Hi, I have a VB6 program which create a recordset and save it as XML file. Then I start a .Net framework application to read the XML file and populate a datagrid, which works fine. However, when I do the same thing on the PPC with .NET CF, nothing comes out from the datagrid on the PPC. ...more >>

Hi! I am writing an application that should fetch some data in the background. Each file should be downloaded in a thread. Afterwards I would like to display the results in a document in the mobile internet explorer. Well, async callback couldn't be used in the cf 2.0. How could it be mad...more >>

Hi, Can the BindingSource control be used with a SqlCeResultSet? Any documentation or eamples would be great! Thanks ...more >>

In the WM 5.0 release, the bit replication functions do not work with POOM oids. * CeSetReplChangeBitsEx * CeGetReplChangeBitsEx * CeClearReplChangeBitsEx http://blogs.msdn.com/ce_base/archive/category/10306.aspx Does anyone know if Microsoft is planning on making these function calls w...more >>

Hello, I have the same problem as the other messages with "IrDa DiscoverDevices" in the title : Apparently the method DiscoverDevices of IrDAClient does not work, at least up to SP1. I found this text at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en- us/wceappservices5/h...more >>

Hello Working under VS 2005 Beta2 & Visual C# I'd like to have a form (lets call it splashScreen) which prints a big company logo on the background of the form (full screen). >From this I want to derive several differnt other forms with different labels/buttons/.. on it. The problem is...more >>

hi, I'm new in CF. I want to port a source code to windows mobile 5.0. Could i use following namespaces in CF ? using System; using System.Threading; using System.Net; using System.Text; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; using System.Reflection; using System.IO;...more >>

I'am testing visual studio beta 2.0, using Pochet PC Emulator it was working propely, but since 3 days i have an error when i start the connection with the emulator the message is : Connection failed. Could not connect to network. verify network configuration ??? yes but how can i veri...more >>

I'm installing VS.NET 2005 Beta2 in a clean machine. I don't want to install VS.NET 2003, but I could need CF 1.0. How do I install it without VS.NET 2003? I remember CF 1.0's DLLS used to lay in Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Compact Framework\...... I do only want to install C...more >>

I've already read many different articles about your application being screen-orientation arare and dpi aware. You know all devices have got different screen sizes. My application should target as much devices as it could, and the application should be shown in maximized mode all the time, wit...more >>

I've already read many different articles about your application being screen-orientation arare and dpi aware. You know all devices have got different screen sizes. My application should target as much devices as it could, and the application should be shown in maximized mode all the time, wit...more >>

This: WebRequest request; WebResponse response; bool isConnected = false; try { request = WebRequest.Create(targetAddress); response = request.GetResponse(); System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show( response.GetResponseStream().ToString()); request.Abort(); ...more >>

I made a full screen by using SHFullScreen Function. But in case, MessageBox shows and then I click 'OK' to hide MessageBox. and continuously MessageBox shows, then I click 'OK' to hide MessageBox again. after doing above work, full screen mode is broken. (I can click start menu.) How ca...more >>

Hi all, I am created text file on Turkish Locale Pc and i transferred this text file to my PDA (installed WinCE.NET) PDA locale setting is English (Turkish locale not exists on PDA).. When, I am read text file on device with StreamReader (Encoding.GetEncoding(1254)) this Exception occu...more >>

Hi! Is it possible to use Asynchronous Delegates in the upcoming Compact Framework?? THX! Tobias...more >>

I have an application with c# and c++ COM components for PPC 2002 device. After running for a while it crashed quitly. Could this be a low memory issue? Is there any profiler tool i could use to ckeck for memory leaks in c# app? ...more >>

I'm using Visual Basic .NET and need to know if anyone knows how to loop through all the items of a listview and check if the checkbox for each item is selected or not. All I need to know is if one is selected, then I can exit my loop....more >>

Hi, After a hard reset & re-installing .NET CF I got an error when I tried to run my program setup: TypeLoadException Could not load type OPENNETCF.Security.Cryptography.Rijndael from assembly OPENNETCF Version = .... What is the best way to include this file in my setup application wi...more >>

