Thanks Paul,

Yes it'd be an ActiveSync connection so it could hit the web service this
way to get inforamtion if the application was running.

Harry

I was just wondering if the app could pull down a file quickly - I've used
the ol'
Dim wr As HttpWebRequest = CType(m_rec.Create(FullFilePath), HttpWebRequest)

Dim ws As HttpWebResponse = CType(wr.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)

Dim str As Stream = ws.GetResponseStream()

Dim inBuf(1000000) As Byte

Dim bytesToRead As Integer = CInt(inBuf.Length)

Dim bytesRead As Integer = 0

Try

While bytesToRead > 0

Dim n As Integer = str.Read(inBuf, bytesRead, bytesToRead)

If n = 0 Then

Exit While

End If

bytesRead += n

bytesToRead -= n

End While

Dim fi As FileInfo

If File.Exists("\Application\" & strJustTheFileName) Then

fi = New FileInfo("\Application\" & strJustTheFileName)

fi.Attributes = FileAttributes.Normal

End If

Dim fstr As New FileStream("\Application\" & strJustTheFileName,
FileMode.Create)

fstr.Write(inBuf, 0, bytesRead)

str.Close()

fstr.Close()

inBuf = Nothing

fi.Attributes = FileAttributes.ReadOnly

Catch ex As Exception

End Try

Next