Hello all, Is it possible to run a .net mobile web application in debug directly on a device connected to the PC via usb cable? Or if not directly on the device, how do I use the MS Mobile Explorer (ver 3.0) for debug? I've previously done compact development for PocketPC and could select ...more >>

I'm looking for a way to be able to edit data in the datagrid similar to how it works in the full framework. My current thought is when I select a cell in a datagrid place a textbox in the exact location and focus on the text box, when done save the value in the datagrid and move the textbox. ...more >>

Hi All, Can anyone explain why I the .focus method does not always work on a textbox? I see that it executes briefly, but does not retain focus. Anyone have any information on this? regards, Bill...more >>

Hi, I create a worker thread to create a local CE database then connect to a webservice to bring back data. This process runs in the business logic tier which communicates to the client UI thread via a passed parameter. It communicates with the UI thread to see if a cancel request has occur...more >>

Related to my MP3 playing previous post http://groups.google.es/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/browse_thread/thread/bc2738b88207b296/8797f97d826b33a5#8797f97d826b33a5 To play MP3 files in CF 1.0 I'm using FMODCE.DLL and my code does many imports of static extern DLL. T...more >>

I downloaded the Windows Mobile Developer Power Toys from microsoft. I test the Rapi Debug application. I'm a C# developer not a C++ developer but i would understand the BugTrap log of the device. Can anyone help me to understand the log? (Link??) For Ex: MISC @0:25:13.688 Got create threa...more >>

I don't have a MSDN subscription, so I can't get VS2005 yet. Is there any way for me to get doc on .NET Compact Framework 2.0? I'm looking for information like MSDN has on objects -- for example, I'd like to be able to see the properties/methods/events for the datagrid in the new version. I ...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how to pass my custom object which inherits from an IList interface by value. I have a group of objects I'd really like to pass to a second form, one at a time, and have the originals remain intact. I found the following Reference Types reference: http://msdn.microso...more >>

Now that VS2005 and "big" fw 2.0 is launching, can anyone tell me what I need for Net CF 2.0? Will it run well on a Windows Mobile 2003 (esp. a Qtek 8100, don't have it yet) phone or just the more expensive CE 5.0 ones?...more >>

I have a bitmap file that is loaded as a bitmap object. How to convert a bitmap to byte array? I have seen someone posted this question before but the answerings are not straight forwad at all. Thanks in advanced...more >>

I have started a new blog documenting the conversion of my diet and fitness program from eVB to .NET. Right now it is on joblowcoder.blogspot.com. Is there a more appropriate place to host it? I am trying to fill a niche that I think is somewhat lacking in the development community. The ge...more >>

I am trying to use mscoree.stat to report the performance of our application. I can see the file was generated after I terminated the application. However, it was empty and it was still locked. I tried it on a simple application, it seems working fine. My question is what would prevent it being ...more >>

Well I have problem! I trying to connect to oracle database with pocket pc but I don't know how. I was try with some thirth party tools but I want do it my self , so can anybody help me with some idea how to do that? Thanks! ...more >>

Well it's a rather weird problem. On a Qtec S100 with Windows Mobile 2003 SE the following happens: When I tap on the .exe the first time the application throws a NullReferenceException in main. When I tap on it again, the application starts normally. However this behaviour does not occur when ...more >>

I finally achieved playing MP3 in my iPAQ that runs Windows Mobile 2003! Yuju! But....here I go: I was playing with fmodce.dll (www.fmod.org - What a really good site!) and I yesterday spent all the day testing this DLL in a CF 2.0 porject built with VS.NET 2005 Beta2. I couldn't achieve a way...more >>

Hi, Not sure if this is the correct forum but here goes. I have written a application that returns a DataSet object from a Microsoft Access database running on a server via a Web Service call to my Pocket PC app using CF1.0. The memo field should translate back to ntext under SQL CE Ser...more >>

How can i use the Beam application on pocketpc to beam file over bluetooth? is there a way to do this or do u have to use OBEX and write my own code? Thanks Mustafa ...more >>

Hello All, Is it possible to detect a mouseclick of a certain area of the form ?. I try to achieve to prevent mouseclick(s) of a certain area inside the form while the rest of the area is allowed to recieve mouse click(s) -- Touchscreen Can somebody tell me how to achieve this ? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I made a C# app for pocket pc 2003. This guy works fine. Then I needed to encrypt a byte stream (using some AES mode). For that I have to use an AES implementation that was written in C ! So, I created a Managed C++ class that calls the C code (using the IJW concept) and made a dll of it...more >>

hi all, I wrote a fullscreen application and used the inputpanel control that comes with VS2003 and dotnet CF 1.0. When i use Inputpanel1.Enabled = true; it works fine and the SIP shows when i use it on WM 2003 SE, but it throws and excpetion not really specific the exp.Message shows "Exce...more >>

Is possible to make a datagrid with an icon column? Reflection? Alex Feinman example? :)- Thanks Simon. ...more >>