When attempting to setup for deployment of an app to a WinCE device I from Vs2003 Ide I get the following error when attempting to setup Vs2003 via menu item "\Tool\SmartDeviceAuthenicationUtility" (I have entered the proper Ip address of the WinCe device, which is accessable via Hypertermina...more >>

Hi, I have to expand and collapse nodes of a TreeView depending on the status of the node's CheckBox. Therefore I have to prevent the user from expanding and collapsing the nodes by pressing the left and right arrow keys. In the full framework this is easy done by tracking the KeyDown event...more >>

Hi! I'm having a problem using asynchronous socket communication over UDP to connect to a NTP server. The problem I'm having is if I use synchronous communication to the server all is fine but if I switch over to asynchronous communication nothing is received. private void Start(string h...more >>

Hi, I'm using a DLL that has a function which receives a pointer to a struct like this (in c++): struct Example{ int var1; BYTE buff[20]; char res; } The function: int function (Example* ex) { return 0; } I'd like to have something like this (in C#): public struct Ex...more >>

Hi, I post this message after trying this for two days. Maybe I would have to post this message in another group, but I'm sure you will be going to inform me of that. Aim ==== Using a .NET component (in fact a single C# class) as a COM component (inproc server) from an native C++ applicat...more >>

Greetings, I think I know the answer to this question already but I thought it would be worth while to ask it anyways. I need to convert a bitmap object to a byte array...is there anyway to do this? Is there any easy way to save a bitmap to a file? I'm taking byte array converting it to a ...more >>

Hi, I have 3 tiers that run on the Pocket PC, business, data and UI. The business and data tier - even though this code is local, is contained in class libraries. I can't seem to animate code contained in these class libraries. The .pbd file has been created in the DEBUG folder but VS.NET...more >>

While playing with CF 2.0 and VS.NET 2005 Beta2 I've noticed that MonthCalendar control's behaviour is quite strange and unexpected. They have published "DateChanged" event as the unique way of achieving the date being selected in the calendar. As usual, this event fires when a date is selected ...more >>

Hi all Warnning - newbie .NET programmer! I often see people calling functions from within dlls, coredll.dll in the case of the CF for example, but how does one locate the methods available and find help associated with that method? Thanks Lea ...more >>

I am trying to generate a Performance report for the Smart Device application. I have downloaded the PerfstatsCS and set the registry keys as mentioned. However i am unable to figure out when exactly the stat file is being generated. It gets generated at times when i run that PerfstatsCS pro...more >>

I have ran this test in Query Analyzer 3.0.5040 Select a,iif(b>0,10,20) from mytable I got an error with "not supported function" message. Anyone can confirm me that this function is not supported? Where can I find a list of supported functions in SQL 2005 CE? ...more >>

Quick question...how do I iterate through the items of a listbox and highlight the item that matches a text string I'm searching for?...more >>

Is there a way to detect the mac adress of a web service caller? I have several wince decices that change often ip, i want to detect them using mac address. Thanks ...more >>

I am just starting development on a PocketPc 2003 application where the customer (think of him as Kim Jong-il) wants this application to be the ONLY application available to the persons that will use it. Basically he wants the device to start up running this application and to refuse to allow th...more >>

I am trying to make it so when a user clicks on an item in a listview that 3 textboxes are populated. Here is what I have so far: Private Sub ListView1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListView1.SelectedIndexChanged If ListV...more >>

I have been developing a CF application in Visual Studio 2003.NET and am now ready to deploy it for testing. I can deploy it to the device connected to my development machine, but I want to create an installer, etc. Everything I can find indicates that in Visual Studio, after I run "Build Ca...more >>

Whenever I download a .NET CF application, during the installation of the System_SR_ENU.cab file I get a messagebox pop up saying "The program is not compatible with the current operating sytem and, therefore, may not run on this device. Do you want to continue the installation?" This has ...more >>

Hi, I'm new to developing software for the Smartphone (in .net cf in general) But I came across a problem that I really would appreciate some help with. I'm writing a small app. where a user enters some text in a textbox, and after each entry a checkbox is formed on the form. (kind of lik...more >>

