Hi all, how can i realize an image with hotspots, wich the user can select? it should be the same like the grafikax.ocx wich is available in windows xp kind regards ...more >>

Hello, I'm new to Compact .NET development, and have a question about cross framework development. I've been assigned to work on a piece of shared code that will be run on both desktop and handheld platforms. My question is: What is the best way to develop these libraries? Or what are...more >>

Is it possible to save a graphics object to a byte array. I have captured a user's signature and need to save the resulting graphics object in an image field in a database. Many thanks, Ollie...more >>

This error came back from calling a web service. It is a web service in nusoap php, but SOAP shoudl be able to handle interoperability, right? The request content type doesn't appear to be in the generated code. I'm not sure where I have control over this or why it wouldn't be text/xml by ...more >>

I was just told that a WinCE 4.2 device we have has a Web server running on it. Is it possible to create a site on the device that will allow uploading and downloading files from and to the device using VS.Net 2003 and C#? Thanks Tom ...more >>

I am getting an ObjectDisposedException on closing a form and am at a loss as to why it is happening. My understanding is that such an exception occurs when an disposed object is referenced. However, I cannot identify where this is happening. Below is the code: private void lstPracs_Sele...more >>

Has anyone been able to receive an event when you've registered to receive events from ListChanged? Here is the code I'm using (I'm using VS 2005 RC1 with CF 1.0): OutlookSession outlook = new OutlookSession(); outlook.Appointments.Items.ListChanged += new ListChangedEventHandler(Items_Li...more >>

Very familiar developing SQL Client/Server apps in VS2003/ado.net. Am now attempting to do the same on a Windows Mobile Pocket PC device using VS2003. When creating a Smart Device project, none of the icons for data connections, adapters, datasets, etc are available in the toolbox If ...more >>

We have 75 Symbol MC3000's running WinCE4.2 with the 4 dock network cradles. We need to send the cradles and the MC3000 out to 15 locations throughout the country, these locations are connected to the corporate network. We need to have a 1 PC with WinXP that is in NY connect to the MC3000's ...more >>

With VS 2005 there is a way to build for platform other than Pocket PC and Windows Mobile 5.0 ? Thank's Marc ...more >>

I updated my machine( windows Xp running Visual studio 2003) with SP3 for ..Net compact framework by running the .net compact framework distribution kit which then also updated my device( Symbol MC9000 hand held barcode scanner) as well. Before this i did not have any service pack for Compact ...more >>

My HP6515 has a screen size that is 240x240. When I create an IPAQ project with vs2005, the screen size seems to be something like 240x320. Anyway to make the screen designer show the correct size so I don't keep pushing stuff off the screen? Thanks, Peter Kellner http://peterkellner.net...more >>

Hello. I am developing an application for a Windows CE 4.2 device using .NET CF and OpenNetCF v.1.1. I need to start a VPN connection (which I have manually created using "Network amd Dial-Up Copnnections" manager on the device) from my application by clicking a button and then activating it....more >>

Hi, I need to subclass a form; i.e. I want to catch wm_ messages. I tried to use ::SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_WNDPROC, myDelegate) but without succeess: it gives NotSupportedException at runtime. Is it possible at all? -- Artem...more >>

Can I send an email message from a custom application on a windows mobile 2003SE without pocket outlook? Where i can find a documentation about this? ...more >>

Hello to everyone! I already saw that the new way of getting the on MouseDown Event for the ListView is to do it through the ItemActivate event and the Activation property of the ListBox. My problem is that i need to get the MouseEventArguments in order to know the exact position where it has b...more >>

I'm now only working with VS.NET 2005 Beta2 (uninstalled 2003) and I have both CF installed on the system. Can I use now OpenNETCF as I did with VS.NET 2003? I can't achieve importing OpenNETCF's v1.3 controls to VS.NET's toolbox. I browse into designer folder and try to load Windows.Forms co...more >>

