I want to run my application on my windows CE device in Kiosk mode (the user s´hould not be allowed to leave my application). I found some saples, but they all use aygshell.dll and this seems not to be on my device. Are there any other possibilites to use Kiosk mode? Can I add aygshell.d...more >>

A customer has reported a failure in calling a web service: Cound not load type System.Web.Services.Protocols.Soap HttpClientProtocol from assembly System.Web.Services, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture= neutral PublicKeyToken=...... This sounds like when a dll is missing or misversioned. However...more >>

Hello, Is there any way to open a device from managed code without P/Invoking CreateFileW()? I tried File.Open("LPT1:",...) but it doesn't work. Thank you, Kostas Tragas ...more >>

Hi, How can I fire a method when the user change the date from the datetimepicker control ? The control does not expose any events (there are the ones from Control, but they are not implemented). Thanks, Steve ...more >>

hi,all How can I debug my source on Real device(PPC2003) by ActiveSync3.7 My Env: VS.NET 2003 NET CF:1.1 thanks ...more >>

Is it possible to run CF 2.0 on a Win CE 4.1 Device? When I try to install the CF 2.0, on the end (after copying all files) it says that it could not be installed an I should try to reinstall it. I read some where that CF 2.0 only works with Win CE 5.0. Is this true? ...more >>

Hi All, When I try to debug my smart device application. The Pocket PC 2003 emulator starts up and connects. The Status Bar in the IDE has info like. Copying CarsPlusPPC.exe Deploying CarsPlusPPC.exe Copying sqlce.wce4.x86.cab Deploying sqlce.wce4.x86.cab (shows install on the emula...more >>

I'm sure someone has already responded to this question, but I could no find an answer in the files. I have an application that runs on a Pocket PC device fine. When th device does a cold boot, the application is lost. I then must reloa the app using VS deployment. I have tried the following:...more >>

Dear All, I need application for HHP Dolphin 9500. The application is used to scan the barcode then save the sacnned barocde in the form of text file. I have tried to learned the sample codes provided by CD, but it's difficult for me to undestrand. Pls someone can give me the clues? Tha...more >>

Hi, there, I am new to .net programming, and need help how to build my own dll and use it in an exe. I want to wrap part of my code into a dll and call it from my exe, how to port/include the dll in my exe project? Thanks a lot!...more >>

I'm trying to find the correct (?) way to capture errors and display them appropriately. Try 'some code here Catch ex as exception msgbox (ex.message) Finally 'some final code here End Try With SQLce errors I add 'Catch ex as SQLCeException" Thats an easy one to figure out...more >>

Hi everyone, First of all, why am I having this problem... I need a REAL transparent label control. My custom label control needs to be able to be the child of any other control and must only display text, not a background image or color. So I created a control derived from System.Windows....more >>

This works: DataSet x = getsomedata(); x.WriteXml("myfile.xml"); This doesn't: DataSet x = getsomedata(); x.WriteXml("myfile.xml", XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema); and it refers to the full function in the compiler's error message, as in: 'System.Data.DataSet.WriteXml(string, System.Data....more >>

Hi, I want to establish a Dial Up Network to an ISP. My WinCE.net 4.2 device cannot communicate via COM1, It's a PSION WorkAbout PRO, and the provider argues that in the beginning, this device was not planned to have RS232 Port so WinCe is not prepared to use it. With the OpenNetCF i was ab...more >>

Hi, I've heard the automatic memory adjusting in windows ce operating system does not work (and saw it happening on my device). I know that it does work on the PPC system, but is there a way to do this manual on the windows ce device (by code)? Tomer. ...more >>

Hi, is it possible to write a PocketPC-Console Application that stays in background and waits for a hardware-button-click to do something? I like to avoid starting/terminating the application all the time - currently i simply linked a button with that application via WinMobile2003-settings....more >>

Hi, My application on my PPC can "hear" several APs nearby. I want to get my PPC associated with one of these APs. How can I do it? Thanks in advance! -Rastus...more >>

I am trying to use the Rebind method on an Adapter instance. My WLAN device is named "ODIM\WLAGS46B1" running on Dell AXIM30H. When trying to rebind the program throws an exception and tells me "Exception DeviceIoControl( IOCTL_REBIND_ADAPTER )". The WLAN adapter has an upper binding to Ody...more >>

Just wondering if I can get some ideas of how I can transfer data from my scanner to the PC. Currently I scan barcodes, once the user is done the will push a button and will transfer all the data from a ListView onto a text file. After this I need the data put on a PC in order to do further ...more >>

