remote part of "winpdb"
>>> (http://www.digitalpeers.com/pythondebugger/) on Windows CE and
>>> connecting to it over TCP/IP from the GUI running on the PC, and after
>>> a trivial change (to handle a lack of PATH environment variable) it
>>> worked fine. Personally I would rather have the ability to communicate
>>> to the remote debugger using ActiveSync rather than only TCP/IP
>>> because it is more convenient especially since I only have Bluetooth
>>> not WiFi, so I have been investigating using the Remote API (RAPI).
>>
>> In case you are talking about the scripts I posted: Although the client
>> and server connect via TCP/IP, the only connection between the pockect
>> PC and the desktop computer I have is the cradle with an USB cable, plus
>> activesync (3.8, IIRC) running.  It seems activesync emulates internet
>> connection on the pocket pc.
>>
>> Thomas
>
> I have noticed that IE works on the PDA when cradled, but I know that
> ActiveSync is not providing a real network adapter on the PC side
> because an extra IP does not appear in the output of 'ipconfig'. This
> prevents running TCP listen servers on the PDA but it is true that
> your method works nicely in this case.

Luke, 

Do you know of any other way except TCP/IP to establish a two-way
communication between the desktop and the PDA?

Thomas