I am looking for a copy of msdaeren.dll relating to ADOCE version 3.0 for an ARM processor. For some reason or another, the logic of which entirely escapes me, the manafacturers ommited it from the embedded OS build, and it is so frustrating not having it. Can anyone tell me where I can ...more >>

I'm having a lot of difficulty installing MSMQ on an Intermec 700C. All the instructions I've been able to find talk about running MSQMAdm of VisAdm but not much in the way of how to get them in the first place. I've found them on the SDK & coppied them and the associated files for the ARM p...more >>

Hi, How do I display the busy icon/cursor while my app is doing a long task in the background? Sinex ...more >>

Hello, I am using a ListView control in my .NetCF application. I have to hide few columns of my listview. So, I have set its width to 0 as I haven't found any other way to do this. But when I run my application, and if I drag the columns, the hidden columns are expanded. So, Is there...more >>

Hi, I don't want to make this too long, but here's what I am doing. I have taken most of my constructors out of the initializecomponent to optimize loading speed. This has worked well for years. Then the other day, I temporarily moved a constructor back to initializecomponent in order to c...more >>

I would like to asynchronously start a program after a file has been synchronized from a device to the PC, on the PC side. In other words I am try to automatically process the file when it gets on the PC. Is there an ActiveSync API or some way to do this? Thanks in advance, WayneM...more >>

haw to save background before draw a line and have a continous adding of points in my panel? i call invalidate(rect) and it cancel the rect and make the new drawline. ...more >>

Hi, I have a nice full screen SIP that is invoked everytime the user wants to key in information from my Managed application running on the Windows CE.NET device. There is also a screen saver that kicks in whenever the app go to idle state for more than x minutes... The issue I have is after ...more >>

Hello. I am stuck with a very annoying problem. I am developing an application for a Windows CE 4.2 device using .NET CF and OpenNetCF v.1.1. I need to start an Internet Explorer browser when clicking a button in my application. To do this I use OpenNETCF.Diagnostics.Process class. The cod...more >>

Hi, How do I remove the border for the listview control? Thanks Simon....more >>

I have developed a Pocket PC application using .Net 2003 which is for Pocket PC 2002. I have used SQL CE 2.0 in my application. I had a query that, will my application run successfully on the Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC?? If not, then what changes will be required for this?? ...more >>

Can we read parameteres (appSettings, sections,...) from .exe.config file or xml with CF 2.0? With version 1.0, I did it with OpenNETCF's System.Configuration namespace, but I now wanted to know if CF 2.0 carries this useful feature or I have to play again with OpenNETCF? Does actual CF 2.0...more >>

Hi! I've read a couple of threads on this subject but I still don't understand this simple problem: I have a C++ dll which exports a function with the following structure: int GetVersion( StError *err, StVersion *ver); StError is defined as struct StError int iError; StVersion...more >>

I create a simple and empty smart device application (windows application for cf). Then I start the application and close the main window afterwards. In the output window of visual studio 2003 the information about two terminated threads is listed. What is the matter for this two threads? ...more >>

Hi all, Convert.ToDouble("1.5") returns 15 is there a other way to convert the "1.5" to double 1.5 ???? Thanks Peter. ...more >>

Hello everybody, Hopefully I'm the good newsgroup, On a pocket PC, I'm reading a dataset that is returned by a webservice. Using a datagrid, I have no problem displaying/hidding some columns for all rows returned, however, How would I sum the value of 2 columns for each rows ? Right now, I'm ...more >>

Hello, I'm still learning process here...so sorry if it's a dumb question. Everywhere I read that a datareader is the fastest way to retreive data when no update are required. I did some test using a dataset and loaded a datagrid by setting the datasource with the dataset returned onto the em...more >>

Between the desktop and a WinCe device is it possible to use one socket and send data in both directions from two different threads or is better to use one socket for each direction? Thanks. -- John Olbert ...more >>

Can you easily retrieve model information programmatically form Net CF 1? ie Dell Axim x50V running Mobile 2003SE. Nathan ...more >>

