I made mainform property "controlBox" to false. So basically I can't use minimize box to deactivate form. Of course I can hide program with Me.Hide() but I should able to return to my program. If I hide program there is no button on the taskbar so I cannot return. How can I minimize my program...more >>

I already installed SP3 for the reason that hx4700 has a problem with imagelist. But when I draw images on the form sometimes images just don't show themselves. I already checked out my code more than hunred times and it does work perfectly on the other platform. (hendhelp pc, other ppc, homep...more >>

Is the singleton method possible in Compact Framework VB .NET? If so, can anyone tell me how to set it up? I've looked all over the web and have found VB .NET examples, but they're all convoluted and don't work. I had a real simple one working in C#, but I don't know how to accurately transla...more >>

I have a line of code at the end of a program that is xmldocparam.Save(filename) We have ONE customer running on a Tmobile MDAII device who gets an error whenever this line gets executed...I have 'trapped' the error and it says : ! UnauthorizedAccessException I didn't know ther...more >>

Hi, How do I lock a directory for access in a multithreaded application? I have Thread1 and Thread2. Thread1 wants to delete a directory. The thread checks to see whether or not the directory is empty. If it is empty it deletes the directory. However, Thread2 wants to put files in the direc...more >>

Hi again :) ! In this type of forms (Smart Devices) we don't have the property Form.Keypreview, how can emulate then? I need to catch enter key in form, when I have the focus in any component. My solution was use keydown property in any component, but is not pratical. -- Cumprimentos, ...more >>

Hi again! How can set color text for one cell? And for one collumn? -- Cumprimentos, David de Passos -------------------------------------------------------------- RCSOFT, Lda. E-Mail: passos@rcsoft.pt Móvel: +351 966931639 Telefone: +351 239708708 Fax: +351 239708701 Tel. Directo...more >>

Hi! I have a tabcontrol with 3 tabpage, and in Load Form I and to select the tabpage(2). I want to see the components are into tabpages(2). How can do that? -- Cumprimentos, David de Passos -------------------------------------------------------------- RCSOFT, Lda. E-Mail: passos@rc...more >>

I know that it's not supported out of the box. Does anyone have an example where the mouse click is intercepted and a panel opened, or something like that? Many commercial programs do this, and it seems like a good user experience, so it's too bad it is not possible. Best Regards Peter Vi...more >>

I am developing a keyboard sip for numbers only. The problem is that if the same number is clicked 3 times, I receive only two clicks. Is there a way to go around it? Evan Camilleri ...more >>

I trying to check if my modem is turned ON before calling... So, I write the following statements: uint s = 0; if(hComm!=INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE){ GetCommModemStatus(hComm,ref s); if((s & MS_DSR_ON) == 0) return -1; } My modem is turned OFF but the uint s variab...more >>

Here is the layout to understand the problem: Application.Run calls LogonDlg.cs LogonDlg (if login successful) opens Form1.cs Form1.cs opens Form2.cs I have an app where a network packet received on a socket logs out the user back to the login screen. This works great if the form1 is the ac...more >>

I need a dialog for folder browsing. I can of course develop one from scratch, but is there one in Windows CE already that I can use? I yes, does anyone have a code sample? Thore Berntsen ...more >>

Hi, I'm new to .NET Compact Framework, now I'm testing a simple application on it, it is seemed that I can't create a DataGrid with these properties, how can I do like with Windows Forms in .NET Framework? - hide row, column header? - different color for odd and even rows? - check box on e...more >>

Hello All, I wrote an application for WM 2003 devices. My problem is this. I have 3 devices to work with, the one I was developing on is a few months older then the two we are going to have our customers test with. The only difference is the new devices have Qwerty keyboards. On the new Q...more >>

Hey Guys, i have an application that performs an FTP over a GPRS connection. The problem is i need to be able to activate the GPRS connection through my application. How is it possible through code to initialise the GPRS connection. Instead of the user having to do: Start -> Settings -> N...more >>

Hi Guys, It seems to be a very simple thing,but unfortunately I can't succeed so i thought to post a question to get new Ideas. My problem is : I want a thread running in background to check wether Internet Conection is available,if so update the property on the form to True or else False(i...more >>

Hi, I'm using compact framework and a WinCE 4.2 Device. I want to change the row heigh in a datagrid. Is it possible? Maybe, is possible to set DataGrid in auto size mode. My grid has a column with values that contains two lines (values with \n\r in the middle). In this case datagrid sho...more >>

Hi, here is the source XML file. data.xml <table1> <row1> <col1>value1</col1> <col2>value2</col2> <col3>value3</col3> </row1> <row2> <col1>value4</col1> <col2>value5</col2> <col3>value6</col3> </row2> <row3> ...more >>