Hello, After deploying my app to my device, and shutting the app down, it is not seen running in the running program list. I'm sure it it still running cause i can't delete the file so it is locked. How can I close down the app, cause deploying new versions of my program is not possibl...more >>

I soon need to deploy a .NET CF application and am curious about the best ways/products out there to completely lock down the device with the exception of my piece of software. We'll be handing the devices to students in a gym and then retrieving the devices as they walk out the door. In the ...more >>

Seems like a simple scenario: I have a form with a single button. When the button has focus, and the user presses a hardware key, I want to invoke the button's onClick. In this baby case, I can just capture the KeyDown on the one button and manually call the onClick handler with null argumen...more >>

I create a class like this Public Class KeyFilter Implements IMessageFilter Overridable Function PreFilterMessage(ByRef m As Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.Message) As Boolean Implements IMessageFilter.PreFilterMessage Dim tasto As Integer Select Case m.Msg ...more >>

Hello there, Can I invoke a method on a foreign thread from within a continually running worker thread? The method called should be executed by the foreign thread and in the foreign thread's context! The method is NOT associated with a certain control or Form object, it is simply a differe...more >>

I’ve developed a prototype application in the compact network’s versions of VB. My demonstrations would be more compelling if I could, from my vb code, control the playing of several short, 5-15 second, mp3 sound files. I’m seeking recommendations for how to get this done. I’m n...more >>

When a messagebox is displayed with Yes/No buttons and Enter is used to response, a keypress for Enter is created. How do I cancel this keypress? I use Enter to move to the next control. Answering a messagebox with the "Enter" key results in a move to the next control which I do not want t...more >>

I know this is a compactframework ng, and I do plan to continue development on this platform - but, one of my clients, for whom I've done a lot of ppc development said their group is switching to the use of Agentry (Cyclo) for PPC development. Does anyone here have any experience with this p...more >>

In my pocket pc application (i write it on .NET CF) i show a dialog using ShowDialog method, when user closes the dialog box my application become not active and to activate it I sould go to Settings->memory->running programs -> activat What the matter? If I do something wrong? Please help me...more >>

Hi, I would like to create an "sdf" SQL Server CE 2 database on a desktop server (from a webservice call). This means, instead of sending records down to the device and having the device run INSERT statements, it can just download a "prepackaged" database. The db needs to be created on the...more >>

I have the .lnk and .htm file installed on a PDA and if I simply start the help and click on my Application name in the list of help topics, this help file works great. Then I load my application and tap on Start, Help. Nothing happens whereas if I'm in Excel, and tap Start, Help I get t...more >>

Hi. Can someone point me in the right direction on how to place a setup program on an SD card and when the SD card is inserted, the setup is kicked off? Thanks, David ...more >>

Hello! I am writing an application for pocket pc 2003 using C#. I need to show text with images in the text. Which user control I need to do this? Vitaly ...more >>

Is there an approved .net way to define or-able enums? I'd like to define enum items with values of 1,2,4,8, etc and be able to OR them together as a mask as follows: public enum Tests { Test1=1, Teste2=2, Test3=4, Test4=8, Test5=16 } Tests teststodo = Test1 | ...more >>

Dear developers, urgent... hav i know how can i "Refresh" my mobile form..? i try to call the form constructor but it seems does not work.. any idea..? i need to refresh it bcoz i wanna invoke the web service and new collection of data to be inserted into my combobox when i pressed my left sof...more >>

Hi, All My question is: I have on my PC Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 and eMbedded Tools installed. Can i install Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 on the same PC? I am running XP on my machine. I have a lot of Project on PC (eVB and VB 6.0) and i don't want damage the previuos development en...more >>

Hi! Does anyone know where the setting "When needed, automatically connect to the Internet using these settings:" is saved in the registry? Thanks Linus ...more >>

Hello all! I have read a couple posts on signature capture - none of which seem to really get to the heart of what is generally the issue. That being said, here is what I am hoping to find... I have built a signature capture screen based on a marriage of info from microsoft and open source...more >>

Hi I try load a form by reflection : Assembly myAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(dtr.GetString(0)); Form frmForm = myAssembly.CreateInstance("Nox.Grade") as Form; but a NullReferenceException is generated. If I use Type type = Assembly.GetType("Nox.Grade") it's Ok. What is wrong ?...more >>

i want to make my own message box. which possibilities do i have and how should i proceed?...more >>

Dear developers, urgent... hav i know how can i "Refresh" my web form..? i try to call the form constructor but it seems does not work.. any idea..? i m building Smartphone App... kindly to take note.. thanks and regards. cheers, Wong CS ...more >>

Not sure, but I believe that the compact framework SP3 leaks memory when using PInvoke on Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. I have two applications - the first is a framework application that updates a SQLCE database using DataSets and DataAdapters. The database is synchronised with a centr...more >>

what happened if i call datatable.acceptchanges() then datatable.rejectchanges? ...more >>