Hi All, Do you know where I can find reference/code to play video(avi) over .Net CF(or WinCE)? Thanks, Radium...more >>

Hello. How can I in Compact Framework disply message box with yes/no buttons and some icon, like: MessageBox.Show("Some Text", "Title", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation) ? ...more >>

Hi, does anyone know how can I create pocket excel files? Does CompactFramework have a class to do it? Thank You, Eduardo Castro - MCSA/MCP ...more >>

Can SP2 program run in the oringinal version of CF in PPC2003? Thanks! ...more >>

I've installed PocketMTV software to play .mpeg and .avi files. I am trying to put together an application that would allow me to display a video stream in my pocket pc. How to write c# smart device application with Visual Studio .Net 2003 , to trigger the PocketTV player to play the mpeg files?(...more >>

Hi all, Within my .NET CF app on a PPC, I need to obtain folder path strings in the language the Pocket PC's operating system is set for. Using C#, I call the operating system function SHGetSpecialFolderPath via P/Invoke. While calling this function works for some CSIDL values, there are oth...more >>

What is Windows mobile 2003? Can I install it on PPC Emulator? ...more >>

What is Backoffice? Where can I find documentation on it? ...more >>

Hello All, I need to get the certificate recieved by Internet Explorer when visiting a secure web site. regards Muhammad Aftab Alam ...more >>

I would like to learn more about detecting blutooth devices in range around a pocket pc device. I am new to bluetooth, and I need to start from scratch. Could anyone please direct me to an introduction of bluetooth for .NET CF? Thanks Vish ...more >>

Hi, Our company has a windows software which is made by Authorware and Flash. Is there anyway that we can port that software to Pocket PC. Any reply would be ppreciate. Best, Kenneth ...more >>

Hi All, I need to know how can I launch some application through my code. I used System.Diganostics.Process.Start for desktop but in windows CE this is not accessible I think . regards Muhammad Aftab Alam ...more >>

Hi All, I was trying to capture OnMouseMove event for a button I put on the form, I couldnot find it through wizard. I want to perfrom some operation as soon as the mouse gets to my button. regards Muhammad Aftab Alam ...more >>

Hi folks, Any way to find the special Temp folder on the device? It doesn't appear in the OpenNetCF SpecialFolder enum. Thx Helen ...more >>

Can anyone think of any kind of error that would cause an extremely abrupt (but otherwise silent) crash on a Pocket PC 2003 device? Here a few details: 1. This seems specific to PPC 2003, our 2002 units haven't had this problem before. 2. We have seen it on a Dell Axium and a Symbol ...more >>

when I use my pda to access a mobilewebsite of my own creation - the bitmap picture does not show ( it does when I use IE on the computer that I use for development of the app) I use the cradle to connect the pda to my pc - it that why it doesnt show pictures? Trine ...more >>

Do I need to download/install PocketPC2003 SDK if I have already installed VS.Net 2003 Professional? I wish to develop Compact Framework apps only, I'm not interested in any of the non-.Net stuff. It looks like the emulator is already there, and I can target the PPC2k3. Thanks, Joe ...more >>

How can I browser a web page in my PPC C# application (in a specified Windows Form)? ...more >>

Hi all, How do I read MAC address of the Pocket PC using VB.NET application? I was able to do the same thing in ASP.NET by passing the IP address and translating it into MAC address. How is this done in VB.NET? -- Thanks for your time Goran Djuranovic ...more >>

I couldn't find an equvalent function for FillPie() or drawing a triangle in Compact Framework, what could I use instead of them? -- Sarp Arda Coskun ...more >>

Can anyone tell me what do I have to do to construct a screen that scrolls when the sip appears s that half my input screens are not hidden underneath it? ...more >>

I have various instances in my application where the WaitCursor is not showing when I have called it. On load of the application it displays OK, but I can't get it to show at any point after that. At the top of each module, I am importing the namespace: Imports System.Windows.Forms.Cursors ...more >>

Hi everybody. I'd like to understand if it's me doing something worng or if it is a common problem: I need to use CSP to setuo my pda device, but I tried many xml strings: creating connections, deleting connections, exporting configuration, etc... I used principally CM_MAPPINGS, CM_GPRSENTRIES,...more >>

hi. I have some problems with developing of web services for Compact Framework.net I think i have to use sessions to hold my objects on the server, but the CF.net does not support cookies. So how i can solve my Problem?...more >>

I have a form with label in it: public class EnrollScanForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form { private System.Windows.Forms.Label infoLabel; ..... } I show form and at some moment change label's text: infoLabel.Text = "Some info"; and form is hangs and not responding from...more >>

Does anyone know why OpenNetCF removed the barcodescanner class? -Adam ...more >>

hi how do i debug (code step thru) a class library in the CF? I tried choosing the start program as an external program which references this library, but it keeps giving me the message "A Project of the pout put type Class library cannot be debugged" and asks me to set the start program thing...more >>

The device I am developing on uses CE 4.10. It's default Compact Framework is the RTM version. I use Visual Studio 2003 and C# for development. I have tried upgrading the device to both Compact Framework SP1 and SP2 and both exhibit the same behavior. When I navigate between forms, the form...more >>

