Hello, I'm a VB.NET programmer for the CF, Is there any API out there that will allow me to get the Icon of a certain file? (example if i give it the path of a file ending in ".doc" then it would return the icon of the word logo (or whatever is associated with that file) in the icon format)...more >>

Hi, Could somebody possibly provide the equivilent c# translation of the following c++ code snippet? ::SendMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_WININICHANGE, 0xF2, 0); Chris. ...more >>

My program (smart device app) has one form with one button only. When user clicks on that button, I want to display a HTML file. Smart device app does not have Internet control like VB 6.0. How can I do this? Pleas help...more >>

Hi, I'm in trouble with databases... Could anybody give me an overview about CEBD, SQLCE, ADOCE, PocketAccess, and so on? I'd want to know what are the same thing, if they're supported by the CF and any other details you have. If you have some links, I'm grateful for them. Thanks, Eduar...more >>

In .net cf , Can i get last active window handle when my form getfocus ? I know , in evc , WM_ACTIVATE hwndPrevious is the handle to the window being deactivated .but how can get this value in c#? ...more >>

The next code works fine in the emulator but in the ipaq 3700 with pocket pc 2002 doesn't. Its a button that make a call to a web service. The error is: System.LoadTypeException Thank you private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { carlosj.IWSCRservice ws = new...more >>

Hey Everyone, I'm writing software to communicate with a GPS to a PDA. So far, I've been quite lucky. All the data from the GPS is succefully being read into my interface, and succesfully parsed. However, I recently added an extra "settings"-tab to my program to spice up usability. ...more >>

Hi all, our system consists of two threads: (1) Main thread does all the interaction with user application code (2) Communication thread is responsible for client/server communication Whenever the Main thread (1) needs an instant reply from the server - thread (1) places a message...more >>

Hi! I try to call the BeginInvoke method of a delegate but I get an Exception "NotSupportedException" when I execute the program. Here is the code I'm using it is from the MS helpsystem. Thankx Thomas TMS Technical Management Systems GmbH www.t-m-s.at using System; using System.Thre...more >>

Hi group ! After exiting my application (VB.NET), I can see in the Control Panel that there is a lot of memory which is still allocated (about 4000 KBytes). I only launch the program and quit immediatly. During the application's loading, I make the following things : - create 3 datatables...more >>

The chat's topic is: Smart Device Programming with Visual Studio .NET 2003 http://communities2.microsoft.com/home/chatroom.aspx?siteid=34000070 -Chris ...more >>

Well i was just wondering if there was a way to read an ini file explicitly or do i just use the streamwriter to do so ...more >>

HI, ListView.EnsureVisible Equivalent in DataGrid Thank you. Ademar ...more >>

Hi all, is there any mechanism in .NET framework to execute a delegate on the specified thread? In my application I would like to dedicate a thread to some specific computations, so that I can perform these computations anywhere in code by passing somehow a delegate to the dedicated thr...more >>

Does anybody have any examples of CeFindFirstFile and CeFindNextFile (or CeFindAllFiles) in C#? I am having difficulty in getting any of these to work. Thanks, Jody ...more >>

Yesterday, an item appeard announcing live chat today. I was lazy to save the link yesterday. But today I am not finding it. Can someone give me the link? ThanQ... ...more >>

Hi all, I have finally gotten around to starting my slider control (various other matters demanded attention this week :/). I have not as yet dealt with the stuff like positioning the elipse in the centre of the point where the user clicked and such. I have instead decided to head for what I ...more >>

Sorry for the cross post, but this one touches on many angles: I have a CAB file on a WebSphere instance that get's viewed as garbage when I browse to it. When I browse to the CAB from Internet Explorer on my laptop, it recognizes it as a known type and tries to download open/save the fil...more >>

Anyone know if the font size on a system.windows.forms.columnheader can be changed? =\ -b ...more >>

Hello, I'm having problems using the large SIP provided in PB4.1. I would like to move it around programatically on screen,=20 now it always starts to the upper left and the user has to=20 move it around manually. The Top/Left properties are=20 readonly, is there another way to control the ...more >>

Hi, I'm having a problem with the numericUpDown control in Visual Studio as there is no Font property and it doesn't adapt to the parent Form font size. I.e. I'm stuck with the initial tiny font size and up/down button size. I've tried all tricks I know, to change the Font size used but ...more >>

Hi, Im new to PocketPC programming and have been using VB.Net to develop a pocketPC application. I would appreciate it if someone could assist me in capturing the battery status (how much battery life is left) of the PocketPC so that I can display it on my application. I have no idea as...more >>

I tried to install the .Net CF SP1 on my PPC2003 Axim. I tried the "netcf.all.wce4.ARMV4I.cab" file, and the installation failed with the following message: "Microsoft .Net Compact Framework has not been installed. Reexecute the installation software." An idea ??...more >>