I keep having to reset the emulator, and on my old 750mhz machine, it takes forever to get through the emulator "introduction" where you have to tap and hold, move an appointment, etc. Is there a way to get rid of that introduction permanently, so I can reboot the emulator more quickly? tia...more >>

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I'm trying the following: dim str as string dim loc as integer str = "This is some (text)" loc = str.IndexOf("(") I would think that this should return a value of 13, but it returns zero. Also, if I try doing the IndexOf method in the immediate window while debugging I get a 'Parameter ...more >>

Hi, How can I populate a DataTable using the System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeDataReader. The issue I'm having is how to get the table structure from the SqlCeDataReader. I have looked at the GetSchemaTable() method but can't figure out how to get the table information from it. If someone cou...more >>

Hi, I would like to run a Win32 app that is in a PC inside our network from the Pocket PC. The app should run on a specific directory in the PC. Is it possible? Perhaps using CreateProccess?? How would I refer to the app, and to the directory? Thanks in advance, -- Ibai Peña ...more >>

Hello. It's posible using .NET compact framework to run applications in PALM devices? Thanks and regards ...more >>

Greetings, The FAQ has undergone the first of many periodic updates. In addition to a few code corrections, newly added items are listed below: 1.23. What are all of these ARM binaries? 1.24. How do I write to the registry on a device? 4.10. I have a Smart Device form with a lot of con...more >>

Hi, in my application I have some dialogs with required user input. Therefore I need the SIP. As far as I remember I could use the InputPanel only together with the Menu. That is that I have a little loss for displaying items on the form. I am looking for a solution, where I can use the ...more >>

Hi, Is there a way to detect power up or power down notifications using Compact Framework ? Regards, NTN ...more >>

The Microsoft® .NET Compact Framework Product Team would like to invite you to participate in their upcoming beta program for .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP2. We are specifically looking for feedback as to whether existing application functionality is preserved when running against SP2 bits (no r...more >>

To develop a mobile game for Pocket/mobile PC, can I do and test it on a desktop PC before putting it into a Pocket PC? Do I have to install .NET CF instead of .NET Framework for desktops? To deploy such games in Pocket PCs, do those PCs need to have something like ..NET CF runtime installed?...more >>

We've got some code to handle the signatures for our VB.net CF app. No problems on most devices, but when we load it on the delivery device (LXE MX5), it chugs along and missed a good number of the points. We are able to fill in those missing points by calling the method "TestFunction" of Pock...more >>

Hello NG, i ve got a problem, as usual :). Im developing a Software with PocketPC2002, unsing Visual Studio on a Windows XP machine. I've wrote a application which uses a PC's local Apache server for accessing some php scripts. These scripts are locally saved on the PC and can be accessed w...more >>

When I insert records into SQL Server CE it does a dateadd on its own upon inserting. It adds the timezone that is in the setup of the PPC. i.e: I am in EST (GMT + 5) so 17:00 becomes 12:00 in the database. I want to prevent this, is there a way??? If not how can I get the current ...more >>

hi after a long period if try and error i finally found in the help a table showing lots a vb.net functions supported or not in a table. and i finally know the basic function of FILECOPY has that horrifying (*) what means NOT SUPPORTET. well we still need 2 copy files say from the serve...more >>

It bugs me to even bring this up, but I'm just about ready to cry uncle on this one... The VoiceRecorder control needs a real interface. I am totally positive on the CF and adore many things about it, but using the voice recorder is a nightmare. Let me explain. (and I am proposing a viable ...more >>

Can anyone point me to documentation on the cab file format and walking the entries on the pocketpc thanks --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 28/10/2003 ...more >>

Hi all, I have been developing a .NET CF app in C# for the Pocket PC over the last few months, and some of you already know that I have been active with queries on this NG. Thanks to the responses here, work has been developing quickly. On the Pocket PC, I store information in my own propri...more >>

Hi, I am using the ListBox1.Invoke method from another thread. The method invoked gets fired only if this Form is not a dialog. Using Form.ShowDialog (from a Main start procedure, for example) will cause the method not to be invoked! At my real device the two scenarios will work. Show and S...more >>

Having difficulty is executing a Hello World application in a device with CE4.2 whereas working fine in 4.1 environment .Used Visual Studio 2003 and C#. The error message is "****.exe has performed an illegal operation ......." If anyone has any idea please reply. Thanks ...more >>

Hi, this is a repost, my previous question was incomplete. I have some forms that return values, showing a list and then returning a string when the user confirms, and to be sure that the form doesn't remain in memory, i use this code: (the form is closed when i return the value) i declare ...more >>

This call works on the desktop and PocketPC emulators, but is failing on the smartPhone emulator. Anybody gotten it to work on the SP emulator? //from a sample Alex F. put out long ago [DllImport("crypt32", SetLastError=true)] public static extern IntPtr CertOpenStore(IntPtr lpszStoreProvider...more >>

Hi group ! I've a little question : when I execute CAB files (Compactframework install package or .CAB generated with VS.NET), they disappear after the installation. But when I make a .CAB file with InstallShield, it is not destroyed after the installation. I would like to have the behaviour ...more >>

Hi all! Please I need to understand how could I save some time developing an application that will have the same features in multiple environments. The problem is that I have no experience in 3 tier development. So I don't know how could I reuse any piece of code. For example in Pocket PC e...more >>

Please, please: Something I miss very much when debugging is the stack trace in an exception. This is sooo useful, but .NET CF doesn't have it. Could someone log a feature request to add this? Thanks :) Mark ...more >>

