I do not have Visual Studio .NET 2003 yet, I'm still on 2002. How can I write an app in C# for the PocketPC2002 using the Compact Framework without waiting for VS.NET 2003? ...more >>

Hi all Where can i get some stuff related to virtual file system in Wince.I wanted to program in Wince not in PPC sdk. If u know any please help me out. Regards Suri :-) ...more >>

Greetings Hope anyone can help me on this problem. I've installed VS.NET 2003 on my laptop computer to develop Pocket PC applications using .NET Compact Framework, but when I lauch the application on emulator, nothing appens; only the exe file is copied to emulator but the application does...more >>

I am using the Control.Invoke method with the Compact Framework. And appears the my delagate takes so much time to be invoked! I've noted that when I closes the dialogbox, it goes! Any help please? --- Rafael Pivato ...more >>

All, I have an app written in VB.NET for CF which is running on Smartphone 2003. I have function which uses webservices to upload user details to the server. All this works fine for the first two calls but on the 3rd things start to slow down starts to rak 20 seconds compared to 5. I am usi...more >>

Hi, I have a TextBox with attribute ReadOnly set to true. As usual the textbox color turn grey. Is it somehow possible to change that behaviour? I want the color white instead. Using the ForeColor and BackColor property does not change the textbox' color. Thanks Andreas ...more >>

Maybe this is already a know issue. I insert a lot of data into a SQLCE database from a remote SQL database using a prepared insert statement, basically imitating an RDA Pull. It seems to work well, but when I look at the SQLCE database, the first row of the table has no values for any string ...more >>

I have 2 problems. 1st: I've designed a nice icon with 2 inner bitmap, 32x32x256 & 16x16x256, both of them have thransparent background. and I created a shortcut in Start Menu\Programs unfortunately in the program tab the transparent background just appear black 2nd: the icon in the file e...more >>

I am trying to use HTTP 1.0 and the HttpWebRequest.Create() to POST XML data. Is there a way to explicitly set the hosts header? Thank you! Young. ...more >>

I have a main form that has several buttons that will go to one of several other forms when button is selected (I have button as well as selection in MainMenu control). It seems there is a 4-5 second delay between when I select a button and the code that executes the form.show() command after t...more >>

Hey all Have been unable to find the answer I'm looking for, as everyone seems to want to convert codes to letters, not the other way round. Am trying to work out how to do in VB.Net the equivient of ASC("S") in VB6. Fiddled with the Encode and Convert stuff, but to no avail. Any info ...more >>

I'm using a panel as a pop up dialog...but it displays the pop up without a border...I can't figure out how to add a nice solid border to it. ...more >>

I'm working with the compact framework and trying to write a program that will roll through a xml document and display the information in a listbox, but after I open a file with a OpenFileDialog it takes up to 15 seconds to load the file into the XmlDocument. Any Ideas on how to speed the code u...more >>

Hi, I am trying to POST XML data to my web server via HTTPS and port 5000. I am specifying the port number on a WebRequest.Create call as code below. From what I am seeing, this does not seem to be working. Can I specify a port number on the WebRequest.Create() call? If so, is my syntax co...more >>

Where is: NET Compact Framework Service Pack 2 ??? The link from : http://www.develop.com/compactframework/ Results in an = error from Microsoft. Kindest Regards, Cindy Cruciger ccruciger@herald.com...more >>

I have VS.Net 2003 and I want to write applications to HP Jornada 720s that run Windows CE 3.0. Can I use VB.Net to write the applications for them or do I need to use the embedded VB toolkit? Or maybe the Pocket PC 2002 SDK or maybe even the Pocket PC 2003 SDK? I'm new to mobile devices and...more >>

I'm using a PDA with Pocket PC programming in VB.NET. I want to play a sound when a particular event happens in my program. I've gotten a couple of examples that only work on a full Windows system with full .NET framework. Any examples on how to do this with Pocket PC and the compact .N...more >>

How can I get the values displayed on a datagrid? Imagine I've loaded a list of names on it and I want to get the value showed in the current cell, and show it in a MessageBox. How to do it? Regards, Diego F. ...more >>

with a smart device application, how do I get DPAD(Left/Righ/Up/Down) Events? ...more >>

I am sorry if this has been wrtten before but I have been stuck on this for almost a day. I am trying to manually add entries to a combo through code with a valuemember and a displaymember. Here is what I have. I need to know how to read the valuemember and how to change the value of th...more >>

I need to open a database .sdf from a CF Card. How i can define the directory for the open command in VB.NET ? Thanks, Leonardo Castillo ...more >>

I found this link at the Microsoft web site for SQL Server CE: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c15502dc-c5b5-42b4-b96e-08338c8d1d47&DisplayLang=en A note at the bottom of the above link states: >This SQL Server CE download package is to be used in building unmana...more >>

hi, i am currently developing an activex control in c# which should be displayed on windows ce.net 4.1 internet explorer, the control works fine when displaying on my desktop, but when it comes to the compact framework it won't display at all. the only thing i see is a "broken image" in the web...more >>

Hi, I need to trap the Power related events (On/Off/Suspend etc) of a handheld device in my application. Can someone please point me to a sample implementation of the same. I'm using VB.NET (VS.NET 2003), and the handheld device has WIndows Ce.Net 4.01 Build 908. Thanks. ...more >>

Does anyone know where I can download that LScript application for testing my applications? I saw this application in one of Microsoft's video presentations, but I have not been able to find the application anywhere! Thanks in advance! Thanks, Page Brooks ...more >>

Hi, Can someone please give me pointers, as to where I can find the winCeApi.txt file. I want to have a look at all the functions that are present in the Windows CE api. Thanks. ...more >>

I am currently working with Forms in the CompactFramework. The designer cannot open Forms that inherit from anything other than System.Windows.Forms.Form. I would like to catch the opening of Forms in the designer and change their base class from the custom one to System.Windows.Forms.Form. ...more >>

Hi, Has anyone worked with pocket access with the compact framework. Is there a way to connect to an access database directly ? Thnks Sandeep...more >>

Hello all, I am having a problem with one of my desktop applications and was wondering if any of you know of a good tool I can use to monitor traffic in and out of my network card? this is a urgent problem. regards, Jay ...more >>

on the full framework: i can add SoapHeaders to the message.Headers collection in BeforeSerialize, and then they will be serialized to the stream in AfterSerialize. (in AfterSerialize, I have to do Copy(newStream, oldStream) when doing this). this same behavior is not working for me on .NETcf...more >>

Hello Is it possible to put shortcut on PDA's desktop like Tasks, Calendar, Inbox etc. Thanks Jacek...more >>

Hi, Ive got a piece of code that sets gridlines to a listview. However I only want the horizontal lines appearing and not the vertical. Does anyone know how to change the code for this to happen? Heres the code: Public Class Helper Public Sub New() End Sub Private Cons...more >>

I am trying to change my image in a picturebox by using images from an imagelist. I have tried Dim Image1 As Image = ImageList1.Images(intIcon) Me.pbLocation.Image = Image1 Image1.Dispose() Without any luck, the code doesn't give an error and it doesn't update the image in the pictur...more >>

Hi to all, I have a general question: I use .Net 2003 enterprose edition and C# to implement an aplication for a pocket PC is it possible, that I can't use DataGrid and the method SetDataBinding for an application running on a pocket pc? I used the same code (comming from MSDN help-fil...more >>

Hello all, does anybody know how to handle the DoubleClick in a TreeView ? Is there another way than to handle the Click event twice ? Thanks....more >>

Hello, Is it possable to track the mouse move event of a toolbar in pocket pc thank you...more >>