OK, here's the deal: As a MSDN member, I got the VS .NET Professional 2k3 as part of my subscription. After reviewing the requirements for install, I forge ahead... Part way through the install it hollers that it needs IE 6.0 to run (I'm at 5.5 SP2). Just friggin' great-lots of people ...more >>

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1F62A2A3-7282-4BA9-B26B-2267E972501D&displaylang=en Why is this Service Pack 14 MB? Kinda a large download, no? Drew ...more >>

I think I've found a bug. Put the code below in a Button click handler or wherever. The Write function will cause an exception. The full framework exhibits the same behavior. -Chris ------------------ System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder(); System.IO.FileStream f...more >>

Hi, I've installed the complete Visual Studio.NET and can't find the Smart Device App icon anyhwere when I load up a new project. Any advice?? I 've installed the compact framework, reinstalled VS.NET, I'm at a dead end here.. Cheers, Sean ...more >>

Hello Everyone, I built a small application that uses sockets to connect from the Pocket PC to the desktop in the .NET CF. I tell the pocket pc application which IP address the desktop is running on, and it works great. This can be done through the ActiveSync USB cord or through an ...more >>

I know that .NET CF applications dont allow multiple instances of an application to run on a Pocket PC which is great. However my .net application for my PC (desktop computer) if started more than once will open several instances of the app. Is there a way to only allow for one instance of an ap...more >>

Hi ! Iv'e noticed that MS has changed the datetime format on the PPC 2003. Is this a bug or is it for real. The English settings is allright bu when I set to Swedish the shortdate is different. It used to bee 2003-01-01 but now it's just 03-01-01. Does anyone know anything about this ...more >>

All, I have written a desktop app which takes a Base64 encoded Stream and creates an image from it. The data in the stream represents a JPG or GIF image which is best in my as I need to keep the size down and BMP data is too large. The problem I'm having is that the Compact Framework doesn'...more >>

Hey, is there a possibility to check, within the application, if the Device is connected to the cradle? thx Mike ...more >>

I've run into some problems with ShowDialog. Try this: Create 2 forms, Form1 and Form2. In Form1: * Add a MainMenu * Add a Button named Button1; set its Text =3D "Form2.ShowDialog" * Set MinimizeBox=3DFalse * Include this code: Dim F2 As Form2 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender A...more >>

Hi There is no profiling capabilites in the CF and one of the crude ways we can get some info on memory consumption etc is through the registry key described by Scott Corbin in a previous post... The use of this approach is mentioned in an MSDN article by Maarten Struys. Would someone from ...more >>

After I used RDA to pull a table, I noticed that some tables will suddenly have some blank space added to the string in my records. This is very evident when I want to display these records in a datagrid and a listview. Anyone have any idea how to solve this? Thank you....more >>

I have a simple listview using view=Details. When the user clicks on an item I pop up a message. After the user hits OK on the popup message, the original form is now dead to user input until a click is made anywhere on the form. In other words, in order to select another item in the list, you h...more >>

Hi group ! I've some problems to call an unmanaged function which requires unsigned char parameter. The definition of the function : char ReadTag(unsigned char Page,unsigned char* Dat,unsigned char* Idt) Page is an unsigned number on 8 bits My code in VB.NET : - Declaration : <DllImpor...more >>

Hi all, I have a stored procedure that receives two parameters to update a row in a table. I call this stored procedure using webservice, but I need to to update more than one row when I call this stored procedure. Any idea would be great. Greetings, Agus...more >>

Ok, here is my first problem: my english is not too good, i'll try to make it easy so everyone can get my words. It's all about Label in .net CF. I want to know how to make a label scrollable or, better, how to make it scroll the text when during the text selection, you push on the right-...more >>

Is there something similar like the SendKeys class within the Compact Framework? ...more >>