querying custom metadata

Question

I'm using the sync framework to sync  folder/files to a remote system.  I'm using the filesyncprovider with a custom full enumeration provider for this.  I am storing custom metadata from the remote system in the sql metadata store.  Can anyone tell me how can i query this store for the custom fields in places where we are not provided a ItemFieldDictonary....i.e..in the "InsertItem" method?

I need to query the metadata store to determine the ID of the parent folder under which the current file/folder is created, so that i can appropriately place the new file/folder in its rightful container on the remote system.

Answer 1

if I remember it right, the sql metadata store is actually a SQL Ce database.

Answer 2

This is what i have
 internal static class ItemFields
    {
        public const uint CUSTOM_FIELD_NAME = 1;
        public const uint CUSTOM_FIELD_TIMESTAMP = 2;
        public const uint CUSTOM_FIELD_SIZE = 3;
        public const uint CUSTOM_FIELD_REMOTEID = 4;
        public const uint CUSTOM_FIELD_FILENAME = 5;
        public const uint CUSTOM_FIELD_ISFOLDER = 6;
    }

Then in the EnumerateItems method, i'm storing the custom metadata as follows 

 ItemFieldDictionary item = new ItemFieldDictionary();
            item.Add(new ItemField(ItemFields.CUSTOM_FIELD_REMOTEID, typeof(string), remote_id));
         

I have assigned the identityRule to the "path" of the file/folder.

Now...how can query on any of this custom metadata..i.e..given a path "Folder\Filename.txt", how can i get the value for remote_id

Answer 3

Figured it out..

IF anyone else is looking for this here it is..

http://social.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/syncdevdiscussions/thread/DBE9CCF4-39FC-40AA-8D22-1F98B6D25595