Is there a fix for this problem yet? After installing SDF 1.3, it asks to install again twice everytime i deploy our application. It seems that it would be easy enough and annoying enough that someone would have fix for it yet, but I have been unable to find one so far. Thanks John Pajak ...more >>

Hi all, I am programming a Windows CE .NET 4.1 device using Visual C# .NET. I add an InputPanel (Keyboard) to a form with the code: private Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.InputPanel inputPanel1; and in that forms constructor I initialise the inputPanel with: inputPanel1 = new Microsoft.Windo...more >>

In a PPC app, how do I detect that a user clicked on the Ok button ? The VisibleChanged Event would have done the job, however unfortunately, it's not supported by the compact framework The Deactivated event isn't accurate since it could be triggered by other things like a messagebox for...more >>

HRESULT SmsSetMessageNotification ( const SMSREGISTRATIONDATA * psmsrd); typedef struct smsregistrationdata_tag { DWORD cbSize; //3 * 260 or 3 * 260 + 4 ??? TCHAR tszAppName[SMS_MAX_APPNAME_LENGTH];//260 TCHAR tszParams[SMS_MAX_PARAMS_LENGTH];//260 TCHAR tszProtocolName[SMS_MAX_PROTOCOLNAME_...more >>

Hello, I´m developing a Pockect Pc application with Visual Studio 2003 + Visual Basic and I'm having problems with TabControl + Toolbar. I have a full screen app. One of forms have a tab control. Well I need to append a toolbar for use the SIP object, but when i run the application the too...more >>

Hi, all. I am trying to extend a TextBox to select the text in it upon focusing it. I thought that it could be accomplished by simply attaching a GotFocus event handler, and then fiddle with SelectionStart and SelectionLength. I of course found out that this didn't work because the click even...more >>

Can ngen.exe be used for .net compact framework applications? or are there any such tools? what I would like to know is, if not, why cant it be? is this because that assemblies on .net compact framework platform are different than the ..net framework assemblies and are in addressable block f...more >>

I hope there's someone out there who knows what's wrong with my code. I'm writing an app to connect with a TCPClient and send orders back and forth.. Problem is that when I exit the application with me.close not all threads are being closed, so I can't restart my app... Same thing when I send...more >>

Is it me or opennetcf.org unavailable? Haven't been able to reach it all weekend. Thanks, Matt ...more >>

Hi, so far I've built a small browser with .Net 2.0 (pretty big install) and OpenNetCF (about 1.3MB). The OpenNetCF versions seems to need OpenNETCF.Windows.Forms.dll + xml OpenNETCF.dll + xml and Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.dll + xml. Which makes sense, but 1.3MB is still quite some overhe...more >>

I'm having an issue with typeloadexceptions being thrown by my application. The app works _fine_ on the emulator, but when I try to run it on a Win 2003 Mobile device, it throws a TypeLoadException complaining that it can't find DataTable in System.Data. Essentially what happens is that I ha...more >>

How can I change the top-right "X" button of a form to "OK", and how to handle the event of that button? I know the form shown by ShowDialog method will change the "X" button to "OK", but I my application, there is only one form, there are many UI component in that form, and those UI compon...more >>

Hi, I've written a simple Application for the PPC 2003 in VS2005 Beta 2 and I want to use the new WebBrowser-Component. My problem is, that this CanGoBackChanged-Event won't run, when ever I open a new Page with Navigate-Method. there's the sourcecode: ##################### p...more >>

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Hello, I´m developing a Pockect Pc application with Visual Studio 2003 + Visual Basic. My pda tester is IPAQ h3000. I'm having problems with the timer control. When the program strat the timer enable is set to False. When i set to true the event tick isn´t raised. Anyone can help me? T...more >>

I want to draw an irregular shaped icon at a fixed location on a PPC screen. Can you direct me on how to get the pixel value of the screen (or the current form) at a specific location. Further how can I get notification if a rectangular region is repainted - ie the screen may have a changin...more >>

I built a customized Setup.DLL where in each of the functions I do the following: I load the library "vsd_setup.dll", get the address of the respective function and call it. This works OK for all the functions except Install_Init. In this case LoadLibrary() fails.This must be because the vsd...more >>

Hi, While installing the Smard Device Framework v1.3 from opennetcf.org i get tje following error - Package "Smart Device Framework" has failed to load properly (GUID = {172D4ACA-51C8-45C7-8995-B155D36CCB88}) , Please contact package vendor for assistance. Would you like to disable loading this...more >>

Utilizing c# and .Net CF, how do I programatically set the Baud Rate and Timeout for a particular network connection for a Pocket PC 2003 device? Thanks, JS...more >>

