Hi, i have a pocket PC with a qwerty keyboard. i'd like to know how to detect characters like the "@" and "^" symbols. currently i have a message handler (using MessageWindow) that handles keys that i register using RegisterHotKeys. I have registered keys from -20 to 500 to try and determine ...more >>

Hi I have several custom controls developed for VS 2003 that can be added to the toolbox. I would like to compile these controls for VS 2005 Beta 2. Can this be done? Where can i find documentation on this. Do I still have to build dlls for the designer? Thanks ;) ...more >>

I have got an application created with .net CF i must create an installation for more pocket PC I use SQL CE and other riferiments like openNETCF and audio files in directory. How must i proced to create a unic cab file installation with all of these packets? can i put it all in one? ...more >>

We debug a VB.Net App that uses compact framework to a DAP Windows CE.Net device. When I debug I would like to only have the EXE copied down. Right now it copies any referrences as well and checks the .NET CF version. The first message I receive is: Files in the package 'netcf.all.wce4....more >>

Hi! I want to know if there exist a terminal emulator (3270 for an IBM mainframe) for the Pocket PC? It might be possible to access the IBM mainframe directly from the Pocket PC remotely over a wireless network in that case? I have a customer asking questions about this but my knowledge in ...more >>

I finally had my listview where I thought I wanted it, activation = twoclick, checkboxes working, but I just went in and clicked on the last row in the list, on a subitem and it checked the checkbox. Is this a feature? It doesn't check the checkbox when I click on any other rows subitems? T...more >>

Hi, I need to read an xml file with Latin 1 encoding (iso8859-1) on a Pocket PC, using an XmlTextReader. I get an XmlExeption: The system does not support 'iso-8859-1' encoding. Is it true that the iso encoding is not supported, and does anyone know a way to get around the problem? Thank...more >>

Hi all, I'm having problems with a C# Smart Device app - I'm loading a bitmap like this: Image bgImage = new Bitmap(appDir + "start.gif"); but on a WinCE 5 device this this causes an exception with message "Exception". The emulator that comes with VS.NET 2003 (WinCE 4.10) works ok. From...more >>

Hello, Does Pocket Excel support any data exchange mechanism, such as DDE (or other) ? Omar ...more >>

Hi! I'm developing application for Symbol MK 2000 based on Windows CE.NET 4.1. My app using web method returning DataSet. After I calling this web method app throw PlatformNotSupportedException. But exact application running on Symbol MC 50 (based on Windows Mobile 2003) works fine. What differ...more >>

Hi, I need to be able to print a single paged document (hopefully A4) from my Pocket Pc app. I am using Symbol MC9000 PDA's that have bluetooth. The only bluetooth mobile printer I have found is the HP Deskjet 450wbt, all other seem to only print out 2 to 4 inch thermal parking ticket st...more >>

Hi I am using .Net CF [C#] for developing Mobile application, but it takes time to load compare to other applications installed on device. i tried loading or creating object but it also take time when it loads.... dose any one knows about speeding .Net CF application startup or load...? ...more >>

I'm developing an app that will interface directly with a GPS receiver in order to do a number of special calculations and route tracking. But I'd also like to feed the realtime GPS to a real-time map display (using the MapPoint webservice is not an option for the client due to cost). My fir...more >>

When an unhandled exception occurs in my low-level framework, I want to display a message to the user using MessageBox.Show(). However, depending on where the exception is caught, this sometimes locks my application. Specifically, I tried wrapping my Sub Main in try-catch blocks, and it blocke...more >>

Hi, I'm developing an application, where by I need to able to scan the barcode labels from a distance of around 4-5 metres ( say 20 feet). I've seen symbol website and found that MC 9000 series got the ability to do this. Now, could any of you please tell me what should be the specificati...more >>

I have been implementing landscape mode on my forms and noticed something disturbing about certain combo boxes on some of them. When I have a combo box near the edge of the screen, some of them would cause the landscape mode to activate the scroll bar functionaity to show more area, but then in...more >>

I have a listview control with checkboxes. Is there anyway that I can keep it from "checking" / "clearing" the checkboxes when I click on the text, make the user click on the checkbox? Thanks Scott ...more >>

Hi I am trying to start ActiveSync Sync. (like the green button...) between ppc and desktop computer from a ppc app using c#. is is possible? Thanks Shaul ...more >>

Is it possible include in my platform generated with Platform Bulder 5 Compact Framework 2 ? Thanks Stefano ...more >>

