Hello. Is there anyway to force a combobox list to 'open'? In other words, I don't want the user to have to manually tap the arrow to see the list ... I want to do it from code. Your help is appreciated. -Terry --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus sys...more >>

Am I missing something or does the System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter not handle smalldatetime fields when pulling records down from a sql 2000 database? Everytime I hit a date field, I get an error that I can only solve by removing the date field or casting it to varchar. Is this a limita...more >>

Has anybody worked out how to manage the barcode scanner on a symbol PPT 2700? The .NET SDK of Symbol doesn't cover this model :-(, only the 2800. Best regards, Edgard L. Riba ...more >>

Hi All, I'm a bit confused here. I'd appreciate if some body could clarify my doubts. In the setup package I'm preparing, I'm including SP1 of CF. I've targeted my application for ARM based processors. For this the SP1 setup includes 2 cab files for ARM processors 1) netcf.core.ppc3.AR...more >>

Hi all, I have been having a heck of a time getting my sqlce database to encrypt. Here's the create database string I am using: Dim SQLEngine As System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeEngine SQLEngine = New System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeEngine("provider=Microsoft.SQLSERVER.OLEDB.CE.2.0;Data Source...more >>

Hi My application is using several threads at once: the GUI thread, a timer, a thread to receive packets (which is blocked most of the time using a ManualResetEvent), and a thread to process received packets (packet processing is quite complex, so I put received packets in a queue, and have a...more >>

Is it possible to add a user control to the Device Control tab for PocketPC 2003 development?? If so then how?? Mark ...more >>

Hi, long time ago i asked informations on creating sdf (sqlserverce db files) on desktops pc... I am close to the delivery time for my application and i need to clarify this to finish my app. Seems that in MS people thinks that the need to put data into a device with a simple filecopy is abs...more >>

I'm trying to convert a published evB program into CF vb.net hoping to get better performance and continuing support from MS. It's almost done and works perfectly in the desktop version using regular vb.net, however, I can find no support in the CF framework for the ColorDialog or Help files. ...more >>

my app icon is not transparent ! it's the same I use for a tool bar, and its transparent color is paint as intended. but in the explorer all transparent area are black ! it's a 16x16X16 icon (16 colors, 16 square pixels) what can be wrong ?! ...more >>

I see the SP1 release has cabfiles for armv4 and armv4i, but none for armv4t. Is this a deliberate choice ? Stephane...more >>

Hi, Another newby question. Thanks to not complain. ( : Where can I get information to start programming with Visual Studio .NET and the CF, aside of microsoft and gotdotnet sites? I need to install Visual Studio .NET, The CF and PocketPC 2002 SDK to start? Really thanks, Fernando ...more >>

Any body have any luck using ftp from CF. I'm trying to bring in InternetOpen, InternetConnet, FtpOpenFile and InternetWriteFile using [ DllImport("wininet.dll", EntryPoint="FtpGetFileW", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode) ] public static extern UInt32 InternetOpenW(string sAgent, UInt32 nAccessType, ...more >>

I used eVC++ 3.0 and the VOMAPI classes from Virtual Office Systems. However, these classes have some problems which I have fixed. There is also a problem with PPC 2003 which I have a workaround for as well. Any chance of getting paid to share?? ...more >>

Good Morning, Is there any way the Datagrid can be set to "autoformat" the width of each column to the largest row entry. If so - is this dynamic at runtime (meaning if a new row is added by a user with a larger column width, the column width is automatically increased)? Seems like by...more >>

I'm facing a difficult decision which I would like to ask for some opinion. I want to develop a directory which will allow the users (from my faculty) to access the the server database to display out details such as name, ic, address number, contact number etc. For internal use, I use SQL ...more >>

Hi, Given a string, the font and the maximum width how can I get the height in which the text will fit?? (I have problems because of the word wrap). The result must help me in building a list control which adapts the dimension of the items so the largest item (text) in the list is full...more >>

I have to read a XML file with more than 3000 records. is it possible to speed up the read function and is it possible to add an index to a column or datatable to shorten the first search time thanks Norbert...more >>

Which method to use for drawing an image from a set of Points? thanks...more >>