have a simple application that tries to consume a web service. It works fine when the PocketPC is connected to the Internet via ActiveSync, but when it attempts to use a GPRS connection, only the first invocation of the web service succeeds, all others fail with a WebException. - protocolerror ...more >>

I tried the following to hide my application and then bring it back or show it again if it was ran from a shortcut or from directly clicking on the exe file from the file manager and still doesnt work, you help is really appreciated i really need to get this working ASAP. The App is for Smart...more >>

can anyone tell me how to add pic to my help file in the ppc? i add some pics in the help file, but the os keeps telling me can not open the page? cheers ...more >>

I am trying to use the COM interfaces IDccMan and IDccManSink to register my desktop program to receive notifiations when the device (Pocket PC) is connected or disconnected to the PC. I do this by calling the Advise method of IDccMan interface. It works fine if the device is not connected t...more >>

I was working with my app that I developed for my pocket pc...moving the app over to the pocket pc from my laptop...I had it getting a connection and creating the database on the pocket pc and everything...running queries, etc... I recently got a new server to be used as my development machine...more >>

Hello: I'm creating some radiobuttons and i want to asociate their events dinamically with a function. How can I do it? In c# there is no trouble, because it can handle with it: radiobutton1.click += new System.eventhandler(this.myfunction); but when i use VB.NET I need to do in this w...more >>

I'm using this (leaving out the declarations for this post) in the Form load of my main form: Capture = True Dim hwnd As IntPtr = GetCapture() Capture = False SHFullScreen(hwnd, SHFS_HIDESTARTICON) The Start button disappears and even open a new form ...more >>

I am finding the Ok button in the top right corner of all my apps to be a real problem. Users are clicking that button instead of the proper action buttons on forms. How do I disable this button so that it does not show up in my PDA apps? Thanks, glenn ...more >>

Hello everyone, Is there a way to prevent the user from changing the column width of a datagrid? I set them with a tablestyle and I don't want the user to mess up with it. Also does anyone knows a way to format a datetime within a datagrid with the compact framework? Thanks, Sitar. ...more >>

Hi all! Well, I admit it, I don't really know the best way to solve this problem, so I thought I'd ask the braintrust here. I have a pocketPC device which is syncing to a SQL server. I send back the servers datetime as part of the sync. The problem is that I want to make sure that the ha...more >>

HI NG! Is there a better way then this code below, to get all Textboxes and Comboboxes from a form: Private i as Integer Private ctrcoll As ControlCollection ctrcoll = Me.Controls Try If (ctrcoll(i) Is CType(ctrcoll(i), TextBox)) Then ctrcoll(i).Focus() ...more >>

Hi All, Just curious as to whether someone can explain to me what conditions can cause a SecurityException to be raised in the Compact Framework. I'm getting one sporadically in my app and I'm having a hard time tracking it down. Thanks in advance if anyone can de-mystify this a bit for...more >>

Hi, I'm writing a custom control in .net cf. Is there anyway I can set break points on my code and debug it? When I tried to debug it, I got a message that asked me to set the Start Action (in Project Properties) to Start External Program which I didn't see it in the dropdown list. I set De...more >>

Hi, What is the name of the tool that allows me to inpect dlls to check method signatures I cant find it. ...more >>

I have a client that wants me to add bar coding to his existing VB ..NET PPC 2003 app. Since I've never done bar coding before on any platform other than the Palm OS, can someone point me in the right direction as far as what I need to do to read in barcodes, or what components would be the bes...more >>

Hi, how could I do a soft-reset of the PocketPC in my application, using the .NET compact framework? it's possible? does anyone have already made something like that? thanks in advance, Thiago...more >>

Sorry for the muli post (originally posted in microsoft.public.dotnet.framework) I ran into a problem with rounding and was wondering if anyone knows of a work around with out manually rounding numbers. Math.Round doesn't seem to use the standard in rounding (at least what I have always be...more >>

How can I make sure my application completly closes when a user either clicks on a close button or uses the X in the upper right corner of the device. I'm using VB.NET targeting windows mobile 200x. Thank you. Paul ...more >>

hello, i have a ppc/netcf v1 application that gets data from a webserver running iis5. I set it up to use basic authentication over ssl. then I use netcredentials to set my user and password. now I can get data fromt the webservice. the trouble start when i reconnect with different credential...more >>

hi all, i want to have my application main window hide, and keeps running, and when the user runs it again the windows open up again. ie i start my application the user enters some settings, and clicks ok, the application UI closes but keeps running, then when he clicks on the shortcut agai...more >>