I'm using OpenNETCF's ApplicationEx in my code. there is no Idle event .... (which I plan to use) looking in winuser.h I found WM_ENTERIDLE 289 but, looking on VS.NET help file it didn't seem to be defined on WindowsCE How could I know when my appli is Idle ? (typically I want to take th...more >>

I would like to change the title color in the selected Tab in a TabControl. I appreciate any help Carmen ...more >>

Hi All I am just trying to create a small app for learning for WindowsCE so I needed to know that how can I use emulator in a good manner, I mean I dont know how to copy files to the emulator folders etc. some tutorial on using the emulator would be reall good. regards Muhammad Aftab Alam ...more >>

I'm trying to display a progress bar, on a little modal dialog. After creating a little dialog, I call it with Show() and update it with new progress bar values. the problem is it always appears maximised... I changed the dialog location and size, with the windows state to normal, but it's s...more >>

I am using the OpenNETCF.Security.Cryptography classes on a Dell Axim running PocketPC 2003 and I am getting a NTE_NO_KEY error when trying to use the RSACryptoServiceProvider class. The code runs fine on the desktop but gives this error on the device and emulator. Code is nothing special: RS...more >>

Does anyone know whether .NET CF support Palm OS? ...more >>

Hi all, We've got an application which transfers data between a .NET application on the PC and a CF application on a Pocket PC (in fact, a Symbol PPT2800). Things are working fine - except that ActiveSync regularly loses the partnership - meaning that we have to soft reset the PPT2800, and e...more >>

Hi, i have a few questions : 1. has anyone set ssid programmatically for ppc..? is it feasable? 2. i read somewhere that we could do it by desactivate WZC by changing its value at registry PPC, how we could do this task through .NET CF..? thanks for the enlightment, cheers, rey ...more >>

Hi, I have set up a new project and have connected to an Access Database using the Server Explorer. I can view my tables, and the items on the tables. I have read the help and it says I can drag and drop, table, or fields from a table onto a form. This is not happening, I get the black circ...more >>

I am designing ASP.net application and a Pocket PC application with the same functionality. does anyone have experience in creating a common data framework which disects the request and forwards to the respective data layer? has anyone created a business layer that has been reused in the PPC pr...more >>

I have a PPC CF CE app that uses RDA to pull data from SQL Server 2000 db. I'm trying to document what is needed to set IIS up for RDA. From this I'm outlining minimum software/hardware requirements. The VS2003 automatically installs SQL Server CE on the PPC but what kind of distributables do ...more >>

I can not send anything to server when the first invoking. The second time is ok. ...more >>

Hi, I want to clear the value of a listbox with VB.net. The command "listbox.items.clear()" has no results, the listbox-value doesn't change. Do I havte to refresh die listbox to see any changes? cu Tom ...more >>

Hi all, I wrote this autorun console application that install a cab from a SD card when I insert the card to the device I use only 2003 devices so I can write it in manage code. I put the cabs and the autorun.exe in "2557" directory. This is the code for the autorun console application th...more >>

Hey guys, I recently purchased 4 x Symbol MC9000k (running Windows Mobile 2003) scanners, along with cradles, and 4 x Pretec 32MB Flash MMC Cards for each scanner. In writing an application, the purpose of the flash card was to act as backup storage, should the main and backup battery run f...more >>

Hello all, I could use some help or advice concerning dial up from a hand held device. I am converting an older compact application (EVB3.0) to VB.NET. We had obtained a 3rd party DLL to perform our RAS connections/dialing before but this go around I would like to develop it myself. The...more >>

Hello, Does anybody know how to prevent the user from changing the selected tab page ? I found some code on the web that suggest to use the CausesValidation event to cancel the selectedindexchange event when the user switch between tabs. However the causevalidation event is not supported ...more >>

Hello All I am writing my first PDA application and need to know how to activate and display the KeyPad when a user points to a textbox. I've already installed NET SP2 after some advise in another thread in this newsgroup, but still, when I run the application and click on a textbox - no Ke...more >>

Hello, I am new to both .Net and pocket pc programming. I need to write an application for the pocket pc's and the same application for our desktop computers. Do I need to write all of the code twice or is there some way to reuse part of the code. Any help or suggestions would be greatly apprec...more >>

I have one "Smart Device Application"(for my Pocket PC) written in C#. After I click my "chooseMsg" button and show the OpenFileDialog ,it doesn't show me the files under the "\\Program Files\\PDAClient\\" directory. Plz help me..thx protected void chooseMsg_Click(object sender, System.EventArg...more >>

I have a PocketPC app that was developed under VS2003, and run on PocketPC 2002 devices without any problem. However when I run the same app on my newly upgraded HP5450, now running PPC 2003 I find a difference in the handling of the context menu I popup in my treeView. The PPC 2002 be...more >>

I have written a CF.NET progam that works perfectly on a Symbol MC9000 device. But, it needs a special symbol DLL to be able to do barcode scanning. Now, I need to take that program to a different type of hardware that doesn't need an external DLL. What command can I use to get the hardware type...more >>