I have experience with VBA (o97), but just got my first XP box and dotnet, because I need to set up a data collection program on an IPaq. My goal is to have a small data collection program (user selects info from radiobuttons, listboxes, etc) but to also have the program beep every 15 min...more >>

when you programatically set listviewitem.focused = false and then set another listviewitem.focused = true [on differing LVI's in the same listview] listview.focuseditem is NOT updated...... any suggestions? =\ -b ...more >>

I'm developing a PPC application in VB.NET. As it start, the PPC App make a soket connection with a PC Server, from wich the PPC receive a string containing an XML dataset. The PC Server APP sent the string in the folowing routine: Dim cSql As String = Mid(data, 11, 20) Dim CN As New System.D...more >>

I am having a problem trying to close or hide (have tried it both ways) one form and showing another. The initial form is a login form. If they get the username and password correct, I want it to go to frmMain and close the login screen since it won't be needed anymore. If I try either one, the ...more >>

Hi Maybe some pinvoke guru can help with this please... I have two requirements: 1. Show details of a DHCP connection (ala ipconfig) 2. Notify the user when there is no IP connection (with/without Ethernet cable in) My searches have led me to the following APIs/structs: GetAdaptersInfo,...more >>

I made a project and then used the cab generator to make a cab file. The product worked ok, but then was deinstalled/reinstalled. Now, none of the IO works. I think I removed a GAC or something. Anyone know how to reinstall the CF on the PPC2003? Thanks, Pam Sheldon...more >>

Hi, I'm pretty confused about how to establish a connection between two pocket pc's over IR. The sort of connection I want to establish is one in which there's a irdaclient/socket on each side that can write/read from a stream to communicate back and forth, similar to a tcp connection....more >>

I have custom dialogs (Form with owner drawn title and no border) and I show them with ShowDialog() , the problem is, most of the time when I show them, my main window is miniaturized and I didn't manage to make it appear again. I had to find the running task and click activate. I try BringT...more >>

Hi all, I have an application that I worte (C#) about half a year ago, and today I made some changes and was trying to deply it onto my new pocketpc from hp h5500. Apprently it is not a supported device for the ..NET VS that I have. The error message I get is: Error: The CPU identified...more >>

Could someone log a bug with Microsoft about this? We did the following steps and CF SP1 didn't work: 1. We have a Siemens SX56 Phone Ed. (AT&T carrier) Pocket PC with Ozone (Note this has CF already built in). 2. We could NOT delete the built-in CF because it doesn't appear as an installe...more >>

randomly, when I ShowDialog() on some modal window, the main window goes to background. and it didn't revert to formost window when the dialog is closed. I try to call: WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal; BringToFront(); Show(); nothing work, my windows is still miniaturized, I have to ...more >>

Well, I am baffled by this one since it only happens about 50% of the time. I have a DataGrid whose underlying table I assign to a DataView and then apply a RowFilter. This view then gets passed to another member which overlays a panel and displays a single row. When I use the followi...more >>

Hi, This app will sync via cradle several times a day. It uses RDA, push/pull on some tables. Now I have a table which I will be only inserting rows (not updating). I understand I cannot use "pull" on this table because it will be just for updates. I would like this table to be updated only if t...more >>

Hi, I have a DataSet filled with values from the access database using the InTheHand wrapper. Now I want to extract the table records to an xml file or stream using the DataSet.WriteXml method. My problem now is that I need the xml formatted in a special way, e.g. I need some record value...more >>

Hi, when I recently used an ArrayList to store multiple string objects I mentioned that there is no method for getting a specific value. The docu says the Item property to get a specific element is not supported by the compact framework. Fine, but how to get the values else? Inserting at a ...more >>

Hi, when I recently used an ArrayList to store multiple string objects I mentioned that there is no method for getting a specific value. The docu says the Item property to get a specific element is not supported by the compact framework. Fine, but how to get the values else? Inserting at a ...more >>

Hi all , I have an app that will be deployed publicly, to any type of PPC. Currently, my thinking is to download the .NET cab as well as my app's cab from a CD to the device using ActiveSync. and get the user to tap on the cab's to begin install. While I know this works well for my app, my que...more >>

In the Pocket PC "Settings" option, each tab has an icon with the text. Is this a commonly available control or something specific to the OPsys. I would like to use something similar in my program, but I'm not sure what control it is. I have tried the ViewList with the View property set to Large...more >>

I'm trying to load a bitmap created using the GDIInternals BitmapHandler.SaveBitmap function but it fails everytime. The following code is taken from the sample BitmapFun project and slightly modified to show my issue. String lsPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Get...more >>

Hello, in our current project we wanted to get into the application's message loop to catch some messages (e.g. keyboard events for accelerators). We found several possibilities (hooks and hot keys are global) and finally ended up with an application without a call to Application.Run(),...more >>

Hi, What's the best way and tool to use to create a setup.exe that can be run at desktop, the setup will actually copy necessary files to PPC 2002 or PPC 2003, install .NET CF if necessary? Instead of asking tap the .cab files manaully by user. Thanks! John ...more >>

Hi, i've written a small smart device app (my first) which has a single search form which creates a thread to access a sql server Ce database, after completion i'm use an event handler to callback to the main thread to update a control. i use the control.invoke method to do this. when impl...more >>