ActiveSync
ActiveSync is the technology introduced with Windows CE 2 that provides an easy way to keep data synchronized between a mobile device and a desktop PC. ActiveSync allows you to keep databases synchronized between your device and the desktop PC in much the same way as replication occurs between SQL Server databases. Conflict resolution is handled for you once you set up the required configuration. The synchronization operations can be performed using the Mobile Devices folder menu options, but you can also use certain API functions to control the process. The ActiveSync API calls are listed later in this chapter in the section "Visual Basic Development".