In my pre-WM 5.0 code, I would call CeOidGetInfo() on the oids I retrieved using POOM. However, with WM 5.0, the same CeOidGetInfo() calls now fail. I'm assuming that it is because the data is now stored in EDB. Question: What is the WM 5.0 way to get more information about an oid returne...more >>

Hi everybody! I am developing for a Symbol PPT8800 with Visual Basic .Net 2003. I've desisted from using the emulator because it doesn't work (TypeLoadException and more), so I am developing my application deploying (Debug>start without debugging) to the device every time. The problem is that...more >>

Has anybody tested successfully SoundPlayer control from OpenNETCF v1.3 in CF 2.0? The method PlayLooping used to work very weel with CF 1.0 and VS.NET 2003. Now, in with CF 2.0 and VS.NET 2005 is not working anymore. I understand this control has been developed and tested only for CF 1.0 a...more >>

Hello, I've had great success in this forum finding out how to use the IMessageFilter. I have it working well on a test form I've built. The next challenge I face is this: I need to be able to intercept a key (F1 in this example) on two different forms. An F1 keypress on one form woul...more >>

I am using VS2005 beta2 to create a CAB file for my device project. It installs ok, but does not place a shortcut to my application in the Programs view. The inf file has a [Shortcuts] block which is empty. I have tried editing this file manually but it gets overwritten when the setup proje...more >>

Hi, On Pocket PC 2003 in C#, I have created a table which is using an uniqueidentifier type of data : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SqlCeConnection connDB = new SqlCeConnection(); SqlCeCommand cmndDB = new SqlCeCommand(); .... cmndDB.CommandTe...more >>

object fieldInfo = new int[5,2] {{1,2},{2,2},{3,4},{4,2},{5,2}}; The above is passed in as FieldInfo parameter in OpenText method, but it doesnt work even when datatype given is text or date, the csv file open date format mm/dd/yyyy that is not the format we wanted. ...more >>

Hi there, i have written a simple application for the pocket pc. now i wanna store and recieve some data from access or sql server database. but the oledb things are not really working, or ? how can i do that ? ...more >>

--> Does someone have a short code example ?? Hi, A customer requested to permanently activate the red Function key on a HHP Dolphin 9550. This key behaves like a SHIFT key for function keys. They have to make a lot of key entries: RED KEY - F1 RED KEY - F2 RED KEY - F3 .... and ...more >>

Hi. I've implemented the code from http://www.opennetcf.org/PermaLink.aspx?guid=2506b870-b88f-4370-8d52-7007242acdb9 in my CF library and added some functionality and it works fine. But the problem I have is that each shown form is also visible in the task bar. Is there any way to only sh...more >>

Hello I search a component to admin COM port on my pocket PC. In OpenNetCF 1.4, I have found different component to do this BUT I found 2 components OpenNetCF.IO.Port.SerialPort and OpenNetCF.IO.Serial.Port component ! moreover, GPS composant use OpenNetCF.IO.Serial.Port ... Why Op...more >>

Customer reported that Axim X51V wasn't returning the same ports as X50V. The application looks for ports under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\Active. Apparently it is not finding Bluetooth Serial Port COM8: and Bluetooth Serial Port COM7:. These are virtual serial ports - did they move? Is t...more >>

I have a program that is almost finished. My problem is that I can only seem to get it to run through the Visual Studio connection. This program needs to run itself when the machine reboots. However, when I reboot the machine, the program will not run under any circumstances. The most annoying pa...more >>

I'm pulling an image filed via RDA Pull in a table. Trying to assign = that image to a Picturebox control. picSmallPicture.Image =3D .Item("PatientPicture") Had tried the the picImagePicture.Image =3D New = Bitmap(Ctype(.Item("PatientPicture"), Byte())) but it doesn't like that syntax.... ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to set up a simple worker thread that handles creating a SQL CE database using Thread class then starting it. This doesn't seem to work on the Pocket PC as it does on the desktop. When I start a thread on Pocket PC as soon as I press a button the thread seems to stop and ...more >>

