Hi all I want to use the GetDiskFreeSpaceEx API call in my VB.NET code I use the declaration as follows <DllImport("coredll.dll")> Public Shared Function GetDiskFreeSpaceEx(ByVal directory As String, ByRef lpFreeBytesAvailableToCaller As UInt64, ByRef lpTotalNumberOfBytes As...more >>

Hi, I read an XML document with the following code: const String filename = "probe.xml"; XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(filename); bool masodik = false; while (reader.Read()==true) { switch (reader.Name) { case "Title": reader.Read(); ...more >>

Hi again :) I would like to know how you manage the references in your projects and solutions. When I'm in debug I can have a solution with more projects, i.e: one exe and two dll referenced by the exe. Ok, when the dll are Ok I reopen the exe-project, but the references still point to the...more >>

Hi. My question is: can I send a file from my PC to a specified folder into the PocketPC without passing by the ActiveSync explorer window? I want to do a little app for the costumers that do an automatic upload, but you know... I don't want to stay 1 hour at the phone with the *l*user to do...more >>

Hi, Im having some problems with pocket pc 2003 emulator in visual studio .net 2003. When I deploy an aplication to the emulator my program doesnt pop up in the emulator, the information in visual studio status bar is "finishing application" and then "ready", and I noticed that VS doesnt jump in...more >>

How to make TextBox readonly without using the Readonly or enabled property. Setting these properties to true change the colors of the textbox, and i want to avoid this. thx -- -> Milosz Weckowski www.playseven.com ...more >>

I have a button on a form that I need to change the Background Color, or make it transparent. This is what it looks like- this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(48, 88); this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(48, 24); this.button1.Text = "button1"; this.button1.BackColor=C...more >>

I wanted to see if a texts fits into a label and I created this code: With lblOptionC1 Dim gfx As Graphics = picMainScreen.CreateGraphics Dim FontSize As New System.Drawing.SizeF FontSize = gfx.MeasureString(.Text, .Font) But the line "Dim FontSize..." results in an error which sa...more >>

The fun never ends with P/Invoke does it? :) Anyway I'm trying to call the function SHChangeNotifyRegister which is defined as :- BOOL WINAPI SHChangeNotifyRegister ( HWND hwnd, SHCHANGENOTIFYENTRY * pshcne ); ----- It needs a pointer to a SHCHANGENOTIFYENTRY structure which looks like this ...more >>

Dim EP As System.Net.IPEndPoint = New System.Net.IPEndPoint(mIP, mPort) Dim S As Socket = New Socket(EP.AddressFamily, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp) S.SetSocketOption(Sockets.SocketOptionLevel.Socket, Sockets.SocketOptionName.SendTimeout, Me.mTimeOUT) ....... it crashes with Ex...more >>

Hello! Is it possible to create a column in a datagrid that displays as a numericupdown control? If anyone has any samples of this, I'd be most grateful. I've tried ripping off the datetimepicker example on MSDN with no success and I've found a lot of ugly workarounds in various forums, bu...more >>

hello I wanna export some data to an excel file, create and save it. Is that possible my platform is wince 4.2, c# thanks for your suggestions -mic...more >>

I am getting a bit map byte array from a digital camera and I would like to show it on a picture box control. Is it possible to do this? ...more >>

..NET Framework.Compact SP2 : Pocket PC 2002 I have created a Designer support DateTimePicker with CultureInfo support. Following the instructions explained at : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/customctrlscompactfx.asp I got this to work in the...more >>

I want to P/Invoke the following API extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) BOOL SDIOCamData(HANDLE hCom, Imagecolor &imgclr,UCHAR *ScreenBufShow,DWORD &ll) ; typedef struct imgcolor_struct { UCHAR avRed; UCHAR avGreen; UCHAR avBlue; UCHAR avY; }Imagecolor; Is the following VB.NET e...more >>

Hi folks, What language options do I have for developing apps to run on 'Smartphone 2002' devices and which database options? Chris ...more >>

