Can any one help me regarding the mobile phone application development.i want to develop a mobile phone application in .NET. How can i do that?? From where can i get the SDKs for the .net. can any one help me out?? Waiting for a quick reply. regards...more >>

Hello, Am I supposed to see the "Smartphone" platform in the "Smart Device Application Wizard in VS .net 2003? I have PocketPC and Windows CE on the list when creating a new Smart Device C# project? Am I missing some vs .net 2003 installation components? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I've just installed VS 2005 on the same machine as VS 2003. When attempting to deploy from VS 2005 it says "Current version of ActiveSync not supported ....". From a previous message on this group I understand that ActiveSync 4 has to be installed, so that's what I want to do (stop me if I am ...more >>

How can I access public folders on a exchange server? Any tips welcome Cheers...more >>

Now it seems I need to mimic PNG transparency. Anyone know how to: 1) Figure out the PNG transparency scheme so I can make CF work properly? (like the desktop .NET framework) I'd like to get a PNG, then set up the SetColorKey to work all the time for any transparent PNG. Unfortunately, ...more >>

I have an Audiovox xv6600 that I have written a program for in c#. I would like to be able to cause the thing to vibrate to simulate an alert similar to the way the Alarms do. It is running Windows Moblie 2003 2nd Ed. I found some examples on blog.opennetcf.org, but neither worked. I tried u...more >>

The synopsis for the lock statement indicates it uses a mutex object internally, and it seems a lot simpler to use, as in: lock(myObject) or lock(typeof(myStaticObject)) { //locked statements here } Any comments on the pros/cons of the two approaches, in sharing access to a common ob...more >>

Hi all, I have a little program written in C#. I got two forms. On the first one there is a button with an event, which opens the second form and hides itself. On this second form there is a button (on the same position as on the first form). When I click the button on the first form two ti...more >>

Sir, I have wrote a serilizable file, now i want to deserilizable the file and the save it on my desktop. How can i do it. waiting for reply eagerly. Regards Naveen...more >>

Hi All I want to change menu font namor size in CF. is it possible? -- Information is power...more >>

Hi all, Since there is famous problem of pda machine built-in memory, we decided to move the program and DB file out to SD card. I am considering some issues below: 1. How to config .INF file so that the cab file will automatically install to \SD card\PDA folder. I heard that we can ch...more >>

hi guys i have a problem regarding using multithreading in the cf1.0. i tried to load some data from the sqlce database then fill them into a datagrid. before i used the thread, my code likes following private void LoadDataFromDB() { // // Select statement // Load some //...more >>

Hi I want to create a cf c# exe application which will essentially run on 2 winCE.net devices.... a pda sized device and a fork lift truck mount device. Do i need to worry about screensize issues i.e. the pda will be showing the application in portrait (and obviously is a smaller screen) whe...more >>

hi guys i still have the problem with the mulithreading problme.. now i wrote like private void Do() { ThreadStart starter = new ThreadStart(FillCallGrid); Thread t = new Thread(starter); t.Start(); } private void FillCallGrid() { // loaddata Delega...more >>

hi guys can i get the imei number when there is no sim card in my pocket pc? if i can, how to do this? Thank you ...more >>

Hi: I have a winform which controls are binding with a dataset. HasChanges method always returns true though really changes have not taken place. I think that the problem seems to come from the checkbox controls of winform. I have used GetChanges method with VS 2005 and I have confirmed tha...more >>

Hi NG! I have a problem regarding my own Textbox Custom Control. Currently I'm using VB.NET, and I want to use my Control class on several forms. Are there any samples using VB.NET and can somebody tell why I cannot move my Control on to a CF Form. Thx 4 any help Werner ...more >>

This is to inform everyone that if one uses the LCD method with CompactFramework and Full .NET you can develop an application, form control, or class library that works on all platforms (WinCE or WinXP). I have been doing this for our company as a side project for the past year and it works ...more >>

Hi, How I do to get a free space from a directory, for example, in Dell axim x50v exist a "folder" - "Buit-in Explorer" where it have more than 90 mbs free. I've too the SD card and/or CF card where it looks as folders, where I would like to know the free space too. thank's []'s Luis G...more >>

Hi, I'd like an EXE to load a DLL, use the DLL, unload the DLL, and delete the DLL. Is this possible in C# (CF)? FYI: The "unload the DLL" step is the one I don't know how to do - I'm assuming this is required otherwise the EXE would not be able to delete the DLL. Thanks, Hilton ...more >>

While doing a search on Google, I noticed that Serg Kuryata [MS], in response to a previous post, apparently posted some code in C# concerning transparent bitmaps. Yet I can't find that code anywhere. It doesn't show up on Google, nor in my newsgroup reader (Mozilla). Maybe it was posted as ...more >>

