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UI Improvements in CF 2
Posted by Dave Brown at 11/15/2005 6:53:43 PM
Are their any significant UI improvements in CF 2? I would love to be able to start developing interfaces that rival say TOM TOM navigator, but from my initial look, it seems we're stuck with the same old crappy 2D elements ? ...more >>

System.ComponentModel.IComponent and System.ComponentModel.Component
Posted by ME at 11/15/2005 4:16:20 PM
I am trying to understand why System.ComponentModel.Component does not implement System.ComponentModel.IComponent in the .NET Compact Framework (1.0sp3) according to the documentation of System.ComponentModel.Component it reads as follows: Component is the base class for all components in t...more >>

Trouble connecting to SQL Server 2000 from Mobile Device
Posted by dcuffee at 11/15/2005 2:49:02 PM
I am having trouble connecting to a SQL Server 2000 server on our network. The handheld device is connected wirelessly to the network. I can ping the IP address of our SQL Server from the mobile device. I can get on the internet using the device. But I get an SQLException when trying to run jus...more >>

Aviod Multi Instances of Application in CF
Posted by Keith at 11/15/2005 2:06:03 PM
I have created an application for my pda using visual basic.net. I have created shortcut to the start menu. Somehow I want to aviod creating more than 1 instance of the application even when user click the shortcut more than once. I have found from other threads about using "Process" objec...more >>

Forms not closing
Posted by Natasja at 11/15/2005 12:58:09 PM
Hi, I've got a very strange problem. I've got a vb.net pocket pc application. When I run this application on a Psion Workabout PDA some forms don't close. Not when I call Me.Close() and not when I hit the 'OK' button. The form triggers it's load event instead of closing. If I hit the 'OK' b...more >>

null ref exception after adding object to array
Posted by chamal kalamulla at 11/15/2005 11:42:14 AM
hello all I have exception which really doesnt make sense to me.this is my code foreach (DataRow drowAMC in DBinter.dtabActivemenuContent.Rows) { if(x!=byte.Parse(drowAMC[2].ToString())) { this.lview = new System.Windows.Forms.ListView(); lview.CheckBoxes = true; lview.Location ...more >>

Changing the Soft Input Panel type?
Posted by dave m at 11/15/2005 11:17:55 AM
Is there a method to bring up the SIP in a particular style? (ie - when user enters a name and password, the SIP would appear as the keyboard style, however when the user needs to enter some comments into a textbox, the default SIP style would be transcriber) ...more >>

Active Sync 4.0
Posted by Steamboat at 11/15/2005 10:48:07 AM
I have just installed Visual Studio 2005 and am having a problem deploying an application to a Windows CE device. I am using Active Sync 4.0 and am on a local network, but cannot deploy my application. I have tried to establish a connection to my device using Active Sync directly and was uns...more >>



Is there a way to start my app at a certain time of day?
Posted by PPCDude at 11/15/2005 10:20:19 AM
Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to code using VB.net something similar to a custom alarm clock that launches the program at a certain time of day? Some other examples would be Pocket Informant's alarm notes, where it will launch the PI app at a certain alarm time. Thanks ...more >>

ArgumentOutOfRangeException from HttpWebRequest.GetResponse
Posted by kevin cline at 11/15/2005 10:00:06 AM
Sporadically I am getting an ArgumentOutOfRangeException thrown from a call to HttpWebRequest.GetResponse(). The stack trace is: at System.DateTime.DateToTicks() at System.DateTime..ctor() at System.CurrentSystemTimeZone.GetDayOfWeek() at System.CurrentSystemTimeZone.GetDayl...more >>

MS IIS availability?
Posted by rodeo rider at 11/15/2005 8:17:15 AM
we have VS.Net 2003 installed at my workplace. is MS IIS software supposed to be part of the VisualStudio package? i am looking to develop several web applications and cannot even get started without VS being able to locate the web server. ...more >>

Control not appear in designer
Posted by wavemill at 11/15/2005 7:59:17 AM
Hello! I have created a custom control, but it's not draw in my designer, but he is draw in my application. If you have some tutorial to create control, with category attibute and more... Thank you, J.Berdoues using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentMod...more >>

CryptAcquireContext on PocketPC 2002 Emulator
Posted by colin.mackay NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 11/15/2005 3:44:11 AM
I'm having a problem with CryptAcquireContext in a .NET Compact Framework application running on the Pocket PC Emulator 2002. On a Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition (a real device) it seems to work fine. The line of code I'm having a problem with is: WinApi.CryptAcquireContext(ref hProv, null, ...more >>

Auto start application
Posted by TWN at 11/15/2005 3:32:09 AM
Hi all, I am developing application using VB.NET and don't have Platform builder. I would like to start an application(from USB flash disk) after CE image file is loaded. I have tried creating folder startup (in flash disk) and placing shortcut into it, but it isn't work. Please advice me ...more >>

Ftp Transfer
Posted by Andrew at 11/15/2005 3:21:04 AM
hi I have an application written in c# which uses windows Api functions to comunicate with an ftp server to transfer files. My problem is that when i start the transfer and if i remove the pocket pc from the cradle when the tansfer isin progres the application blocks and i have to restar...more >>

How to upgrade the CF on the development computer (using VS .NET 2003)?
Posted by Rolf at 11/15/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, The installation of the ".NET CF 1.0 SP3 developer redistributable" puts the files in a separate folder. I have located the same files in the Visual Studio .NET 2003 folders (i.e. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\CompactFrameworkSDK\v1.0.5000\Windows CE\wce400\x86), b...more >>

Studio 2005 CF cab problems
Posted by Dave Brown at 11/15/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi all, I'm having trouble building a CAB file for a CF 2 project. Done the usual steps, Added a Smart Device Deployment project to my solution, set its propertys, go to build and Always get back a message saying ; Error: CAB file "C:\Documents and Settings\DAVE\My Documents\Visual S...more >>

How to create an application shortcut after a hard reset
Posted by Alastair Williamson at 11/15/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi everyone, We run a custom application on some ppc devices. The units are in constant use and occasionally the batteries run out and the units hard-reset themselves. We've manged to embedd all the cab files in the \Application directory so all the necessary programs re-install when the u...more >>


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