Hi, I've a custom control inherited from a control. lets say that this control functions as a label. I the designer I set the control's font to arial. When I check in run time the font of the control I get the right size, but the font name is always Tahoma. This issue is very problemat...more >>

I now want to load a large XML file. How to show the updating progress on the progress bar? The difficulty is how can I get the amount of the file being loaded. XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.load(data.xml); //<---it takes long time to load Any sample code or solution provided? ...more >>

Operating System: PocketPC 2003 (Emulator) Language: VB.NET I have downloaded the "Pocket PC Signature Application Sample" from Microsoft's website (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/ html/PPCSignatureApp.asp) and have gotten it to work success...more >>

Platform WinCE 4.2, C# I am working on a wizard based application. The navigation between the forms is handled in button click event handlers for push buttons on the forms. I want to display the wait cursor when the user presses the button to navigate to the next form. In the button click e...more >>

My app uses C# classes that are shared with other apps that are Full Framework. Therefore, I have several places where I have #if (!COMPACT) in order to allow for methods and variables for the full framework. It works fine when I am in debug, but it will not allow me to even create the cab ...more >>

Hello, i need a solution for painting, scaling and animating many objects paralell. I've tried a few things, especially this: public void offScreenPainting() { Graphics gxOn = this.CreateGraphics(); gxOn.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.White),r1); gxOn.FillRectangle(...more >>

The following is a self calling function to search directories for an instance of a particular executable. VS .net 2003. On one pass through, Im getting an error DirectoryNotFoundException when the Directory.GetFiles(dir, "pocketvibrapro.exe") line is called. At that stage the dir is "\Progra...more >>

Hello all, Since there is no implementation of the MD5 hashing algoritm in the .Net compact framework, I tried to build one myself. I have done this succesfully before in Delphi (using rfc1321), but I can't get it working in VB.Net. I found several implementations of it for VB6.0 and ASP (v1...more >>

Hello, I'm new to mobile development but could not find any FAQ in this group - if any is available please tell me. My question is: how to handle a file input control (INPUT TYPE="file" in html) in a mobile web form? I am to develop a Web application for HTML-enabled mobile devices, which ...more >>

Hello: I have a strange behaviour loading dinamically an assembly in PDA with Assembly.LoadFrom. The DLL is in the same directory as the main EXE, and has the same name : AICA.exe AICA.dll When I implement( or copy manually) yesterday builded AICA.dll main application takes it withou...more >>

Hello! Is there a API call to get the active window in a process? or is there another way to solve this problem with getting the active form? The problem is that I want one process to get the title from the active window in another process. Thanks Linus ...more >>

Platform: WinCE 4.2, C# I am writing wizard based kiosk application. I have a class called Engine which handles the creation, destruction and displaying of the wizard forms as the user navigates through the wizard. The void Main() method is in the Engine class (the Engine class is not a Sy...more >>

Hello all, I am experiencing a problem with a compact framework program I am writing where the program freezes if an attempt is made to update or read any of the properties of controls on forms which are not visible (hidden behind forms which have been opened on top of them). This is the s...more >>

Hi, I'm developing a piece of PDA software that needs to generate an on-screen viewable report, which can also be saved and transmitted back in a desktop-readable format (pdf, doc, html, etc). The app isn't using an internal database -- it's all objects & their properties. The report would...more >>

I am trying to send a image from PC to PPC by using socket and BinaryWriter and BinaryReader. The coding is as below: PC Server: writer.Write(byteArray.Length); writer.Write(byteArray); PPC Client: int len = reader.ReadInt32(); byte[] Img = new byte[len]; if (len != 0) { img = ...more >>

Can I to implement the MS Application Blocks(User Interface, Managed Configuration) in Compact Framework ? ...more >>

Hi all, I was wondering if there's a way to hide my application from showing in the Task Manager applications.My application requires to keep running in the back ground and i dont want my user to stop it by mistake from a task manager application. thanks mustafa ...more >>

Hi All, my application needs to get notified when there's a new missed call on the Smartphone or PPCPE. Is there a notification mechanisim provided by netCF or an API that does that? or do i check the missed calls log every min and check if there's a new entry using the opennetcf.phone cl...more >>

Hi, I want to use the COLLATE option with SqlCeEngine object, but I don't know how ? Is it possible to specify this option in the connection string ? Thanks ...more >>

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Hi All, I need to access the registry in my application and I'd like to know if it's possible with the .Net Compact Framework, and how? thanks in advance, Thiago...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to deploy my first compact framework application and am having real trouble. I've read the following article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/netcfdeployment.asp which to be honest isn't the best explained! Anyway, my solut...more >>

Hey all, I'm looking at buying a device for development and I'm a little confused between the two Windows 2003 Mobile operating systems, Professional and Premium. Which should I choose for Development? Are there any major differences? Thanks Doug...more >>

A CE consultant working with me is having problems calling a simple Web Service (IIS running on XP Pro for our test case) from a Smart Device Application using a web reference. Any attempt to call a method, any method, results in a WebException throw on the CE device. Please confirm that th...more >>

I'd like to be able to set the URL in my web-service client at runtime. I see that when you instantiate a new one you can then set the URL: MyWS.myservice1 ws = new MyWS().myservice1 ws.URL=<newurl> But is there a way to set it once like a static for the life of the app? Otherwise I have...more >>

Hello, My application has to draw a cursor image on every mouse down / mouse move. Is there a way to do that using a .cur file or any other image / icon file?...more >>

I have been trying to set the column widths on a datagrid using Styles but to no avail. When I load my datagrid with SQL Server CE data the cell widths are all constant and too small in width. This forces the user to drag them larger - I want to set the column widths individually so the user...more >>