Hi all. My PPC application (Visual Studio 2003) has several folders and subfolders with resources (images, data...) When I copy and execute the cab file in Visual Studio emulator, all the files appear in the root of the application, and the folders that I have created in my project are d...more >>

Does the 2.0 beta compact framework support SH3 type devices? I couldn't find the SH3 folder and the cab files under Visual Studio 2005 Beta installed folder. I am new at smartdevice programming and I might be wrong but compact framework 1.0 supports SH3 type device. Doesn't it ? Any advice ...more >>

Anyone know how to get the current bandwidth usage of the network card on the CE device? Obviously i could work this out from the number of bytes sent and recieved! Thanks for your advice ...more >>

Does anyone know of any non phone edition PDAs using the microsoft bluetooth stack (available in the UK). Thanks. Joseph ...more >>

Hi, I'm running an application (on a windows ce device) that I wrote that uses alot of memory (alot of DB access,arraylist,ect). I'm checking the memory load every 1 minute, and I see that the memory grows and grows, but when the objects that used that memory are freed the memory doesn't g...more >>

Hi, I'm running an application that uses alot of memory, I manually use the GC.Collect method and see no change with the memory. When the memory reaches 99% it the drops to +/-90%. Any reason why? Tomer. ...more >>

hi guys i get a strange problem here. everytime i want to deploy something from vs2005 into my pda. it's will copy a lot of dll file into the program folder. like system.xml.dll, system.windows.forms.dll. why this happened? is that because the vs2005 is the beta version. how to avoid this?...more >>

how to play wav files, without opennetcf? ...more >>

Is it possible to put a textbox into a panel in code? What I want to do is remove the borders from a textbox, and from what i can tell the easiest way to do this is by placing it in a pannel, however I don't know how to do this in code (I am trying to make a class MyTextBox that has an inst...more >>

I have a form which creates a new instance of a class, this class creates a thread and within this thread I RaiseEvents. These events are caught by the original form. I am trying to update textboxes on the form from within the events. My question is, do I need to use invoke from within the ...more >>

hi guys (& girls), I'm new to programming in .net and I just want to use the textboxex class (from OpenNETCF.Windows.Forms as a normal text box and if possible be able to place it in my toolbox to use like a normal text box. I'm using vb.net to program. I've downloaded both the source and t...more >>

I am trying to handle the Directional Pad available on Dells and HPs. Many of the posts here and elsewhere indicated these donot have to be registered (like the other 4 hardware buttons by the app), and they generate the regular KeyDown & KeyUp Events (w/ up-down key codes). I am using .NET C...more >>

I've been using the opennetcf classes to work with a Zebra QL220 Bluetooth enabled printer. I'm able to successfully print to the printer if I first do device discovery, display the devices in a combo box, and then select one as shown in the example application. I have a device already bo...more >>

I have to create a password manager for the desktop (simple to do) that has a conterpart on a PocketPC. NOw, I've never done .Net CF, so I'm shooting from the hip. I think I can handle all the stuff except how to communicate with the desktop app to push/pull updates. I really don't want to us...more >>

I am using version 1.3 of the opencf framework (I love it!!) to catch windows enter events. Everything is working great except I cannot get a return value with DialogResult. I know in order to add the message filter to the form it must be shown by using ApplicationEx.ShowDialog. Here's a ...more >>

I have a list view that I am populating from a database. I am doing some manipulation on the data and then I want the listview to "refresh", so I am trying to remove the items / subitems in the list box with: If (lvChief.Items.Count > 0) Then For Index = 1 To lvChief.Items.Count ...more >>

hi there, i would like some pointers in how to go about creating some kind of serial unlock code based on hardware key i create generated from the pocketpc? any help appreciated, Paul ...more >>

The device I am using is has a Intel Arm-Xscale processor, Which processor do I choose in the List from Visual Studio 2003 thanks...more >>

Hello, I having a Sql Server 2000 on windows Xp and i have to use a Symbol MC 9000 mobile computer running under Windows CE 4.20. I'm developping an application on the mobile computer that has to be connected on a the database located on Windows Xp's computer. I'm developping with Visual ...more >>

I'm attempting to restore a device from a hard reset and have made great progress. Got the application and database and eConnect restored to original condition before the hard reset..... Now I'm trying to reset all the standard settings like proxy server IP, hiding Items and setting the ba...more >>

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to detect a memory card's insertion and/or removal from a PocketPC 2003? I'm looking for a way to do this (even with P/Invoke) that doesn't involve me constantly polling the slot. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance,...more >>