Hello, i want to load Type's from executing assembly within a library that is loaded by the main programm. Problem is a call like this works only for Type's within the current assembly. Type tempType = Type.GetType( "NamespaceFromTheMainProgramm.ClassName" ); So i tried something like t...more >>

GUI Innovations have today released a new version of the popular RemoteSQLCe. RemoteSQLCe allows you to manipulate SqlServerCE databases directly from your desktop, and has now been further enhanced. If the PPC is cradled, it now automatically connects to the PPC without intervention, makin...more >>

Hi all, quick question. I have a DataGrid with a ContextMenu, the thing is that I want the context menu to execute some code depending on the row I opened the context menu from. And that's not always the CurrentRowIndex. How can I change the CurrentRowIndex to the row I poped up the menu from...more >>

Hello all, we have visual studio 2003 and want to create an application on a pda that will go talk to the sql server and pull some data into the local tables so that they can be displayed while the guys are out in the yard. We are having a little trouble getting started. Can anyone expla...more >>

Dear all, We are struggling to set up Merge Replication model in our customer environment, and currently we met some problems. A. Phenomenon: When syncing from pda, we got exception as follows: Native error: 29045 HR: -2147198719 Description: The remote server does not exist or ...more >>

Hi all I need to implement an inter process communication on .NET Compact Framework 1, on a Windows CE.NET 4.1 system. I think of using sockets in C#. My question is : Is it possible to restrict to local only the accesses to my listening sockets ? (I don't want someone on the network t...more >>

Do you know a FAST technique to serialize an object in a file?...more >>

I am trying to connect a simple desktop C# Form app to another simple NetCF C# Form app running under the Emulator using sockets. The symptom is that after a few String writes from the desktop to the Emulator the socket drops out with an error of "Unable to read data from the transport conn...more >>

hi i would like to open a wordpad document on a pocketpc with vb.net compacframework, but i didn't found how to do. someone can help me please ? thanks ...more >>

I am getting the following exception *sporadically* when posting a "multipart/form-data" request: "nable to read data from the transport connection." Does anyone know what that means and what causes it? Here the snippet of code where the error occurrs (m_Request is an HttpWebRequest): ...more >>

Hello, I made a mobile application, which I tested with the VS.net debugger on a PocketPC (on a Asus MyPal, but this does not matter). The application files are copied by the debugger to the pocket pc are still on it, and I can start the application from the mobile windows explorer, but I w...more >>

Hello : I need to call some TomTom APIS from my c# program in a PDA. Anyone has done this? I'm having a lot of troubles doing it. Thanks. Juan ...more >>

I have been using the FindWindow function to get the handle to the ms_sipbutton and using SetWindowPos to hide it. This has worked well in Windows Mobile 2003 SE, but with a new test PDA (Dell 51v) running Windows Mobile v5.0, it no longer works. Has anyone had experience with this yet and found...more >>

Hi! I'm playing with the thought of creating my own .NET wrapper for a C++ SDK (TomTom 5 SDK in this case). What are my alternatives? Considering there are function calls with non-blittable structures, a custom C-wrapper which exposes each function call with only non-struct arguments sou...more >>

a simple example? i remember an application i did with vb embedded i don't find the same semplicity in dot net someone say me the faster way to do it ...more >>

I have an app with 20+ dialogs, full screen, any one of which could be the current on-top dialog when I need a security popup to occur. While I currently have the security popup working from a timer, I have too many timers in the app and this stops working after a period of time, so I'm rew...more >>

Has anyone tried MD3DM on an actual Windows Mobile 5.0 device (JasJar for instance). If so how did it perform? Thanks, Joseph ...more >>

Can you develop a managed ActiveSync provider in AS 4.0? I would like to create a complete package from the application to the AS provider all in C# using VS 2005. Just wondering if this is possible and anyone have any resources on this? Eric Renken ...more >>