Folks, I admit to being throughly confused. I am writing some software for a device that is running Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition-Phone Edition. My understanding is that Phone Edition is a superset of Windows Mobil 2003. Okay, which SDK do I use to develop software with .NET 2003? ...more >>

Hi all, How can I use Control panel applet on my Windows CE device? I want to start a Recalibration of the screen, and I found an applet, named "Stift"? Thanks Tihomir Ignatov ...more >>

How can I set a datagrid's column style to display checkboxes for boolean values? It looks like in my framework object browser the only style I get is DataGridTextBoxColumn. It also seems that there is no StackTrace property of my System.Exception. Is there something wrong with my insta...more >>

I'm using the OpenNetCf's TextBoxEx control and I need the textbox to be ReadOnly and I also need to change the BackColor property. However, the control seems to overide the BackColor property when the ReadOnly value is set. Does anyone know how to change the BackColor of a textbox when t...more >>

Dear All, I am working on an application that i want to create my own windows. I have the following problems 1) to put the app in fullscreen and get my image as the window i have to give up the menu bar @ the buttom, although http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us...more >>

Hi, I'm new to C# and CF-Programming. I'm programming a small app for the Pocket PC as intelligent application-project in VC2003. I want to write/read to the registry and use code from OpenNETCF (OpenNETCF.Win32.Registry). This works fine. But I also want my program work on the desktop and ...more >>

I need a utility/tool/library or web service that can give the named position (city name, street name...) in which I'm at the moment. I could be able to provide this tool/web service the latitude and longitude in which I'm loacted at the moment. I need a latitude/longitude to exact location tr...more >>

I have designed a cusom control called ImageButton with an image and a text. The text is drawn on the control with Graphics.DrawString (String, Font, Brush, RectangleF, StringFormat) the StringFormat (fmt) is setup to enable word-wrapping, horizontal and vertical centering with fmt.Alignm...more >>

Hi! Is it possible to stream files like html from a databse directly to the webbrowser control? THX! Tobias...more >>

Hi All, Just wondering if its possible to create a windows service (background app not webservice) using CF 2. Rgds, Dave....more >>

Hi! I want to connect with SQL Server from my WinCE 4.2 NET device via ActiveSync passthrough. As far as I understand when my device is connected to desktop computer via ActiveSync with standard partnership (not guest) on device creating network interface ppp1. I see it when I execute ipconfig in...more >>

I am trying to use OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communications to copy a file from my PC to my Device. I have a Windows Application solution that includes the OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communications project and references its output. The app compiles and executes, but throws the following runtime error on the C...more >>

Hi all, Can I customise the format of the date to dd-mm-yyyy with the control I have from the link below ? I have the control working ok, just need the VB.net code to do this. Thanks in advance :) http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/understanding/articles/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dn...more >>

Hi Does anyone know how I can set the Pocket PC emulator's screen resolution to 480x640 picels? I have tried to change it under Tools --> Options --> Device Tools --> Devices --> configure, but it does not look like it changes anything when I run the Pocket PC emulator. Thanks in advance...more >>

My task is to write a custom control with transparent background, but .Net CF doesn't support that. Is there any method or API call out there that allows setting transparent background? Thanks. i've found an article but its in C++ instead of C#, which is the language we're using. Minh....more >>

It appears that the Save method in CF 2.0 doest work in VS2005 beta 2 causing an 'Unsupported format' error when trying to save image as jpg or anything but bitmap. Is this a known issue with MS and will it be corrected by the Formal release of 2005 VS? What is a work around in the inter...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to get to grips with the changes around cab file installation that WM 2005 introduces. Our application, like many others I'm sure, implements an auto update process through the downloading and installation of CAB files and occasionally of individual DLLs. So far I can see tha...more >>

Hello all, I am developing an application in C# with a target platform of Windows CE 4.2, and I need to make a call to DeviceIoControl() to control the hardware of our target device. I'm using OpenNETCF (which is a fantastic library by the way!), but whenever I use the FileEx.CreateFile() wra...more >>

I've been playing with Recorder class from OpenNETCF.Multimedia.Audio in order to record .wav files. I need to play these audio files for some users but I see that they take too much space. A small .wav of 15 seconds (recorded at maximum quality) is taking 1,75 Mb and that's impossible when talk...more >>

On Win32 it is possible to make calls from VBScript to a library created in .NET by simply giving the library a strong name, registering it and adding it to the Global Assembly Cache i.e. the following code actually works: Dim dotnetObj Set dotnetObj = CreateObject("Some.DotNetObject") H...more >>

Hello to everyone! I have a Panel that has a ListView. This list view should be always full size so that the scroll is controlled from the panel (There are also more controls in the same panel just behind the listview and there cannot be two scrollsbars; that's why the scroll is controlled from...more >>

I have really annoying problem My program polls Web Service in a loop many times, to retrieve some "near-realtime" results. Usually once per 2-5 seconds. To control call execution time, I use async calls with timeout. Everything works fine, until Web Service hangs somewhere in-a-call , i.e....more >>