Hello All, I am trying to figure out how to execute a third party program and then stop it and can not seem to figure out how to stop it. I am using this code to execute it and "Terminate" it, the execute works fine but the TerminateProcess dosn't. Here is how I start the app: myApp.Class...more >>

Hi, Does anybody knows how to send a client certificate ? I tried to do this using the HttpWebRequest class but noticed that the ClientCertificates collection is not implemented in the compact framework. Maybe using functions from crypt32.dll ? Thanks -- Nextview...more >>

Hi, I am using the SmsGetPhoneNumber function in order to get the phone number associated to a SIM card in a Pocket PC device. According to msdn "This function queries for the available subscriber numbers, and returns the first available entry with a service type of VOICE." but it seems it ne...more >>

Hello all, Is there a way to trap incoming messages (like for example a swipe card read) other then to do threadings in C# Ofcourse I can build a native DLL in C++ to trap the event but how to parse the event on to C# and trap it there? Must I check every second or so if there is a swipe car...more >>

Hi, I have a TabControl with some TabPage with custom Paint event handler. If I call this.Invalidate() from the form containing the tabcontrol, the tabpage paint event is not called. The first load of the form correctly call the paint eventhandler... Is there any known issue about this...more >>

I was thinking using the odbc driver ( if it exist in pocketpc) but I wonder if there is any other method using c# Thanks davide...more >>

What is a decent editor for Pocket PC registry? Or how do I view the the registry. I've downloaded and installed the PHM Registry tool but can't figure out how to execute it - doesn't appear on the device after installed? Any other apps or methods that work? TIA Harry Trying to get en...more >>

I've tried tabControl.Controls[i].Enabled = false; and tabControl.Controls[i].ForeColor = Color.Gray; But neither seems to have any effect on the appearance of tabs. It also doesn't appear to work on the desktop either....more >>

I have read all the post but still do not know where should start. My Pocket PC application which coded by C#.net CF need to print report to IrDA or bluetooth enabled printer (whichever works). Almost every post says try the dll from http://www.fieldsoftware.com/. But unfortunately we can not af...more >>

I have a few textboxes to hold x, y, z dimensions and weight per item. The user may have different number of items so I will have one set of these textboxes with an add button. Upon click, I would like to show the data in a tabular form with proper headings for each of the items on the same pa...more >>

Where can i find documentation about dotnet framework? Do you recomand me a book? MarthaJames@bankarea.com...more >>

Hi Guys, I have a setup program that lunch CeAppMgr.exe with the appropriate .ini file. What I really want to detect,when user hits the "Cancel" button so that I can stop the setup program. Does CeAppMrg.exe return value indicates that the "Cancel" button was pressed? Thanks, Salim...more >>

Hi all, I have tried searching for this in the archives and on google, to no avail. My application will run on handhelds which will be out "in the field" so to speak, and I was wondering if there is any way to setup my application so that if an unexpected exception occurs on a handheld and ...more >>

hi all I started to learn dot net. and currely doing application for pocket pc. i have 8 form which i would like to navigate through freely without having to construct with new from all the time. plus i would like to have the data inserted to the form still available when i go back to t...more >>

Hi, I need to access a jsp page from .net compact framework application. The jsp page supports gzip format and it is deployed in Tomcat server. I am using "ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib" dll for gzip compression & decompression. I tried to post a compressed data in gzip format and when i decompre...more >>

I wanted to subclass the DataGrid control to add functionality (that should have been there in the first place). I have followed instructions, similar to the ones in the following link that teach how to subclass controls, http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311317 bu...more >>

Hello, In a WinCE WinForm application, a PictureBox is used as an imageholder, covering a section of the WinForm. The app needs to provide the X,Y coordinate values of that particular PictureBox. Unfortunately MouseEv.X and MouseEv.Y stops functioning at the boundaries of the PictureBox...more >>

Hi, A couple of quick questions: 1. Why is the Bitmap class tied to the UI? i.e. Why can I only use Bitmap if I'm writing a UI app? What if I wanted to write an command line image processing app? "using System.Drawing" fails. 2. Why does C# not support 2bpp (2 bits per pixel), but it...more >>

Hi, I'm running an application on a windows ce, and I wish to disable the sound notifications by code. You can see the sound notifications check box in the control panel , volume & sounds application, volume tab. Any help? Tomer. ...more >>

Hi I'm developping a Compact Framework, VS 2003 C# project for WinCE 5.0 One functionality requires that I create dynamically some controls out of a XML project file, so I have some controls arrays (Buttons, PictureBoxes, ListBoxe and so on..) and I create the controls dynamically reading...more >>

