Hello, does anybody have a sample code for a button control with which it is = possible to set its background color? Thanks in advance, Roberto....more >>

I have a form that has 4 related "screens" to it. Currently I am using a tab control for this. I want to customize the look of these tabs so that there is a graphic in the background with transparent labels and graphical buttons. Is it easier to do the drawing on panels? Should I get rid of the ...more >>

Hi newsgroup ! I'm trying to use functions from the Wininet library but I've some problems. During the execution, both on PPC2003 and on a CE.NET 4.2 device, the InternetOpen function returns me a valid handle but the InternetConnect fuction always raises a native exception. According to samp...more >>

I have some VC++ tested code (application with real time stuff, thread, ....) that I want to use from C#.NET. I know I have methods to port the code from VC++ code to .NET but my code is tested and I do not want to port that to C#.NET. Then I know that .NET can use the unmanaged code, I think...more >>

Hi, I have a Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition device and I'm trying to use P/Invoke to do a PhoneMakeCall function: [DllImport("phone.dll")] private static extern IntPtr PhoneMakeCall(ref PhoneMakeCallInfo ppmci); but I can't find "phone.dll" on my system. I have "phone.lib" but that's only...more >>

Is there a way to launch CeAppMgr on the device? Thanks, Mihai ...more >>

Hi, does anyone know how does VS.NET debugger construct call stack for CF application? My understanding is that CLR has a debugging engine built in it and that includes functions to construct the call stack. I have seen the article (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/msdnmag/iss...more >>

I have a question from you mobile gurus regarding an upcoming PocketPC project I will be working on which can be summarized as: A PocketPC based application which will require users to log in and receive user-specific form data from values stored in a SQL 2K database. The DB values will popul...more >>

I have a new control I could drag. when you clic on it, it capture the mouse and move itself OnMouseMove() event. however the refresh is unwillingly off when dragging. I try to add Parent.Invalidate(); Application.DoEvents(); in the mouse event handler, but I can't get any redraw, just wh...more >>

thanks very much for this great product! has helped me in alot of ways. right now having the following issues: 1) data loss. while app remains open, data freshly stored in db seems present and can be read, but when app has a problem, data supposedly stored is missing. worse, db can sync s...more >>

BTW, don't press TAB to format your post and then hit enter...like I did. Like I said, I would like to replace a ListView's scroll bars with buttons for easier use with a touch screen. private static Int32 GWL_STYLE = (-16); private static Int32 WS_VSCROLL = 0x00200000; private ...more >>

Hi, I am starting to write a .Net CF app that will allow our customers to access our db. Our customers will be connected to their LAN via a wireless card in the PocketPC and then use our app to scan some barcodes. I am trying to store the db connection information on the pocketpc but I can'...more >>

Is there any way to get the handle of a combobox control? I know the .handle method for combobox is not supported in the .net compact framework, but maybe there is another way to get to it?...more >>

Hi, how I may show the version of my application? in eVB I used App.Minor. Thanks. ...more >>

How can you detect the Pocket PC version in the installation program. Basically I have on setup program which installs .NET, SQL CE and our application. But if the version is PPC 2003, I do not want to call the routine to install ..NET CF, but if it is PPC 2002, I do want to install .NET CF. ...more >>

This question is a follow-up to an uninstall issue I am having. I need to be able to delete files that are created during the excution of the application. The standard uninstall "Remove Program" process on the Smartphone does not take care of these files. So I have been reading about the p...more >>

I'm doing kind of custom ShowDialog() function, for a class of popping control. roughly in it I have ShowModal() { BringToFront() modal = true; while(modal) Application.DoEvents(); } the problem is, when I tru this on the desktop my CPU usage goes up to 100% I try ...more >>

Hello Could anybody tell me how to lock resizing ColumnHeader in listview control - I'd like to set column width to 0 and do not allow user to resize this column. Is it possible. Thanks Jacek...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to display two pairs of Web Mobile Forms controls (Label + TextBox) in a WML phone with an Openwave emulator but each pair is displayed on a different screen despite the fact that some place is still available. Does anay one know if it is possible to group several input contr...more >>

Everybody seems to get this to work. What am I doing wrong? Here is a simple sample with two textboxes (Id and Name) and a "Save" button. The table contains 1 row with Id=1 and Name="foo". The form is showing the proper data but any changes to i.e Name isn't saved to the database. Table c...more >>

This has probably been asked before (I can't imagine anyone never needing one of these) but I haven't found any good info on it yet... Basically I need an input box that only accepts numbers. So when the user hits the 2 key on the phone it will input a '2' character into the box instead of the...more >>