Hi, Is there any way where I can encrypt/decrypt the XML file on PC2003? Thanks, Dev...more >>

Hello All, I am developing in .Net and would like to know the preferred method for storing persistent application configuration settings where the application settings need to be set at runtime. All the information I find talks about .config files. However, this doesn't do me any good...more >>

Hi all I've often seen (and have quoted myself) the fact the using '=' to update a strings content is processor expencive as it destroys the string and then re-creates it. Some people say to used things like insert and concat. This is fine but Insert and Concat don't carry out the action ...more >>

Hi, We have a data update process whereby records are inserted into a SQL server db from the device using the rda.submitsql method, executing it once for each insert statement. The existing process was taking 1 1/2 minutes for a certain number of records. It never occured to me, until now, ...more >>

Does anyone have any recommendations of best books or other resources for developing applications for Pocket PC using the compact framework? Looking for something that would walk us through the initial stages and best practices of development on PPC. We have experienced programmers but beginne...more >>

Hello All, I have downloaded the compactframeworkSP1 from the microsoft site. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3D1F62A2A3-7282-= 4BA9-B26B-2267E972501D&displaylang=3Den While trying to install it on Windows xp or windows 2000 it is giving = following error - Thi...more >>

I am using Compact Framework for my pocket PC 2002. Can I accede to a Pocket Access (.cdb) with compact framework? Can I use Activate Sync to syncronize the .mdb of my PC with the .cdb of my pocket PC? Thanks. ...more >>

I'm writting an application that uses as a Database a XML file. The user queries & modifies this database. But I'm using pure xml DOm for this purpose, to read & write elements in the XML file. I know I can load this XML to a dataset and do the same things but now working with a Dataset. My q...more >>

I have followed all the instructions for setting up the NorthwindCE example. I am running the application through the Pocket PC emulator in VS 2003. The application seems to work in as much as I can see data in the Customer, Employee and Order controls. When I try to synchronize the data back t...more >>

Hello NG, i have a problem. I have to get applicationname out of an assembly, which start and use the assembly. System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase; give me only the full name of assembly but not full name of application. Can anybody help me? Greeting...more >>

Hi, Is there a way to read from and write to the registry using the Compact Framework? Or is the only way to access the registry by writing unmanaged code? It seems that the full Framework has a Microsoft.Win32 namespace has Registry and RegistryKey classes to do this. Is there an equivalen...more >>

Hi, I've problem with opening and closing of forms. I have an application with one main form, which displays list of some database (xml data source) data. Another form is designed for inserting and editing rows of datasource and function of the last form is to show filtered list of some o...more >>

Since I installed ActiveSync 3.7.1 I am unable to connect to my Dell Axim 3 using Visual Studio.Net. After I reset the Axim I was able to connect using eMbedded C++ but never Visual Studio. Has any one else seen this problem? Any solutions out there? Thanks ...more >>

i am developing a smart device application in C#.I have a builded a class in VB.net and i want to use this class in my C# project.pls tell me how to go about it?Any pointers will really be helpful. rgds, alok...more >>

is it possible to mark a specific cell as "selected" or "set the focus on it"? This mark is nesessary to give the user a preselction of the values shown in grid (a calendar). my cells will be created with the following code: currentCell = new DataGridCell(myRow, myColumn); thanks ...more >>

I would like my application to retrieve a certain document from certain directory in the server. How can that be done? Any examples? Also, how to determine the total space (the size) of the document? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Butt Chin Chuan A beginner in .net cf ...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to create a small app for iPaq 5400 series that need to login to a database. My problem is that when I use a textbox with the PasswordChar set, the application freezes as soon as i try to input something from the SIP. To unlock the application i have to click a number o...more >>

hi all i try since i have found this group 2 search it 4 subjects i am interested in. i click the search i enter a subject word and i click on search and NOTHING! even when i search 4 something i c on the list. so what's the magic trick? anyone knows? thanks and cheers kurt...more >>

Hi All, Is there any method provided by WinCE to flush/drain the output buffer ?? I am trying to communicate two pocket pc's with the infrared port.I have the two pocket pc(Compaq iPaq and HP jornada)with the different processors. How can i flush the output buffer before sending next byte ...more >>

Hi there, I'm developing an application with .net cf for pocketpc 2002. My device is connected via wireless lan. In my app I would like to include a button to start activesync from the pocketpc. How can this be done? Thanks in advance Christiane...more >>

I'd like to associate an icon with a file type where the icon is my applications icon in the registry using DefaultIcon Now I can see how to do this with C code and resources etc but when I try the same with .NET I do not know what ID my icon is stored under can anyone help? Shaun ---...more >>

Hi there! Like Ray Fink said some days ago, I'm having problems with VS.NET 2003 when deploying the application to the PPC2002 emulator. The emulator says that it has "Failed to open XML parser COM object..." message. I installed MSXML 3 and MSXML 4 just to guarantee that they are wo...more >>

Two questions: 1. Does the compact framework support app.config files to redirect a dependent assembly to a different version of the assembly? 2. Does the compact framework support publisher policy files to redirect clients from a GAC assembly to a different, but compatible GAC assem...more >>

Is it a good idea to keep the database connection always open (and keep using it) and close it only when one exits the application. Any overhead? ...more >>

Hi how do I encrypt password using System.Security.Cryptography ??? can anyone send some usefull link or code sample dishan ...more >>