My task is to move an instrument controller module (called an ICE implemented on a ICE.dll) down into a Pcb that supports Netcf. At present at the Desktop level it uses Remoting to communicate with another application. After reading various articles, the Msdn and this newsgroup I believe tha...more >>

I am new to both sockets and Netcf. My task is to move an instrument controller module (called an ICE implemented on a ICE.dll) down into a Pcb that supports Netcf. At present at the Desktop level it uses Remoting to communicate with another application. After reading various articles, th...more >>

I am new to both sockets and Netcf. My task is to move an instrument controller module (called an ICE implemented on a ICE.dll) down into a Pcb that supports Netcf. At present at the Desktop level it uses Remoting to communicate with another application. After reading various articles, th...more >>

My program deploys a simple executable that I need to attach an icon to that I've created, this should be simple but none of the instructions provided in the documentation are working. Any ideas?...more >>

I have aform with a ListView on it. I have created a column and added text to it...added some spaces and a time stamp so that the width is around 75 characters long. When I open up the form in an emulator it looks as it should. However, when I deploy it to my device and open it up...the colum ...more >>

Dear fellows, i have a question that is there a way that i can resrict the pda user that he cannot change the pda date regards...more >>

Anyone know of a workaround for formatting the text colour of a specific cell or row in the datagrid? TIA Rob robblij@community.nospam ...more >>

I'm working on a project that compiles and runs on both the .NET framework and the .NET compact framework. At the moment I maintain two separate VS2005 project files, a "PC" project file and a "Windows CE 5.0" project file. The problem is that, whenever I make changes to one of the projects, I...more >>

I'm currently developing a CF app on Windows Mobile CE and VB.NET. The app is working fine, well that is until you minimize it. It appears the GC kicks in and decides to collect my forms! so when I return the screens are blank. Some background on the technique I'm using might be helpful. To...more >>

I need to use an ActiveX control in my .netcf 1.0 sp3 application (do not need any UI functionality of that ActiveX control) Trying to do this by implementing a DLL with a COM object "A" which will host ActiveX control "B". I am calling the COM object through exported DLL functions. I seem ...more >>

I am having difficulty loading and displaying data from an XML file into a ComboBox Compact Framework control. The XML file has 1 parent node and one child node, which contains the data I want: - node1 --- node2 ------ dataitem1 ------ dataitem2 --- /node2 I would like the ComboBox'...more >>

Im trying to create a column for the datagrid that displays a picture. Ive found a couple of examples at thecodeproject.com but when I use them in my application i get "'EpocHost.DataGridDataPictureColumn.ConcedeFocus()': no suitable method found to override" and the same thing for Abort,...more >>

CE.NET 4.2 Symbol MC 9060 device vb.net VB_ScanSample1 from the Symbol SDK I have an app that is scanning fine. The only problem is I can't seem to get a horizontal scroll bar, which I need. When I try Me.ListBox1.ScrollAlwaysVisible = True I get a message after a build saying: (54):...more >>

I have a bitmap file and want to print out. And I only can print out the image shape with the srceen image. How can I get bitmap DC instead of the screen. Thanks....more >>

Hi, I'm using a TCP connection for sending text commands and receive text answers from a server using a proprietary protocol. In one of the responses the server sends binary data from an image file. I'm using StreamReader.ReadLine() method for the general message receiving, but when the binar...more >>

Hello all, is there a way to change the color of a tab? For example, I have 4 tabs and I want one of the tabs to be red so the end user knows there is something there they need to see. TIA ...more >>

Hi,all I am confused about thread, Please help me, I have two class, Calss One and Class Two, Class One Has Class Two instance,Class Two has a Thread. well, I want to quit Class One,Do I need to end Calss Two thread before I end Class One instance? If I should end Thread before I quit C...more >>

Hello, I am getting this error: Internal error occured, parameters:P0:ID Please can someone tell me about it?...more >>

Hi, If i have an anonymous authentication for my virtual directory on IIS, 1)do i have to submit username and password for the RDA or not at all? 2)If I am using pass through connection, do i need to give the RDA a proxy? 3)Do i need to create the db that will hold the table created from the...more >>

Hello, I´m developing a Pockect Pc application with Visual Studio 2003 + Visual Basic. My pda tester is IPAQ h3000. I want to use the same font of operating system (Thaoma or Verdana size 8) over my forms. Well, in visual studio environmet i set this font and i can see the correct size, ...more >>

