Is it possible to use a HELP file from with in a VB application. What I would like to do is have a MS Help file for the whole application and have a button on a form that will display a specific page in the help file. ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to call Microsoft Reader from a VB app? ...more >>

Dear All, How do I create a GPRS connection programatically through my own application. If some one have some sample code (VB.NET or C#), please post it or provide me some URL for sample code. Regards, Arif...more >>

I've a project made in CF Windows CE.NET. The target machine screen is 800*424. When I use the Emulator I cant se the entire screen! Can I change the resolution in the emulator ...more >>

I attended the MDC and want to download the presentations held on this event. This may be possible by using the URL http://www3.mscorpevents.com/mdc/ . Unfortunately a login / password is required. Can anybody help me ? I heard it is on the badge I've already thrown away. Best regards, Thomas ...more >>

Is there a way to create a Cab file for a windows ce.net forms application that when executed, it does the install (and possibly uninstall) of a program without any interface / keypresses needed? ...more >>

Hi all I have a white bitmap with RGB as 255,255, 255. Its changing to a bitmap with RGB 248, 248 , 248 when displayed on IPAQ Any help will be appreciated Cheers Sans...more >>

I need to update the top first row of a table with a sql query, I'v connected my ppc to a sql server 2000, and from the ppc i need to run the query. I know the query should look something like this: update set code='xxx' (select top 1 * from tablename) Any ideas? Tomer. ...more >>

Hi all, I wonder if there is a way to know if in a LAN/WAN a PC (I know the name or the IP) is reachable. Is there? :) Thanks! ...more >>

Hello, I use HttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream to post some data from a PocketPC to a WEB page. Sometimes, totally inconsistent, the call times out. At the same time the call from a device times out, some other devices are able to post. Then it's other device's turn to time out, while the one th...more >>

Hello. How can I use the content of any cell in a DataGrid. For example, I want to show the content of a cell when I click it. Regards, Diego F. ...more >>

Keep getting error: SQL Server CE encountered problems in creating the SQL Server CE database. [,,,Connection string,, //-- delete database fil if (File.Exists(@strLocalDBFile) { File.Delete(@strLocalDBFile) //-- create local database SqlCeEngine engine = new ...more >>

I wouldn't think twice about this on the desktop, but for Pocket PCs I want to be a little more "performance" aware. Any ideas on raising events at certain times? I'm looking to run a method at the top of the hour, every hour if the app is running. I realize I can use a timer to periodically...more >>

Is IOCTL_PROCESSOR_INFORMATION / PROCESSOR_INFO no longer supported in the OpenNetCF library? I ran across this article that said that it was implemented in OpenNetCF. I browsed the help and searched the source code but didn't find any reference to it. Randy Beckwith "Alex Feinman [MVP]" ...more >>

Hi, is there a way to prevent user from selecting DataGrid's single rows and deleting them, but I still need to edit the rows Thanks for any help Mauríci ...more >>

What is the process for debugging a System.MissingMethodException error? I am using vb.net in the Compact Framework. Mine appears in a Mousedown event, but if I wrap a Try/Catch in that code, a System.MissingMethodException error then appears at the Application.Run(New Form1) level., with...more >>

Hi I am using a ListView with "Full Row Select" propert set to true. Now I want a handle a simple menu item click event. That is I want to know that a menu item is clicked. I used SelectedIndexChanged event. But it fires an event only if I am clicking on a different menu item (or different row) bu...more >>

I managed to export a registry entry into a .reg file. Now I want to merge this .reg on other Pocket PCs. Is there a system command or utility to do this? *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!...more >>

greetings, we are thinking of extending our winforms app to allow certain data to be entered via a handheld. i am assuming that the starting point is to write our front end app that runs on the compact framework, the question is can i use visual studio.net 2003 to do this? now we have to h...more >>

I'm having the hardest time reading and writing a simple class object to and from a file in the CF. Could someone show me how to write a class object to a file? Then if I have multiple objects in a file, how do I read them out one by one? Thanks Stephen...more >>

After several tries of my AP on PPC, I have noticed a minor glitch with it. I've noticed that my Application could be opened several time simultaneously. Even though it's not creating any errors so far, however, I'm afraid it might be in the future. I've done some search and found "GetProce...more >>

Using VB.Net, I'd like to use a panel control as a container for a TabControl, but when I place the TabControl inside the panel, the TabControl becomes as wide as the form. This isn't what I want to do. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong??? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Is there a way to run an application on the background, and avoid the spinning cursor display This is what I am trying to do I have a dll that instanciated an exe when ActiveSync attemps to Sync. The exe check for files on the Web and downloads and updates some files on the PocketPC. If a files i...more >>

.... but that's not what I was doing! I was running Emulator for Windows CE inside of Virtual PC 2004. Can this problem be fixed? -- John Saunders John.Saunders at SurfControl.com ...more >>

Hi there, I have a file on a server (XML doc) and the exact matching file on a PPC2003 device. The file on the server changes. The next time I connect with the device, I want to get the updated file. This is over GPRS so I would only like to get the DELTA of the two files and move that a...more >>

Has anyone disassembled the install cab for the .NET CF to see exactly what it does so that a custom cab file could be built that installs the CF + app files together? The .inf files that are used to generate the .NET CF install cabs would be ideal. ...more >>

