Hi, i'd like to read data out of a text file directly into an SqlCe database. The textfile is something like this : 1;0;parent1; 2;0;parent2; 3;0;parent3; 4;1;child1parent1; 5;1;child2parent1; 6;2;child1parent2; so first number would be like an ID, second would be a parent_ID, and the ...more >>

I wanted to save some information in the registry but was stymied. The C#.NET documentation says to use a number of Win32 functions like RegistryKey, etc., none of which seem to be supported in the CF world. Is it possible to read and write to the registry and, if so, what are the assemblies tha...more >>

It's a tad out of topic but it related to my CF app. I'm creating an autorun install CD. My objective is to lauch an HTML file with a link to the setup.msi file. The problem is the link don't work ! in my html file I have <a href="setup.msi">install</a>, the link is correct if I copy paste ...more >>

in my program I could edit picture and import them from a file. we test recently from a 143Kb jpg and I have weird problem. in the program it's stored as a byte[] data; when the user want to see it I create the picture with Bitmap b = new Bitmap(new MemoryStream(data)); what's really weir...more >>

how do I show the numeric input panel ? (I mean thge default numeric input panel which appear when you clic "123") It's easy to show the input panel, but I can't find no way change the mode .... -- ihookdb Get your data mobile http://www.ihookdb.com ...more >>

Hi, im writing a program that sends a video stream to a remote pc. I've managed to get the bitmap data from the piture box control, via Bob Nicholls earlier post. My problem now is that the data is too big. The code that Bob Nicholl did seems to convert the image to a 24bit bmp, which is...more >>

txtLineTotal.Text = lstOrderDtl.Items(lstOrderDtl.SelectedIndices(0)).SubItems(0).Text().ToStrin Argument Out of range exception, the value being passed is "1 Any ideas?...more >>

How to develop managed C++ app in VS.net 2003 I am unable to figure out the steps to develop a managed C++ application using VS.net 2003. I donot get Smart device application menu in Visual C++. I have a code written fully in managed C++ and want to port it to wndows CE as a proof of concept. Any h...more >>

Hi, I've seen that stored procedures are not supported by SQL Server CE But what about calling a stored procedure from a remote standard SQL SERVER I've try this SqlConnection PubsConn = new SqlConnection ("Data Source=server;integrated " + "Security=sspi;initial catalog=pubs;") SqlCommand...more >>

(Type your message here) -------------------------------- From: stef al I make a custom control and want to show a tooltip. How to show a tooltip in Win Ce? what a class and namespace is for it? Or i must use a API function? what? ----------------------- Posted by a user from .NET 247 (...more >>

Am I missing something. This control does not support a down or up method. How can I use it to increase or decrease when the user clicks this control?...more >>

Hello, I'm going to go with my project one of two possible ways and I have to make some decisions. First, I'd like to know more details and others experiences. I have an ActiveX component which draws a lot of geometries (lines, points,polygons) and manages large amount of objects of geomet...more >>

Dim hwnd As IntPtr = FindWindow(Nothing, "LinkMan") why hwnd is always 0 when I open LinkMan_ window? ...more >>

Does any body know if there is any Microsoft based SDK for Speech Synthesis, for Pocket PC applications? I heard that SASDK works mainly with Web applications Thanks ...more >>

Hi We have just started working on developing an enterprise application using ..NET CF. We realized that there are certain properties that are not supported in .NET CF. For instance, we need to use Hashtable but the "Item" property of that is not supported in CF. How do we get the value corre...more >>

Hi ther I have created a display page in my application which contains bitmaps and various other GUI controls. I intend to print this form thru IR or network printer. Is there a way to print the form itself or save the form image as a bmp/jpg file? Thanks...more >>

Hello, does anybody know when is the FocusedItem property of a ListView updated? Using the code below I try to set the Focus to the next item. In the full ..NET Framework it works like this. In the .NET Compact Framework the FocusedItem property does not change and the next time this code is r...more >>