I am trying to use the 3006-00 magstripe reader attached to a Symbol PPT2800 using Pocket PC 2002 with VB.NET. I can successfully get the examples to work -- but the sample uses a 'simulated' device that runs simulated data over and over again. I expect I need to programatically create a...more >>

Dear All, I want to capture the keycode from keyboard buffer in VB.Net. Actually, I want to make a TSR(Terminate And Stay Resident) utility which continuously look at the key strocks of keyboard and as soon as a special key combination is pressed, it will invoke a function to perform a series ...more >>

Hi, I am a new CF programmer from a VB background. Now I am trying to get in terms with P/Invoke to get a HP camera working. One of the major problems I have is that I couldn't find a single source which says if the C/C++ data type is this, then use this VB.NET data type/structure. Even t...more >>

Is my understanding here correct? When an extern function prototype requires a structure to be passed by reference, the marshaler creates a copy of structure in unmanaged memory and pushes a pointer to the memory location on the call stack. Upon return from the call, the marshaller frees the ...more >>

OK, I can create a PocketPC program, basically a "Hello World", and deploy it to my PocketPC (ver 4.20). When I try to run the program on the PocketPC, it shows the little wait cursor for a split second, then nothing...my program isn't running...no error message...nothing. The cgacutil file o...more >>

Hi, Does anybody had any success in accessing this camera programmatically? I am trying to use the SDK provided by SDK and god stuck in displaying the Preview image. Anypointers in this regard will be much appreciated. Best Regards, Y. Sivaram ...more >>

HERE'S THE SHORT VERSION OF MY QUESTION: When using the DisplayMemeber property of a combobox, is it possible to concatenate multiple fields from a dataview for use as the value to display, or do you have to handle the concatenation in the dataset? HERE'S THE IN-DEPTH DESC OF WHAT I'M TRYING ...more >>

Hi I want to know can we Unload forms in .Net Compact Framework.I am working with eVB at present, where I cann't Unload forms in eVB. Thanks NS...more >>

Does anyone has PInvoked zlib.dll? I think I have a mistake. For example, is it correct to use: [DllImport("zlibce.dll")] public static extern IntPtr gzopen (string path, string mode); for the evc++ function gzFile gzopen (const char *path, const char *mode); Thanks, Eduardo Pavinato ...more >>

When I try to deploy my app from .NET VS 2003 to the device, the following error message come: Copying OpenNETCF.SDF.smp.armv4.CAB Failed copying C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\CompactFrameworkSDK\v1.0.5000\Windows CE\Smartphone\wce400\ARMV4\OpenNETCF.SDF.smp.armv4.CAB t...more >>

Hi How can I vinculate my data to datagrid? In vb.net + asp.net I use this ...... dim dr as SqlDatareader = myCommand.ExecuteReader() DatagridModel.Datasource = dr DatagridModel.DataBind() I am trying use this in VB.net pocket .... dim dr as sqlCeDataReader = mycommand.executere...more >>

Hello all, I am working on a form trying to get a eventhandler to fire when I tap on a label box.. I used the VS UI (not a custom label box) to create the label box.... then added the mouseUp event like so public frmMain() { // // Required for Windows Form Designer support // Initia...more >>

is tere anyway of being aware when a menu popup ? any idea ? ...more >>

I have a SQLCE table with a GUID for a primary key. I understand (I think) that, when adding a new record, I don't specify the primary key value. But how do I then retrieve the primary key value for the just-added record? (I'm using vb.net) Thanks for your help. - Jeff...more >>

Hi, in my 2 projects i have some shared DLLs, i want these DLLs to be used only by these projects. I could use a password and things like that, but well, the DLLs will ONLY be used by these projects. Im wondering if i put all the project Stuff in the same namespace and use Friend classes, the...more >>

Is there an easy way to dup a project via changing switches in a project/solution file? I have an app that runs under CF .NET, but, in case the Pocket PC is broken, users will need to enter data via PC. I'd like to use the CF app code, and just rebuild it for PC settings, so I do not have to clone a...more >>