Hi all. I have an application on a windows ce .net device which has a keyboard. It has function keys (F1, F2, etc) and it is quite nice to use these keys in a context-sensitive way so that the user can press them to activate buttons in the application rather than clicking on the buttons with ...more >>

Hello, I´m having problems with ListView control. Actually the configuration of control is View: Details. Columns: 3 We i added the SECOND element to de control. The application hang it. I´ve been reading some post. And i´ve tried to make a clear before add items, but isn´t result. ...more >>

Hi all, I'm relativley new to CF development and I'm needing to know how to write ActiveSync conduits so that I can pull my applications data off the handheld. Can you test against the emulator for debugging or do you need to use a real handheld? Anyone have any examples of writing Ac...more >>

How can I build the setup file(in VS .NET 2003) that run on PC and install my app to PPC? ...more >>

I need to change the keyboard in screen of numeric values to text values depending of the type of entreance textbox.. and the position of the keyboard on screen somebody knows like doing it or where I can look for information the code is vb.net for pocket proyect ...more >>

Hi, I added OpenNETCF (1.3) lib to project references. After every deploy from VS 2003, I am getting annoying message "OpenNETCF is already installed. Re-install?". How can I tell VS not to delploy components that are already on device? Chis ...more >>

Hello, I´m developing with VS 2003 + vb-net. I´m executing the program over PDA and Debug mode. The command Debug.WriteLine or Debug.Write aren´t operating correctly. I don´t receive any messages on result panel. Someone can help me? Thanks. ...more >>

What is the easiest way to display a number as local currency in a compact framework DataGrid? The data source is a DataTable. Thanks. Alex...more >>

For some reason replication is not releasing the Database. In order to continue I have to reboot the device or emulator. Check out the following code and advice. Thanks public void ReplSync(bool init) { Utils utils = new Utils(); SqlCeReplication repl = new SqlCeReplication(); ...more >>

Hi, All The statment below doesn't return executable name with full Path, I need to get Datetime creation of the current .EXE to compare with updated version. sName= System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( _ System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().FullName) Please, help ...more >>

I have completed my custom .net framework application. It has some fullscreen code that works 99% of the time which includes code that starts the application on wakeup and puts the unit in sleep mode on application close(It's the Pocket PC OS). I've ran into a problem that I cannot solve. ...more >>

Hi, I need to compress data in gzip format and post it to a server and get the response back and decompress it. Does any body having idea or code sample? Thanks ...more >>

Hello! Using C# on WM2003SE. I have a parent form which opens a child form with ShowDialog(). When exiting the child form I usually just set DialogResult to a value and execution is transferred to the parent again. If I am doing some checking in the constructor or load event of the child ...more >>

Hello I would like to know a doubt, I feel not to speak English good. I have a DataGrid in Visual Microsoft C# .NET, would like to know how as to locate to me in a cell in concrete. Pardon by the English, not to be written and to speak very well. ...more >>

In order to make a good asset programme, I would like to enumerate th installed software on the ppc. Is there a non-register way (perhaps through DMProcessConfigXML) t accomplish this? Greetz Migue -- Miguel SandersPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup acces ...more >>

Hi I have Listview in a Tabpage This Listview is used to display data, added regulary The problem is, that in the code i actually can see the adding of the data but no text is displayed on the screen I think he doesn't draw the columns because if I add enough lines the scrollbar becomes v...more >>

Hi, I have a question about creating multiple controls in my .net CF app. The main section of the client works by dynamically creating controls onto a Dialog panel, as specified in a pre-defined config file which determines the layout for each screen. When a new screen is requested, the c...more >>

Good day for all! Tell me please, is anybode works with Bitatek IT-7000? I need to ask some questions about scanner... Thank you!...more >>

Hi any body knows how to work or read and edit .resX or resourse files using .NetCF? Thanks in advance Hitendra Patel ...more >>

I'm using CF 2.0 and I'm trying to open an existing queue on the networ here. It keeps giving me the QueueNotFound error. According to MSDN: Message Queuing returns this error if it cannot find the queue. Thi includes public queues not registered in the directory service an Internet queues t...more >>

Hi! I have a problem creating a custom control for cf 1.0. To start I have 3 classes which looks something like this: public class ControlClass: System.Windows.Form.Control { ControlClassCollection items = new ControlClassCollection(); public ControlClassCollection Items { ...more >>

I am using streams and the OpenNetCF Bluetooth stuff to access a BT serial adapter, which usually works fine. However when there is no data in the stream to be collected the stream.Read(buffer,0,length) just freezes. If I try to identify if data exists first using stream.length, I get the ...more >>