Hi, I going to develop a GUI application that will run on windows CE primarily but it should also be executed on "normal" windows platforms. My question is therefore if it is possible to delevop a GUI application with Compact Framework (using a Smart Device project) and then run that executab...more >>

I've written a custom control in C# for the SmartPhone. After the control receives focus, it will not release focus when I press the UP or DOWN arrows, thus focus is stuck on my control. This happens even on the most basic control possible (a control that just draws a rectangle when focused). ...more >>

I am moving an app that uses merge replication from the development environment to production. During synchronization I am getting the error "Initializing SQL Server Reconciler has failed." I tried re-registering the replication provider dlls (sscerp20.dll, and sscesa20.dll) as per instruct...more >>

I am trying to use the API function to invoke the Player and play a .wmv file. The player runs but shows a message saying 'can not play the file, the file either corrupt or wrong format' or something similar. However, if I browse to the folder and click the .wmv file, it plays it with no error...more >>

I must update my SQL Mobile 2005 database from my Smart Device CF 2.0 application. Coded with C# and VS.NET 2005 Beta2. It's a very simple update statement: UPDATE APPOINTMENT SET appointmentReason = '1' WHERE appointmentId = 'bf8c3c39-a34f-da11-8e73-0004e2b45615' Note that appointmnetId is a...more >>

Maybe has been answered many times but here I go: I pick up a date from MonthCalendar control in my device running Spanish OS version. The format can be this: 23/11/2005 00:00:00. The server side SQL Server 2005 April CTP is in English and I'm using Merge Replication to fill a SQL Mobile 200...more >>

Hello all I have coded a C# client that runs on .Net Compact Framework 1 SP3 The C# code runs perfectly on a basic desktop .Net Framework 1.x : The webservice's methods reply to my Windows CE.Net 4.1 client without matter... The same C# code runs on a WinCE.Net *emulator* but I have a "S...more >>

Hi. I'm developing an application for pocket PC using VB .NET. I can draw polygons using this API: Private Declare Function Polygon Lib "Coredll" (ByVal hdc As Integer, ByVal lpPoint() As POINTAPI, ByVal nCount As Integer) As Integer and calling Polygon(hdc, Points, UBound(Points)+1) No...more >>

Hello, For an application I need to decode a 32KADPCM audiostream. I'am developing the application for the WM2003 platform in C# with the VS2003. Does anybody have suggestions how to decode such a stream? Do assemblies or codecs exist wich I can integrate in my application? Any suggesti...more >>

I have problems installing .netcfv2.0 over an acer n35 PocketPC (WM2003 not SE). I always get a message saying the CAB file I try to install is not for my processor. I have tried with the downloadable .msi from microsoft page with pda conected via ActiveSync (v4.0) and with the NETCFv2.ppc.ARM...more >>

Hi to everybody, how can I get the application to open a file with a given extension? I mean, I've a compact framework device and I would like to know the executable that opens a file given its extension. E.g. given the extension .html I would like to get the full path of the browser back...more >>

Where i could find good sites explaine SQL server ce ? Thanks in advance ...more >>

I am very new to developing applications for PocketPC. This was the first app that I had created and it's just a really simple one at that. I have it installed at my customer's site and we were having some strange issues with it the other day, and I really could have used some type of debugg...more >>

how to install .Net CF, OpenNetCF, SQLCE, and my application CAB with a single installer file ? below is the code that i wrote under AfterInsall, but having problem to detect the correct file and deploy them... maybe I dun know where the ini files are stored. any one could guide me which d...more >>

I know that someome migth have asked this question before, but I could not find the answer on Google. I'm trying to install OpenNetCF 1.4 on a machine that is running VS 2005. It's a new machine so I haven't had any earlier versions of VS on it (2003 or the 2005 beta's) When I install Op...more >>

hi, some simple question, and hope someone can guide me !!! how can I know that if my handheld platform is run on WCE300 or WCE400 ? I knew this is the directory that stored all the necessary files for different platform of handhelds ...\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\CompactFramework...more >>

Hi, I vaguely remember having a solution to this quite a while ago, but have been away from PPC development for a while and now am again confronted with this issue. Our users need to have this installed to use our app, and I need to check to see if it is installed (and if not, install it au...more >>