I have read up on the MSDN site about the uses of the DateTimePicker, and have gotten the code to work successfully using a label as placeholder. I want to place the picker in a Listview, set it to "today" then allow the user to pick a new day for scheduling. I can handle the events after that....more >>

Hi All New to .NET Compact Frame work and am trying to run the IBuySpy Deliver Sample Application, but get the following error Read timed out Here is the build and deployment output ------ Build started: Project: IBuySpyDevice, Configuration: Debug Pocket PC ----- Preparing resources.. Up...more >>

Hello NG I use the following code (taken from opennnetcf.org) to shell the Pocket-IE. If i do so, my programm shuts down. IE is started but not activated. Any idea why? Thanks for your help in advance Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices Imports System.Text Class SHELLEXECUTEEX P...more >>

I want to know when the scrollbars are moving. I intend to use the protected propoerties VertScrollBar and HorizScrollBar but these is not present in .NET CF. Any sugerence? ...more >>

Hi guys! My pocketpc is a Siemens SX45 (phone) or a Cassiopeia E-125 (same thing!). I think the model is 2000. I know is MIPS4122 the processor with WCE300. This is the reason because i dont have a coredll.dll? what is the substitute? thx in advance! ...more >>

Hi, thinking about the differnt CAB-Files that are created i wonder why there are different CABs needed for the processortypes... i thought, that the software is .NET now! So if you build an application (without bundling it with the CF-Installation) shouldn't the EXE run on EVERY computer w...more >>

I'm trying exec insert command in Sql Database but receive this message "here is a file sharing violation. A different process might be using the file." before this , i only exec database in LOGON , but after this connection is close.. What was blocking my the file ? Tanks ...more >>

Is there a way to execute BT API (from bt_api.h) in managed code (.NET CF) ? Any working examples? Cheers ...more >>

Hi everybody I'm going crazy with this.. I'm developing an application for WM2003 with VS.NET 2003 and C# In my application, in a form that is not the beginning form (where the "Main" function is), I start a secondary thread that should periodically update the GUI. To do this I use "Invoke" to ...more >>

Hi! I wonder if it is possible to change the font size of the displayed text in treeview, the default size is a bit small in my opionen. Treeview.font isn't supported in CF. Also I changed the size of the imagelist I use for treeview nodes and after this the +/- signs in the treeview w...more >>

I am trying to get a overall difference on two dates, I can get the difference in Years, Months, Weeks, Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds, no problems... What I cannot seem to figure out is how to get: 2 Years, 3 Months, 1 Week, 3 Days, 14 Hours, 21 Minutes, 33 Seconds. The hardest part of ...more >>

After testing my program on a Compact-Maschine, I tried it on the Emulator and ran into problems. I tried to place the ProgressBar on top of the StatusBar and. the Statusbar over the Bottom of the Form (here MainForm) : sbStatusBar.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0,MainForm.ClientS...more >>

Hi! How can i know if the CF is installed in my device? ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how I can use the PostMessage API function in CF. I want to send a Enter og Return keystroke to a textBox control. Thore Berntsen ...more >>

Hi there I know in ASP.net, I can use value retrieve from <appSettings> in web.config to get runtime web service url. But how can I do so in SmartDeviceApplication? Please advice, Thank you so much Lina...more >>

Hi, I made a full screen multiline textbox. When I press right at the end of the text, a new textBox field appears ("Edit") with a Done and a Cancle button. How can I turn off this funciton? Regards, Bálint Tóth ...more >>

I have 2 png images each with one drawn black rectangle. I I display tem on classic compact framework they intersect with each other. If I display them on compact framework they cover each other. Why? ...more >>

This may sound dumb, but from the microsoft website I have seen the following: Windows CE .NET Windows CE .NET 4.2 Windows Mobile 2003 I know that CE .NET 4.2 is an upgrade from CE .NET, but is Windows Mobile 2003 an upgrade from .NET 4.2, or is it the same thing with a different name? T...more >>