I've got a Spalsh screen that loads first and enables a timer. I want to wait a second then go to the main form and dispose of the Splash screen to save memory - also to avoid having to close two forms on exit. Seems like it is very hard to refer to another form in CF apps..... The code below...more >>

How Can I get All API Function Supported by Windows Ce? ...more >>

I have a PPC CF program which don't use ActiveSync but, instead connect (preferably wirelessly :) to any computer it could reach via the IP address. Now I get one problem, let's someone haveing a laptop, and a PPC with my program and this person is outside any network and is network is disabled...more >>

Hi I am developing an app in VB.NET for the PocketPC and the customer wants to log every time the system clock is changed. (So delivery drivers can't roll back the clock to cheat the system.) Is there a way to either 1) prevent the system date/time from being changed or 2) raise an event t...more >>

What is the best way to display a "wait" graphic (say, an hourglass) while switching between forms? My application has a form that requires several seconds of processing before its paint routine finishes, so I need to give the user some idea that he/she needs to wait. Notice that I didn't sa...more >>

Hi all I don't want to allow the user to move a form using the titlebar How can I achieve this in .NET compact framework (I know that the same is easily possible in .NET framework by trapping the corresponding message Thanking you ...more >>

Hi Newsgroup, I'm trying to show some complex information (which I receive from a webservice) in a Smart Device Application. The data is too complex to show it in a normal textbox. I would be happy if I could use links, different font sizes and colors. I could write all information formatted as...more >>

Summary: I successfully developed and ran a program that uses OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework when deploying to emulator or a device from Visual Studio .Net 2003 Pro, but it doesn't work when I attempt to install SDF myself from a CAB file. Details: Developed a program (let's call it MyApp, ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to follow this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/TodayScrn.asp to start developing a today screen application with .Net. I try to compile the C++ code. But I dont get an error message Deleting intermediate files and o...more >>

I've added five 41x41 pixel bitmaps to an ImageList. I then programmatically add different pictures from the imagelist into picture controls which too are 41x41. Setting the image propertyy for the pictureboxes works great at design time but during run time, the images are shrunken to 16x16 p...more >>

In my Windows CE.NET 4.0 application (written in VB.NET), I have two needs regarding sqlClient. 1. Determine whether sqlClient has been installed on the device. 2. If sqlClient has not been installed, then install it automatically. 2.a. From a startup batch file, can I have sqlClient.cab i...more >>

I am trying to build an interface that sort of looks like a drop-down menu in some webpages that is colorful and animated. I thought that a TreeView might be a starting point... I was wondering if there is anyway I can change the TreeView appearance so that I can add labels, buttons or combo boxes...more >>

Hi all In my current project I need to play a video file on the PDA, the format of the file doesnt matter, i can just convert the video to the currently supported format.I am using a PDA with PPC 2003. Does anyone know how to do this? Regards Anders ...more >>

I have made this simple funcion running into a eVC++ .dll - just displaying Hi World void Test( { HWND hWnd HDC hDc hWnd=GetActiveWindow() hDc= GetDC(hWnd) ExtTextOut (hDc, 10, 10, ETO_OPAQUE, NULL, _T("Hi World !"), 4, NULL) ReleaseDC(hWnd,hDc); If I...more >>

In my .NETCF application I have created an equivelent to an INI file. It's file type is .txt. I'm using it to read in application configuration settings as described in "The definitive Guide to the .NET Compact Framework". I just used VS2003.NET to deploy my application (which I have se...more >>

I followed the "Walkthrough: Authoring a Custom Control for Smart Device Applications" to create a custom control with a design time counterpart How do I get more than one custom control in a class library dll? Right now I have a control that inherits from System.Windows.Forms.TextBox. I added...more >>