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Hi, I've installed Visual C# 2005 express edition but I cannot use the compact framework. Must I install anything else to create applications for PocketPc 2003? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi, is there some way of displaying com-objects in a pocket internet explorer? We need that for a component which saves a signature, written with a stylus. At the moment a java applet is used, this uses quite some RAM for the java process though. Bye, felix...more >>

Hi, I have made a .NET CF application which has several forms, while the user has openend some of the forms he wants to take a look at his agenda, so he opens his agenda. After that he wants to switch back to my application, he goes to the startmenu and activates the application again. But the...more >>

I'm targetting CE.NET Can you point me at the correct methods to store general application settings such as server name, form position etc. Thanks, Simon. ...more >>

OK, I created the program in VS 2005 Beta 1. It runs on my device with CF 2.0 installed. The specific build of CF 2.0 installed to my device was loaded there BY VS 2005. When I deploy the cab to another device and download CF 2.0 from the Microsoft website and install that CF 2.0 to th...more >>

hi everybody? I followed below process(from MS manual) to use Smart Device Auth Util. ------------------------ To use the Smart Device Authentication Utility 1. Open a new or saved Smart Device project in Visual Studio .NET. 2. Run the Smart Device Authentication Utility on the ...more >>

I have a custom control which has a ContextMenu property like so: public class MyControl : Control { ContextMenu _contextMenu; public ContextMenu Menu { get { return _contextMenu; } set { _contextMenu = value; } } I want to display this context menu whe...more >>

My ATL smart device project sets an error object by calling the Error method inherited from CComCoClass. However, the COMException caught in the C# client only reports the HRESULT. The error description is missing. My ATL component implements ISupportErrorInfo, but it doesnt seemed to be calle...more >>

Hi i have this code but it doesnt seem to work. "SIP found" is never = displayed. //find sip on parent if(sip =3D=3D null) { MessageBox.Show("looking for sip"); foreach (Object c in this.Parent.Controls) //this =3D a panel on = the parent form { if(c is Microsof...more >>

I'd like to display a MessageBox with custom buttons, like 'Left' and 'Right' instead of one of the MessageBoxButtons choices. Is this possible? ...more >>

Hello, I want to connect to a server from my application using RDA. I am testing my application on the emulator. When I use pocketIE to connect to the virtual directory, it works, but when I run my application it gives me an error that i am unable to have an internet connection. Please w...more >>

In the past, when using a DataSet as the DataSouce for a DataGrid I would use the mapping name Table to define the TableStyles. When using a SqlCeResultSet, does anyone know what the mappingname property is for the TableStyle definintion? Thanks!...more >>

Hi, Is there a way to add check boxes to the ListBox control? Thanks in advanced, Asaf ...more >>

hi! is it possible to derive a class from control and make it visible for user? thank you...more >>

Hello, I have an application with an sql ce db which i want to update its data by connecting using RDA and Merge/Replication to IIS and Sql server 2000. First of all, IIS and Sql server are on the same machine. Secondly, I am testing my application on a emulator on my laptop which have a ...more >>

hi everyone, i just noticed that deploying a standard cab file won´t make it if no framework´s installed on the ppc. is it somehow possible to build the framework cabs into the application cab file? it would be great to have a single installation cab file. i´m working with VS 2003 EE....more >>

Hi, I have a mobile application that I can run perfectly in the Pocket PC 2003 emulator and on an iPaq (PPC 2002)... but when I run it on my new iPaq (PPC 2003) I always get: App.exe TypeLoadException Couldn't load System.Windows.Forms.Form of assembly System.Windows.Forms, Version=1.0...more >>

Hello everybody, I'm developing a ppc application that receives images from a url and periodically displays them in a picturebox (I use a timer control). private sub tick(...) handles myTimer.tick 'pbx is the target picturebox control pbx.image = getImage() end sub private function ge...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to desactivate all key on the keyboard and after activate only 2 keys on the keyboard ? Thanks Best Regards...more >>

Hi There is it possivle to startup an compact of an SQL CE Server programmatically ? ...more >>

I want to create a window in Wince device using CF,which must satisfy the following conditions: 1) nonresize 2) nonmovable 3) don't set WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized 4) have X icon in the title bar Anyone know the answer? thanks, wyghf...more >>

hi all, how can i determine a size in pixel of a specific string ("hallo") with a given Font("Arial", 9.0F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular)? thank you...more >>

Dear friends, I am working on one project with .Net compact framework, where I need to modify or access the .net compact framework Outlook express. Please give me some information, tutorials, or book details as soon as possible. Thank you very much. Warm Regards Sachin Korgaonkar ...more >>