Archived Months
June 2003
July 2003
August 2003
September 2003
October 2003
November 2003
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
March 2004
April 2004
May 2004
June 2004
July 2004
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
all groups > dotnet compact framework > recent posts

Help required for Symbol 9090-S Bar Code Reader
Posted by Zaigham Raza at 4/30/2008 5:13:27 AM
I've developed an application for Symbol Bar code reader that runs Windows CE, whole the application is fine but i'm unable to use its Scanning feature. via vb code i'm enabling true its barcode property like Barcode1.EnableScanner = True and i'm not getting any error also, but it does not ...more >>


OS Version
Posted by masterik at 4/24/2008 4:52:26 PM
Hello, How can i determine the OS/Platform version with .NETCF? I need to know if my app runs on Windows CE or on Windows Mobile and the version number... Thanks in advance, Malik ...more >>

Re: How to rotate a graphic/image in .net cf?
Posted by Arun at 4/24/2008 3:33:06 PM
Take a look at this blog entry http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2008/04/15/faster-c.aspx Blogger Roshan khan explained very nicely, how to rotate a bitmap image faster, so you might need to repeatedly call DoFilter() to rotate the bitmap, which you can easily do when you read this...more >>

How to prevent WM Device Center to pop up each time I connect my device?
Posted by Serge Wautier at 4/24/2008 9:57:44 AM
Env.: WM6, Vista, Windows Mobile Device Center Hi All, Sorry for the slightly OT question. I currently plug my device in and out its dock station all the time to test the connectivity of my app. Each time I plug it in, WMDC pops up. It's getting somewhat irritating. Can I prevent it fr...more >>

Re: WebService access issue on GPRS/3G
Posted by Fred at 4/24/2008 6:43:55 AM
Hi Dave, No luck with this either. I think the problem comes from the fact that my wireless operator is filtering traffic. It offers two different APNs. One is unlimited in the plan, and allows http traffic only. For this one it requires going through this proxy server, which rejects the requ...more >>

Re: WM Print Engine with PDF support
Posted by vipsolution@gmail.com at 4/24/2008 5:00:44 AM
Hi, Currently there is NO SDK with Pdf printing support. Sad but true... (The last was HP Printing Mobile + Westek. Unfortunately project was frozen). Can anyone explain why we have such situation on the market? Pdf is ideal format to tranfer reports, documents... Plus there is WM softwa...more >>

System.Diagnostics.Process TermWaiter.WaitForTerm();
Posted by Rashmi C at 4/24/2008 4:43:14 AM
We are using .Net CF 2.0. We want to start the device clock application using Process.Start and when the clock is closed/exitted, we want to carry out some operations. We have used the following code for the same: private void btnAdjustSystemTime_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { ...more >>

Great Indian Developer Awards 2008
Posted by rejijacobt at 4/24/2008 3:40:52 AM
Vote for your favorite trailblazing individuals & products in the IT Developer ecosystem and win exciting prizes! Prizes include: Apple Mac Air Book, 26" PLASMA TV, NOKIA95 8 GB, APPLE iPOD 80Gb, ZEST HOLIDAYS, GIDS GOODIES. The Great Indian Developer Awards is a first-of-its-kind initiative...more >>



RE: Save bmp from PictureBox as monochrome bmp file
Posted by damien07 at 4/24/2008 1:47:00 AM
do you have a solution for your problem. I have the same problem thanks you "tony" wrote: > Hi, > > I have pictureBox control im drawing on, after finish drawing, i need to > save the the image from the PictureBox as Bmp file. > > im using : > > m_pbPictureBox.Image.Save(sTmpP...more >>

Re: drawing directly onto picturebox
Posted by MoosePR@gmail.com at 4/24/2008 1:01:47 AM
Thanks for your reply Simon. The finished product will be for sale, so i realy want to make sure that i am not stealing anyones source for my own gains, hence recoding it myself!! All i really need to do is just draw the new segment onto the picturebox rather than redrawing the entire signa...more >>

Re: OS Version
Posted by Christopher Fairbairn at 4/24/2008 12:00:00 AM
Hi, Christopher Fairbairn wrote: > Take a look at a blog post of mine titled "What device is my application > running on?" available at http://www.christec.co.nz/blog/archives/77. Also of note, if you are using .NET CF 3.5 there is a new SystemSettings.Platform property (see the MSDN docu...more >>

Re: OS Version
Posted by Christopher Fairbairn at 4/24/2008 12:00:00 AM
Hi, masterik wrote: > How can i determine the OS/Platform version with .NETCF? > I need to know if my app runs on Windows CE or on Windows Mobile and the > version number... Take a look at a blog post of mine titled "What device is my application running on?" available at http://www.ch...more >>

Re: How to prevent WM Device Center to pop up each time I connect my device?
Posted by Serge Wautier at 4/24/2008 12:00:00 AM
Hi Chris, Thanks for the pointer. It didn't totally help actually but it is a good start. It contains info about how to automatically set Guest partnership, which is fine. But WMDC still pops up unfortunately. I checked with ProcMon and the registry value mentioned in the article is in...more >>

Re: How to prevent WM Device Center to pop up each time I connect my device?
Posted by Christopher Fairbairn at 4/24/2008 12:00:00 AM
Hi, Serge Wautier wrote: > I currently plug my device in and out its dock station all the time to > test the connectivity of my app. > Each time I plug it in, WMDC pops up. It's getting somewhat irritating. > Can I prevent it from opening? I have not tried with WMDC but it may be possibl...more >>

Re: Manage in unmanaged easier or unmanaged in managed
Posted by Christopher Fairbairn at 4/24/2008 12:00:00 AM
Hi, garlic wrote: > I need to use managed and unmanaged code. > I have two option, using managed class from native C++ code or using native > C++ from managed code. Which is easier? I came across ManWrap tools that is > better than /clr switch Can you please take a step back from coding ...more >>