Since I have seen Pocket PC applications that can view/add/edit/delete appointments from the Appointments database on the Pocket PC, how can you programmaticaly access that database using the Compact Framework? Has anyone written a class that can handle that access? ...more >>

using BitConverter.ToString() in Compact Framework has some bugs. The resulting hex string does not have a consistent format for each byte converted from the input byte array. for example: Byte array with values, (9,0,0,0,115,105,103,110,97,116,117,114,101,224,0,0,0,51,0,0,0,1) result in...more >>

When setting the Text property of a form in either InitializeComponent or load event, the value will display upon first instantiation and showing of the form. If I hide the form and then show it again, the Text property value will not show - it gets overwritten by the Start menu label and is not ...more >>

I, i'm not able to connect to my device using the smart auth util. The utility is installed on my device it connect using the utility on my computer but when I try to connect in the IDE, I got an error saying that the device is not present ! Any idea ? Patrick Martineau BETAID:...more >>

I'm trying to send data from a PDA to a listener using TcpClient and NetworkStream. The problem is that is seems to not being recieving all the data. It looks like there is a up limit of 45000 or so bytes. Anyone having any ideas on how to send an unlimited or unknown ammount of data from a...more >>

i read xml file with Dataset.ReadXml method after i inert data to SqlSERverCE with Adapter. Update Method but i take Error message about buffer size ...more >>

Hi I am creating a single XML file that shall have data as well as schema of my dataset. I am able to view the full XML source. But how can I use the XML Designer to modify the XML Schema? I can use the Designer to add rows to it. But in order to modify the schema I am requiring to create the .XSD...more >>

Hello Everyone, I wanted to know how to get bitmap handle for BitBlt functionality in C# 'coz before bitblt functionality i need to use "SelectObject" fuction which require handle to bitmap. Thanx...more >>

I experience a problem with my initializecomponent, it has grown to large so it's exceeds the max size. The solution for this is to split the function in several parts but then you loose the graphical design time ability Is there an easy way to go around the block size (64K) and still see all com...more >>

How can I take a erived dataset and populate a sql server ce database table that matches the dataset. I understand the concept of taking a table (ex. via sql) from sql server ce and using a data adapter to fill a dataset...now how can I reverse the process. ...more >>

Hi all, I'd appreciate some feedback on persisting user-settings. In my app, I have 3 different XML files that are used to persist data. I'm going nuts to try and lower the load time in my app. Reading the XML files are not TOO bad, but I've done a few very simple benchmarks to get an idea...more >>

I am using code to build a Checklist in a Panel and I would like a way to wrap the text of the checkbox if it is wider than the panel. Since I am building the checklist dynamically I can use a Label for the text, which will wrap the text. But I would still need to figure out the correct he...more >>

Hi, Does anyone have a sample piece of code that enables the scanner? I have downloaded the Symbol Mobility Kit but all of the samples throw exceptions. All I want to do is just to scan something in - the rest I'll work out myself. However, it doesn't matter how many different instantiations ...more >>

Hi! I was reading the book by Larry Roof "The Definitive Guide to the .NET Compact Framework" and one more book "Sql Server CE Database Development in ..NET Framework" (duno about the author). The thing is I try to search the example of using the SqlParameter and calling the StoredProcedure...more >>

Hi All, Can anyone please tell me how can I build an OS image in platform builder that will work with Visual Studio 2003? So I can debug from Visual Studio? I'm creating SmartDevice .NET Compact Framework applications that I would like to debug from Visual Studio. Is it possible to do line-...more >>

Hi Folks, I'm trying to access all columnheaders of a listview on a form. I can't access the listview.ColumnHeaderCollection.Item(x).text ;-( Any ideas/suggestions/help on this topic ? I'm using VB .NET with CF I need to get/set every columnheader text. (actually, I need to retrieve it...more >>

Hi, I am developing a C# application for Windows CE. I have about 88 MB free memory on my device, but I got some strange out of memory exceptions so I decided to write a simple memory testing app that allocates memory until this is no longer possible. This application can however only allocate...more >>