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am starting to develop a Smart Device application using the .Net Compact Framework. I am a newbie so please bear with me. In setting up a project, I can set it up as a Pocket PC app or a Windows CE app. Also, I can select from many different emulators - that is where ...more >>

Hi, After some reading i found out that the (X) on the right above on pocketPC is not closing but minimizing the app i implemented a tray icon. On clicking i want the app to get back to the front.. sounds easy ;-) but i can't figure it out... i tried this: private void NotifyIcon1_Click(...more >>

Hi all! I have am developing an application that connects to an SQL Server directly. I have a dedicated server machine, a laptop for development and an ipaq 3760 (windows mobile 2002). This device doesn't have wifi, so I have to use activesync through usb. * All goes fine in this development ...more >>

I currently have some custom controls in a vb.net class library that use native Win32 GDI calls instead of the GDI+ stuff as I found that way too slow. The only way I know to get a HBITMAP required for win32 calls is to use SHLoadImageFile() from aygshell - and that's been working well. Howeve...more >>

I'm getting conflicting reports about SQL vs. SQLCe - if you're replicating data from SQL Server down to SQLCe, do the text fields have to be defined in both places as Unicode (nchar, nvarchar, ntext)? Or only in one, or in neither? I'd been under the impression ".NetCF/C# and CE is only Uni...more >>

In my PPC proj, I had built it successfully, there is no building error,but there is a disposition error, and how can I find it? ...more >>

When I try to subscriber to a publication on desktop with emulator I get the following error Initializing SQL server reconciler has failed, number 29037 can somebody help me? Gouri ...more >>

I have created a web application named CurrencyConverter . I have added a webform named convert.aspx. When i have seen the directory in wwwroot, i found a file named convert.aspx.resx. What is this file? Is this file default resource? What we shall have to do if we want to compile default reso...more >>

Hi I am trying to access a webservice through a PPC application. This can be done. But can any one suggest me on what are the possible options for accessing the webservice from the PPC applications other than hardcoding the Webservice server URL inside the application. I beleive, One way i...more >>

One of our customers is trying to migrate from Appforge framework to .NET CF. Their earlier application saves data like a flash, whereas the same using Win-CE (developed by us) takes 60 times more. What is it that Appforge has that .NET CF doesn't ? Or where could i be going wrong in my approach ...more >>

Grettings all, My requirement is to transfer files from desktop PC to Pocket PC using a program in PPC itself and not through some executable resideing in desktop that the user has to invoke.. Description of the problem: The desktop PC has some image files that can keep getting updated. ...more >>

I am trying to send an image file (a byte[] retrieved from MS SQL & serialized before sending) from PC to PPC. However, only around 32bytes of data can be received and displayed in a pictureBox of app in my PPC. But there is no problem if doing so from PC to PC. Can anyone give me some idea...more >>

I've been writing a Win CE 5.0 app in C# and testing in VS 2003 with the "Windows CE .NET Emulator" as my target. As long as I stay within .NET, I'm fine. I just added code that calls an unmanaged function via System.Runtime.InteropServices. Even though my unmanaged DLL is loaded along wit...more >>

How much memory would you expect an arraylist with 100,000 items (all strings with about 7 characters per string) to take? I'm seeing about 8-12 MB on my emulator. Is that too high? Is there any way that I can bring that down? Thanks, -Dave ...more >>

Hello, I'm programming a application on a WINCE 4.2 device In the mainform(frmMain) I start a thread in formload event which reads the GPS coordinates from port1 (internal GPS-reciever) the coordinates are stored in Global variables After a while (everytime on a differenty time moment) I ge...more >>

Hi, I am writing an application that uses SQL CE 2.0 and for my surprise SQL CE is not supported on Win Mobile 2003 SE. Is that so and if so does anyone knows a Win Mobile 2003 SE compatible version of SQL CE 2.0 or some patch that woud help solve that problem. Thanks in advance Kamen Boyadjie...more >>

Hi! Our application connects to a sql server on the LAN via the host computer using activesync. We use TcpClient to get a connection to the server.Once in a while, with no consistent pattern, we get socket exception with a message "Connection refused. No connection could be made because the t...more >>

Hello I'm Developing for PDA and usingAssembly.LoadFrom("") method, but obtaining a strange behavoiur. If i use an old DLL I compiled long time ago, the method correctly loads the assembly dinamically, but If i use now compiled DLL, instead of return the DLLs assembly it returns my EX...more >>

How do I enable printing for an application running on a symbol ppt2800 and using a zebra tr220 mobile printer -- Message posted via http://www.dotnetmonster.com...more >>

Being new to the compact Framework I'm trying to decide on how to store data to the Pocket PC device that I'm using. My application will be collecting "Ticket" data, for each new "ticket" I was thinking of have a new file created in a data folder. Once the data was collected I would place the...more >>

I'm building a DateTimePicker in VB.NET that is a wrapper around ComCtrls.dll and need to be able to receive win32 messages. In the compact framework (WindowsCE namespace) there is a MessageWindow class - that's perfect for what I want. However, I can't find an equivalent for "normal" window...more >>

Hi, I'm using this eVC code in VB.NET CF, but seems last parameter is wrong defined. * eVC code: BOOL WriteBitmapIntoJpegFile(const CString& strOutFileName, const int nQuality, HBITMAP hBitmap) * VB.NET CF code: Public Shared Function WriteBitmapIntoJpegFile(ByVal strOutFileName As St...more >>

Hi, is there no chance to calculate the Height of a RectangleF in a easy way for a given String if i had allready set the Font and the Widht of the RectangleF? I need this.... Please help... Regards Carsten Marx...more >>