Manage in unmanaged easier or unmanaged in managed
Posted by garlic at 4/23/2008 10:26:00 PM
I need to use managed and unmanaged code. I have two option, using managed class from native C++ code or using native C++ from managed code. Which is easier? I came across ManWrap tools that is better than /clr switch Have few question, please help 1. Is ManWrap (RegExWrap.dll) tools used ...more >>

Re: Registry Keys
Posted by Armando Rocha at 4/23/2008 5:09:29 PM
Thanks for your help Peter. By the way, your book (Microsoft Mobile Development Handbook) is very good. -- Armando Rocha (Portugal) Mobile Developer http://www.ifthensoftware.com "Peter Foot" <feedback@nospam-inthehand.com> escreveu na mensagem news:79C6DFF8-C065-44A3-8BA8-2848B93BCF...more >>

Re: Registry Keys
Posted by Peter Foot at 4/23/2008 3:47:45 PM
..NETCF 2.0 and upwards has registry classes to match those in the full framework in the Microsoft.Win32 namespace. You should find numerous samples involving the Registry and RegistryKey classes. Peter -- Peter Foot Microsoft Device Application Development MVP www.peterfoot.net | www....more >>

Re: Why doesn't it throw an exception to connect to an unexisting
Posted by Simon Hart [MVP] at 4/23/2008 3:15:01 PM
Well you know how to send data right, the server side would need to look something like this: Socket client = tcpListener.Accept(); //Now we have someone connected, lets get the data calling Receive. //Here you would normally hand this off to a separate thread because you are //blocking...more >>

Registry Keys
Posted by Armando Rocha at 4/23/2008 2:54:17 PM
Hi, I m working on app mobile, and i need write key + values on registry. How i do that? Framework version: CF 3.5 Plataform: Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK -- Armando Rocha Mobile Developer http://www.ifthensoftware.com ...more >>

RE: drawing directly onto picturebox
Posted by Simon Hart [MVP] at 4/23/2008 2:28:00 PM
The CreateGraphics method is only supported on CF 3.5. Out of interest instead of re-writting what other have already written, have you looked at Rob Tiffany's Windows Mobile Accelerator. This set of libraries contains a signature capture control with source code. -- Simon Hart Visual Deve...more >>

VS.NET 2008 bug? How to restore Smart Device project templates?
Posted by Cat at 4/23/2008 11:04:11 AM
This happened before, I tried everything to solve it, but failed. I reinstalled Windows to solve it. Steps 0) OS : Vista x64 1) Install VS.NET 2008 (with Smart Device Development support) 2) Install Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK (if it is not installed, Korean image for WM 5.0 won't install) 3) Un...more >>

Re: Possible to change color of Windows Mobile Theme?
Posted by Cocotteseb at 4/23/2008 9:47:42 AM
On WM5/6 devices, the color mainly depends on the registry key "BaseHue", which is located in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Color. On WM2003 devices, it depends on several keys. Hope that helps, Cocotteseb PS: To use this "theme color" in you programs just use: SystemColors.Highlight();...more >>

drawing directly onto picturebox
Posted by MoosePR@gmail.com at 4/23/2008 9:41:34 AM
Hi Im making a signature capture and have been looking at examples, got it working ok but i have a problem im captureing all the points so i can redraw the image at will which i have code for in the paint event of a picture box if i try to redraw the image every time there is a new point ...more >>

Re: Why doesn't it throw an exception to connect to an unexisting IP?
Posted by Cat at 4/23/2008 9:22:45 AM
Thanks. I wonder if there is a sample chat application between WM and PC. Just a simple text-exchanging sample. I downloaded a sample signature application from Microsoft, but it was written for CF 1.0, and didn't work correctly (outputting lots of first change of .. exception messages) On Ap...more >>

RE: Pull/Import files from PC Host to the Device
Posted by Simon Hart [MVP] at 4/23/2008 9:08:27 AM
The easiest method is to write a web service thats hosted on the server - maybe WCF. -- Simon Hart Visual Developer - Device Application Development MVP http://simonrhart.blogspot.com "E Lee" wrote: > Is there a way using the Compact Framework to implement a "pull" or import > of fi...more >>

Re: WebService access issue on GPRS/3G
Posted by davebythesea at 4/23/2008 9:02:18 AM
Hi Fred, I just tried that web service on a PPC2003 device here in the office. We use a proxy server here. This worked for me, it returned .6 as the Version. private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Service.DemographixQuery service = new Stub.Service...more >>

Re: Why doesn't it throw an exception to connect to an unexisting IP?
Posted by Cat at 4/23/2008 8:59:27 AM
"my ip address" is not the actual code, it was just a place holder because I didn't want to include my real IP address when I was posting. In the real code I used my IP address like "123.123.123.123". I'm sorry for causing misunderstanding. On Apr 24, 12:38=A0am, "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p spac...more >>

RE: Why doesn't it throw an exception to connect to an unexisting IP?
Posted by Simon Hart [MVP] at 4/23/2008 8:44:02 AM
I wouldn't reply on the Connected property, you need some handshaking for a true robust solution. So you're server side would in this case pass back a message to signal success or failure. I never use async operations, I always create a worker thread to do this for me, this way it gives you co...more >>

Re: WebService access issue on GPRS/3G
Posted by davebythesea at 4/23/2008 8:41:01 AM
Hi Fred, Does this make a difference - WebProxy proxy = new WebProxy("195.115.25.129:8080", true); proxy.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials; dq.Proxy = proxy; David "Fred" wrote: > thanks David, > > I followed your advice on the webexception, and it retu...more >>


DevelopmentNow Blog