I am trying to write a dll for a PWM driver. I am using Platform Builder 4.2 for the x-scale. When i try to register the dll I use the code below and get error type 2. dll = RegisterDevice(L"PWM", 1, L"pwm.dll", 0); In my dll project I have a init function, PWM_INIT. What should the ...more >>

Hello everyone, I worte a simple "Hello World" WebService and a window client in C# to call the WebService. Win-Client does work fine on my laptop but when I deploy the win-client(Compact) application on PocketPC it doesn't work and give error. I found at google that there are some PocketS...more >>

Hi! I want to get the mouseposition where I tapped on the screen and the contextmenu appears. My contextmenu is attached to a datagrid. I've read about others that had the same problem as I but I didn't find any soloution that worked. I've tried the following: Control.MousePosition ...more >>

I am trying to send multicast messages using the following cod Socket socket =new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp) socket.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.IP, SocketOptionName.MulticastTimeToLive, ttl) socket.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.IP, Socket...more >>

I want to change two parameters of the ras connection settings in Win CE(PocketPC 2002) from my application. The "dialing patterns" and "My network card connects to". Can I change these Parameters in the Registry or on API Call ? Or on any other way ? Thanks Michael ...more >>

Hi, I need to send files/data between 2 or more Pocket PCs using Blue Tooth and C# CF code. Is there a Microsoft API for utilizing Blue Tooth? I know POOM allows me to select blue tooth to send contacts and files but the POOM API is not flexible and I want to use my own forms and code for s...more >>

This is so puzzling...maybe someone here with has a suggestion to help me. It started when I added an If statment (CurrentTab <> "A" ) to this code in a MouseDown event (Note: the image bitmap assignment was working *FINE* until I added the IF code around it): Private Sub pictTabA_MouseDo...more >>

Hi I have an app with a tab control with 3 pages, on each page is approx 20-25 buttons. Using the OpenNetCF ButtonEx takes at least twice as long to draw(See each button drawing 1 at a time on screen) than the standard Buttons(Marginal Flicker). Anyone know how I could speed this up or why thi...more >>

Does Compact Framework support speech to text ?? Can I use the agent technology in Compact Framework ??...more >>

If I have a client application running on a PPC, can I make calls to that application from a web service? If so, how would I do it? Because wouldn't the application running on the PPC have to become a server, and if so does PPC support that? Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Stephen...more >>

I guess the subject is quite explicit ; I have a couple of xml files which I would like to use to poulate a TreeView. Is this feasible ?? I'd also like to (if that is possible) to load only certain nodes of the tree and not its entirity. Something like : Parent Child C...more >>

Hello everyone i want to implement a toolbar with 3 buttons on it. I'd like to place an image OR some text on those buttons. I'd like to make an OK-button, a Cancel-button and a Tree-button (which goes back to a Treeview). Anyone can tell me how to implement this Thanx......more >>

Hi All! Is there any way to prevent changing listView control columns width? I have to hide some columns in listView, setting they width to 0, but some users could change their width and saw a column content. Thanks for any help! Kind regards Krzysztof Kazmierczak...more >>

Hi - I'm having a problem programmatically selecting listview items. I have a listview (Details view) with 59 rows, showing 7 visible rows. My first selection runs fine, but my second selection throws a native exception. For example, the following 4 statements run fine: frmlist.lvwList....more >>

Hi All, I am have created a deployment project based on the MSDN example. The problem I have is that it won't install on my pocket pc giving me an "unsupported device type..." error. I am using the signature capture control from HoodCanal systems in my project and I sure it is the reason wh...more >>

Hi. I want to use XMLTextWriter & Reader because I heard that they are faster and don't allocate the entire xml-file in memory like XMLDom do. However, the reader and writer don´t seem to work well together because I get a xmlException when I try to read a stream that I just have written...more >>

Somehow I messed up my system so my VS will no longer connect to my Pocket PC device though activesync or explorer can find it no problem and it can find the internet through my desktop. Any ideas?...more >>

Hello, I have a datagrid that load the data with a DataView. I need to use the value shown in any row. I know how to select a cell when the DataGrid loads the data directly from a DataSet, but not with a DataView. How can I do that? Regards, Diego F. ...more >>

Hi, I've finished my C# mobile app and I want that when I install the app in my Pocket executing CAB file, when the installation finished the application launch automatically... it's possible? how can I do it? Thanks, JM ...more >>

According to this Microsoft Knowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306149 You have to add a registry entry to get a reusable assembly to show up in the "Add Reference" dialog box. This works great with the Desktop Framework, yet I'm unable to get...more >>

I'm new to Pocket PC development and I'm converting an application from eVB to .NET. Something I've noticed is that the author of this application uses the Form's Activated event in ways that I am used to using the Form's Load event (in desktop development). I'm curious if it's typical in Pocket...more >>

Is there a way on the pocketPC to get rid of the Windows button? ...more >>

How can you add hints and predefefind values to your own-created functions? Please post a code example. To illustrate what I mean: Hints: When you type "system.Windows.Forms.Button" Visual sudio gives a hint (a description): "represent a windows button control" Predefined values...more >>

Hi I'm trying to copy a text file from one handheld to another handheld, they are both iPAQ h2210's, via IR. I found an example of how to do this on the net and almost have it working. I can receive the stream over IR but I can't seem to write it to a file. Here is my code to receive and write it...more >>