Hello, I have a datagrid whose columns often contains long words. When such a word is at the end of the column width, it doesn't display any part of the word (i.e. removes the word completely). How can I change this? I want the grid to show the part of the grid that fits, i.e. This is a ...more >>

I did a very simple test to try to understand the cab file building process. I have a test PocketPC app that just uses the OpenNETCF SoundPlayer to play the alarm1.wav file when a button is clicked. If I do "Build Cab File" I notice that the .INF file it creates refers to a "vsd_config.txt.AR...more >>

Hi, I have a question for anyone who can answer it, regarding keeping a single source for full framework applications and compact framework applications. The company that I am curerntly doing work for has a large investment in a set of components that form a framework for them to produce app...more >>

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/browse_thread/thread/8ce7d06bd8a2646a/eb0434a2d34a1297?q=fairycat&rnum=2#eb0434a2d34a1297 I already asked same sort of question but never got reply. Maybe my question was out of common sense so I wanna ask a...more >>

Hello! I've got to write an application for smartphone that needs to run background (it's behaviour will be like an windows service). It'll will receive every SMS that is sent to the device, process it, and send another SMS, in response to the one it's read. All messages will be logged i...more >>

I'm surrounding some code with a WaitCursor and DefaultCursor call, but in a number of cases the spinner doesn't go away. I've tried Application.DoEvents() in various places to no avail. I catch all exceptions and turn it off there too. This is not easily reproducible but I get it about ...more >>

This may not be a problem in CF, but I'm working on CF so I just post here. I have a program needs to read some text file created with double byte characters, I have try using the streamreader as usual, but it cause problem no matter which encoding system is used (I can only find: ASCII, Bi...more >>

I got several groups of components on a form that should be shown or hidden depending on certain events. In order to not to have to set the Visible property on all the different components, i add them to different ContainerControls, and use the containercontrols visible property. When i had us...more >>

I'm now finding the way to save JPEG image in PPC. I have a sample to save it in BMP format. I think it will be possible if I convert BMP image to JPG format but it might be long way. Can someone let me have your guide if you have any better idea. ...more >>

Hi How do I oparete the camera in my hp ipaq rx 3700 with C# code? can I take pictures and video ? Thanks Shaul Elkana ...more >>

Hi, I tried to use OpennetCF's GraphicsEx.DrawLine, but it didn't run on an iPAQ. DrawLine uses the simple GDI-Functions LineTo and MoveToEx. They are defined in Opennetcf.Drawing.GDIPlus.cs like this: [DllImport("Coredll.dll")] public static extern int LineTo( IntPtr hdc, int nXEnd, int...more >>

Hello, How would i copy a file from a PPC to a desktop machine, with activesync running on the desktop and all control performed by the PPC. thank you, Christophe. ...more >>

Hi: Can I lock refresh of winform to avoid to visualize some temporary changes ? I am changing bindincontext of some controls to do certain checkings and I don't want that the user sees the changes of field's contents.. Visual FoxPro, for example, has intruction: Thisform.LockScreen Thanks ...more >>

Hello, I have the following problem with application, using System.Threading.Timer: My app is Windows Forms (CF) and I have a MyTimer class in different assembly. From my MainForm I open other form (SecondForm) and start listening for Timer events from MyTimer and when notification arrives, ...more >>

Im developing a pocket pc app, at the moment im doing the testing from the ipaq to the pc over the cradle, even thou the ipaq can wifi to the webservices. The thing is that I have changed the path of the web reference to an invalid path, upon changing VS.Net told me it was invalid, but I igno...more >>

Like so many others I've been trying to make a listview with checkboxes that doesn't toggle the check state of an item when the item is selected. And then I found it: all you need to to is set the Activate property to ItemActivate.OneClick. Which isn't necessarily *entirely* obvious from the...more >>

anyone know if its possible to apply a dynamic snapshot to a device? ...more >>