Ok, I've searched all over the net and I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I'm trying to develop a game similar to Wizardry or Bard's Tale in the Compact Framework. I have the core logic and such, but what I'm having a problem with is trying to create a 3D viewpoint based on a 2D array ...more >>

i am attempting to get a handle on options available for transfering data between our network and the WInCE devices we are beginning to develop applications for. Applications are being created using VS.Net 2003 and targeted to the WinCE device. actually, these are Symbol MC9000G scanners, an...more >>

Hello, in a new project I will be creating a form with a list of customers, I would like it to be much like the POOM contact form. Were I can tap on it to show details, or hold down the stylus and it bring up a menu. is there a control out there that behaves like this or any examples of t...more >>

To setup my device after a hard reset I made a config app which runs from a SD card. One of the steps is to install the CF SP3 (by calling wceload.exe). This starts fine, but then comes up with messages saying that some files are in use (cgautil, mscoree.dll, etc.) and it can't overwrite them...more >>

Hi, I am attemping to use the StorageCard class but am unable to find struct DiskFreeSpace? I am using version 1.2 of ONCF. Am I missing something here. Regards Simon....more >>

Hi, I have a 256-color-image that I want to render on my mobile device. If I put it into an HTML page the rendering is ok. However, if I put it into a PictureBox, the color depth is reduced. DrawImage has the same effect. How can I change this?? Regards Stephen...more >>

Hi, I'm playing with the Bluetooth library v1.5 that Peter Foot released some weeks ago here: http://32feet.net/default.aspx The "ObjectPush" example application detects my mobile phone Nokia 6100 but I'm having problems with a glucometer I've recently bougth. This glucometer can transfer (...more >>

hello to everybody, do you know some pocketpc library that can load a tiff image (even with fax3/4 encodint) that support wince? I need to interface with it for my .net compact application. Regards, Davide...more >>

Hi all, I have a CF app that has been developed for a few years now and has been working perfectly on PPC 2002, WinMobile 2003 and WinMobile 2003 SE operating systems. I distribute my app on a CD and have a customized installer using Windows Installer. My installer installs my app's file...more >>

Hello, I am new .net and the whole mobile programming scene but I am having the worst time with setting permissions. I am programming an app for an o2 mini, it has a hidden directory called databases, with all the files inside hidden also. Now I cant check if it exists because the path is not ...more >>

For DPI aware apps, Microsoft says do this: Put res2exe.exe and hidpi.res in Visual Studio .NET 2003's command line path. However, I'm completely clueless as to how to do this...can someone help me out here?...more >>

When I call showdialog on a form, I'd like the focus to be on a certain text box. If I say "Form.textBox1.Focus()", then call Form.Showdialog(), the Focus() call is ignored. I can't seem to find an Form event to trap (like Activate) that is supported by the .Net Compact Framework. Does anyb...more >>

I'm developing a vb.netCF windows forms app on an intermec 700 series (730) with PPC 2003. I have a Main module that calls Application.Run(Form1) I'm instantiating a barcode reader object in Form1 and call ThreadedRead(False) at the end of each successful barcoderead event. At a certain poin...more >>

Hi All, I'm trying to use the PXA255 I2C controller and am having some problems making it work. I intend to use the controller, for the time being at least, from managed .NET code running on compact framework. I have written a c# class to read and write 32 bit numbers to Physical IO ...more >>

Hi, I have a certain directory structure in my VS-project, that I want to automatically keep on my smartphone after compiling (not after deploying) project. Is it possible? Thank you Dir. example: -VS project -dir1 -file.xml -dir2 -file.xml ......more >>

Hi, I am using POCKET PC iPaq model. There is Today menu acts like "Show Desktop" icon in Desktop. Suppose there are three forms... When my application runs, Form A will be shown....On form A, there is button A. When user clicks button A, Form B will be created and shown. On Form B, t...more >>

>> I'm having problems getting the IMessageFilter implementation working. I >> want to intercept keypress events using the IMessageFilter. Below is the >> code I'm using for a form in VB.NET 2003. The IMessageFilter code is >> never hit when I run the applicaiton. Any suggestions are appreci...more >>

