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Asked: 2026-05-11T18:39:38+00:00

I have a windows mobile 5.0 application (smartphone) that contains a flat data file

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I have a windows mobile 5.0 application (smartphone) that contains a flat data file (CSV), which contains a header row (two doubles), and a list of entries (two doubles, DateTime, and a string).

Occasionally, I need to “sync” the mobile application with a desktop application. The desktop application should read the CSV from the mobile device, and replace it with a new CSV file, based on the contents of the old one.

This seems pretty easy via RAPI (I’m guessing), but I need to ensure that the mobile application is not running. Is there a way to do this?

Mutex? Remote Process Viewer like stuff? File locking?

Thanks for any help you have

Mike

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just use a simple file locking mechanism for the file being read/updated.

    Either rename the file before use or create a second ‘lock’ file which you can check for the existence of.

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