Hi, For Pocket PC Phone Editions: Am I correct in saying that Mobile 2003 does not run the CF, but Mobile 2003 Second Edition does? A friend of mine is looking to buy the SX66 running Mobile 2003 SE. I assume Mobile 2003 SE on an SX66 can do landscape etc too? Silly question I know, bu...more >>

hi, In searching for a solution to my problem, i came across this post... http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/browse_frm/thread/457af2b7b4a6b101/f2d8daec0cf81683?lnk=st&q=SHNotificationAdd+icon&rnum=18&hl=en#f2d8daec0cf81683 What i am trying to is...more >>

Hi! I'm having trouble with the new webbrowser control. I'd like to use the navigating_event to make some decisions. I tried to use the 'cancel' property but nothing happens. (look here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5z79szk4) If I simply try: private void webBrowser1_Navigati...more >>

I need a method to display hierarchical data on a datagrid or similar control. Apparently the MS CF datagrid isn't capable of doing this. Anyone know of a control that will? Thanks' Dave M. ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how you can copy the selected item's text to a variable? It comes out blank everytime I use. pseudocode example: listbox5 = listboxex variablename = listbox5.text variablename will = "" even if there is an item selected. Also, it's cool that you can have different c...more >>

I am trying to decide whether I need VS2005 Pro or if Standard is sufficient. It will be used SOLEY for Mobile Device development to interface with a desktop app (VB6 + Access) just looking at Microsoft's comparison chart: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/productinfo/productline/default...more >>

Hi, PDA is a Dell Axim X30 running Mobile 2003 SE. I'm really desperate for some help. I've been trying to figure this out for ages. After much debugging, I have figured out that my code will download http://www.cnn.com/index.html just fine but fails for http://www.<myserver>.com/index...more >>

Help! I've asked this before but never got a reply, i'm hoping somebody out there might know the answer this time around. Basically, if i leave my PDA (Qtec 2020) in the cradle for say 3 hours, after that period it still looks like it's connected (still green icon) however when you try ...more >>

I have an application I wrote that works fine on my windows mobile 2003 device. I just bouth a new device that has windows mobile 2003 second edition. When I debug the app through VS 2003 on the device it works fine. However as soon as I try to run the app on device after deploying through vs ...more >>

Hi Guys, I was hoping you can help me! I am writing an app that handles faxes and one of the options is to add additional images to a fax. Now, I have a picturebox that has a context menu which the users would click to paste their images/text/rtf/html from the clipboard then this would be a...more >>

I am developing an Pocket PC application using VS .Net 2003. And I frequently get the following error when I click the "Save All" button in the Visual Studio. Can anybody help? error message: an error occurred saving the project user options file 'projname.vbproj.user' Then I click "...more >>

I have 2 questions but a little background to my problem. We have a client who creates a VPN when we connect to their APN over GPRS. The issue is when they want to update virus definitions or browse the internet they cant as there is no Proxy settings for My ISP in the connections manager and...more >>

Hi, I've written a DLL that internally calls another DLL. The problem is that if I call my DLL from a C++ program, it works fine, but if I call it from a ..NETCF program, it raises an exception and the exception dialog is shown. If I press on the Details button, the application hangs and I mus...more >>

Hello, I have noticed strange behaviour. I have .NET CF project written partly in VB, there comes also a set of function written in C#. I have 2 functions for counting PIN number - both based on the same algorithm - and results are different. Is there a different pattern in rounding numbers in V...more >>

I need to keep a datagrid row hightlighted based on a value. The user also needs to be able to move to another row while keeping the original row highlighted. Is this possible with the compact framework grid control. Thanks Tom ...more >>

This seems like it should be simple but is eluding me at the moment: I'd like to use code to execute several built-in DOS commands on CE.NET 4.2; I can use Process.Start to run any EXE or cab file I've created but not built-in commands like mkdir, del, etc. ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new...more >>

Are there any concise rules about when you need to marshal data to WinAPI calls, and when you don't? It appears that most times you can call WinAPI calls directly from .NET without any preparation. For example Declare Function OpenPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "OpenPrinterA" (ByVal pP...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 >>