Hi Does anyone know if it's possible to host a web browser control and intercept the navigating event. I want to trap this event and stop the control browsing to the the linked page/resource and do something else. I've done quite a bit of research on this but so far haven't found a soluti...more >>

Does anyone have any experience using either the Trimble GeoXT or Thales MobileMapper CE devices, these are effectively PDAs with high accuracy GPS units built in. I would like to know if anyone has managed to get the SDK they provide to work with VS.NET for GPS configuration and DGPS correct...more >>

BUG: Cannot Deploy Smart Device Application After You Remove and Reinstall ActiveSync http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813579 I got the same error but my computer is already installed vs.net2003 before i install the activeSync and version is 3.8 (so i didn't do uninstall...more >>

After running my CF programme for a few hours the following error is displayed... ----------------------------------- Error Test Mobile.exe ObjectDisposeException MISC::HandleAr+0x55 Control::get_Visible+0x14 MainGUI::SayLinkState+0x76 CommsNetwork::PingThread+0xa6 Quit ---------...more >>

Having issue converting smartClient app from 1.1 to 2.0. The VS2005 conversion completes successfully, but keeps references to 1.1 dlls. Tried creating empty solution in 2.0, moving 1.1 code and then recompiling. Recompile fines, but throws design-time and run-time errors because of .resx ...more >>

Hello, Have anyone experienced programming Managed DirectX with Windows Mobile 5? I am developing an app for Del X51v (with Intel 2700G), which is supposed to be 3D hardware accelerated. My problem : I get very few FPS. Intel claims that the 2700G chipset is able to display 1 million tria...more >>

Is Visual inheritance supported in VS 2005? / Peter ...more >>

I am no longer able to debug with VS 2003 and CF 1.0. I can step in for a few lines, then get a message box "The connection to the remote device has been lost". Program ends, debugging ends. I've seen previous posts on the subject but no real solution. Yes, I have tried rebooting, etc. I h...more >>

Hi! I'm developing a small PocketPC application using the DotNET Compact Framework. This application uses three Forms, which are brought to screen like this: private static void Main() { System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new Form1()); System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new Fo...more >>

Current situation: I have a Menu application that will kick off other applications on a button press routine (using OpenNETCF.Diagnostics.Process.Start). This works fine. Problem: I want to check memory if any of the applications are running, and if so then inform the user and then bring...more >>

Hi, I need to run a command from the command line ("start->Run...; cmd") from my already running application (Windows CE, VB .NET Compact Framework). Either by starting an application containing the command or running the command on the commandline. The command "repllog" must be started fro...more >>

I have installed VS.NET 2005 Beta2 in a virgin machine. I'm tyring to install OpenNETCF v1.3 but when about to finish setup process I receive an error of "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". I know Smart Device Framework was developed for CF 1.0 but I need some controls from ...more >>

CF 2.0 does not publish DateSelected method in MontCalendar control. CF 1.0 did it and worked perfectly, but incredibly this event has not been included in CF 2.0. We now have got a DateChanged event, but I don't like this event because fires also when rigth/left arrows are clicked. I need Da...more >>

Hi, "Resgen.exe exited with code xxxxxxx" error appears on converting the CompactFramework1.1 application to CF 2.0 using the conversion wizard. I'm using C1FlexgridCF control in the application. Although i had changed the references after converting the sample and then re-compile the appl...more >>

Hello All, I have this Zebra Cameo 2 portable printer that I'm having a Wasp WPA206 Barcode scanner (WindowsCE.Net 4.2) print to via IrDA. I've been able to piece together some code to get the printer to flash it's communication light and then just beep once at me but I haven't been able to...more >>

When I am showing a window with Show the title appears and dissapears a couple of times. And When the title does flickering, FullScreen mode is broken temporaryly. So User can click start menu if user can click start menu quickly. How can I solve this problem?? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to bring in an existing project into Beta 2, but I get an error SqlTypes doesn't exist in System.Data. The project as it converted is referencing System.Data [1.0.5000.0]. We do we know get System.Data.SqlTypes without going to System.Data[2.0.0.0]? Shouldn't the conversi...more >>

Hello, some bluetooth devices expose a virtual serial interface, am I right? If yes, can a given application which currently uses RS232 communications just use this one (and with it bluetooth) like it is a RS232 device? Greetings Markus...more >>

Hello, ist there a way to detect if the pocket pc has just been switched on again (maybe after going to sleep mode)? Our problem is that we use some communication device powered by the pocket pc. it always is turned off when the pocket pc goes into sleep mode, but after wakeup it isn't powe...more >>

I am new to threading. I have a working thread off the System.Windows.Forms.Form main App thread. I am using the Socket to transmit the String from a DataSet.GetXml(), reconstructing the DataSet at the other end of the Socket. When the data comes in as a String and I assign it to a TextBox.T...more >>

Hi all, I've just build a machine with a new version of XP Pro to test Beta 2. The install of VS Beta 2 and Sql Server 2005 went ok. And that is all that is on this machine. I then tried moving one of my pocket pc 2003 CF projects to the new machine. I opened this project in VS 2005 and...more >>