Hi all Bet others have asked but nothing seems recent. How on earth do get the PocketPC 2003SE emulator to talk to VS2005 IDE (all running within a VPC). I've spent two days (nearly) and have finally admitted defeat! Please help.... Here's what I've done so far... 1. Added LoopBac...more >>

I am running dotnet compact on windows mobile 2003 connecting to a webservice over a wireless connection. Setting the timeout doesn't seem to work if the device has received any of the reply and the wireless connection drops off. The application appears to get stuck in the dotnet web services co...more >>

I have add a new Datacolum to DataTable like this myDataCol.Expression = "(A * 100)/ B"; The problem is that B sometimes is 0 so I get the divided by zero error. I would like something like if B <> 0 then.... Any Idea?...more >>

Is there a way of achieving a week by week monthcalendar control? That is, I need a control with the monthcalendar control appearance but instead of showing whole days os the month, I need it to show seven days of a week. When you click on "next", next week's days would appear and show on... ...more >>

Hi, Here is the code to found the storage directory : Dim rootDir As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo("\") Dim attrStorageCard As FileAttributes = (FileAttributes.Directory Or FileAttributes.Temporary) Dim fsi As FileSystemInfo For Each fsi In rootDir.GetFileSystemInfos() If ((fsi.Attri...more >>

Hello I written aplication for merchant, which uses Sql Server CE, web services and OpenNETCF library. Aplication work OK. But sometimes when I try to launch application on Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, it's crashed with TypeLoadException error. In details is "MobileSales.exe TypeLo...more >>

Hi all, I'd be glad if you answer my questions below. 1- Which one should I choose when I start SmartDevice application within VS.NET; PocketPC or Wince.NET? I want both platforms to be supported. Or which one will be in favour in the future? For example, the ones I have coded with PocketP...more >>

I am in the research stage of a project that will deliver to Pocket PC. It's a student project for my Masters degree, and as such is taking a long time to get going as I have work and other commitments ... but that's fine as I have time to research thoroughly before I start coding. But it also...more >>

Hi, I have been working on my thesis about simple image processing. I have to process 10 mb JPEG image. It has approximately 4000 * 3000 pixels. I have to take the needed parts of image. For example user wants a rectange between (400,400) and (1000,1000). The code will read image as a strea...more >>

I have this error, i don't know why! Une exception non g=E9r=E9e du type 'System.InvalidOperationException' s'est produite dans System.Data.Common.dll Informations suppl=E9mentaires : Dynamic SQL generation for the UpdateCommand is not supported against a SelectCommand that does not re...more >>

Hi, I want to get the totalBytes and the availBytes. My problem is now, that the totalByte size equals the availByte size. What is wrong? I use the public class MemStatus from http://www.dotnetfordevices.com/snippets/8.html thank you...juvi...more >>

I have a need to know where my EXE is located, so I can load/save some settings to a file. In a windows App I would just use Application.ExecutablePath, but this isn't available in the compact frame work. Any ideas? ...more >>

I've searched, and it's been a while since someone posted a message about obfuscators. I wanted to know opinions on the best obfuscators available right now for .NET CF. Also was anybody able to use Dotfuscator successfully? Thank you. ...more >>

Can someone take a moment to educate me on the options to embed windows media 10 into my mobile 5.0 application. I have VS2005 Beta 2 installed along with Windows Media Player 10 SDK and Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK. I have a C# mobile application started but I can't see where I can a...more >>

Hi NG, I found samples how to save images to bitmap files on th web. In my app I need a way to load a jpg file - to edit this file and to save it as a jpg file again. Any idea? Thanks for helping Werner...more >>

Hi When using vb.net I have always used the following to prevent duplicates from being added to a listbox: If lstDDTab.FindStringExact(txtTabName.Text) <> -1 Then Beep() MsgBox("Duplicate tab names not permitted.", MsgBoxStyle.Information + MsgBo...more >>

I have been developing applications for pocket pc 2003 using vs .net 2003. Now i have Windows Mobile 2003 device and another device with Windows CE 4.2 and when i ran the application which i developed for pocket pc 2003, it said 'The application has been developed for earlier version and some ...more >>