I am losing my mind. I can't figure this out. I have a dataset and a textbox that is bound to it. I edit the textbox value and click a button to submit the changes to SQL CE server. I call EndCurrentEdit(), and then I check the value of HasChanges(). I always get a false. What am I doing wrong? ...more >>

I'm using a Threading.Timer to update the screen every so often, using Invoke, so I don't interfere with the main UI responsiveness: bgTimer = new System.Threading.Timer(new System.Threading.TimerCallback(bgTimer_Tick), this, 3000, 1000); Then in the timer tick method I call invoke, but on...more >>

Hi, I'm using the Beta 2 version of VS 2005. I'm trying to deploy a smart device app, and I have 2 questions: 1. Is there no WinCe-emulator in VS 2005? 2. When I try to deploy my app I get an error: The current version of ActiveSync is not supported. Install the latest version from www.mic...more >>

Retrieving the hostname can be done through invoking GetNetworkParams. Is there also a way to SET the hostname programmatically? Regards Miguel ...more >>

OS: Winxp sp2 Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Added Files: dotnetfx sdkFramework1.1 ErrrorMessages: Warning 1 The referenced component 'OpenNETCF' could not be found. Warning 2 Couldn't resolve this reference. Could not locate assembly "OpenNETCF" Error 3 The type or namespace name 'Ope...more >>

hi guys, i have a problem to understand the difference between the thread created by the thread.start and the thread created by the control.invoke method. are these all suppose to be a separate thread from the underlying handle? Also i still stuck on the difference between the asynchronous an...more >>

How can I get the short message sent from other phone in my PDA phone AP? ...more >>

Hi, given a window handle, how can determine if it is the top most window? i have tried GetActiveWindow, but that does not help in identifying the top most window on the PPC device. so i took another approach...i know the windows i am looking for, i just want to handle them if they are the top ...more >>

I have blocks of html in a database the I would like to display in a compact framework app. I am using the same data in a full .net framework using the ax webbrowser. Any ideas how to either use this data as is in the CF or should I strip out the HTML(which in this case would be quite a prod...more >>

I discovered last year CF 1.0 didn't support directly calling back into managed code from unmanaged code (though desktop does). I had a legacy C++ dll which I ended building a C# shim for to P/Invoke the C++ functions, and having C++ send windows messages back out to act as "events" which I p...more >>

I am get the error NTE_PROVIDER_DLL_FAIL frequently from my application running on Windows 2003 SE and .NET CF 1.0 sp3. I get this at random while my app is running and I get many successful calls as well. Any ideas what might make this fail intermitantly would be appreciated. [DllImport(...more >>

Can datagrid table styles be used with a bound resultset? I have heard that 'tableset.MappingName" is not supported. If I can't connect the data grid table style to the table using mapping name, how can i connect the data grid table style to the resultset. Are there any examples of this? Th...more >>

I subclassed VScrollBar and overrode the OnPaint method. However, my OnPaint method is not getting called. Why? ...more >>

I am attempting to override SoapHttpClientProtocol.GetWebRequest on a class using the compact framework. I have seen documentation that indicates that I will need SP1 (or higher) of the compact framework. I have installed the latest service packs. I have version 1.0.5 of System.Web.Servic...more >>

Hi, I am unable to run PayPal API in Smartphone SDK 2003? Any ideas?? Best Regards, IM ...more >>

Hi! I need a Control for CF where i can display Text (Label/Textbox) and it autosizes the control and do word wrap! I checked the Linklabel from OpenNETCF, but this doesn't support Word Wrap (means all is in one line). Can someone help me? Greetings Matthias...more >>

Hi, I have a method in language C which return char*. I'd like to convert char* to string in C#. Somebody knows how I can do it ? Thanks. Freddyboy...more >>

Hi, When I am trying to run my pocket PC application I am getting following error. Visual studio could not start debugging because the project was not deployed properly. I am using Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this? Thanks in advacne, Kalya...more >>

I've been working on an ADO.NET 2.0 data provider for the SQLite database engine for a few months now and finally (last week) got myself a Samsung i730 PDA phone. Since it was the first time I could run the provider on a real CE platform, that was the first thing that got loaded into it :) ...more >>

Hi, i know how to find a find a window using the FindWindow API. I would now like to determine two things: -first determine the process id that that window belongs two -find out the NAME of that process id (i.e. the executable name). is this possible? ...more >>

I need to implement file transfer for my app to and from device to PC. As per our requirement I need to implement an app which will write a simple ascii file and transfer this file to PC. We also need to implement synchronization for this file if the file changes either on device or on PC...more >>

Hallo, das nächste Treffen der UserGroup Ruhrpott findet am Donnerstag den 1.September 2005, also wie immer am ersten Donnerstag eines Monats statt. Datum : Donnerstag 1.9.2005 Zeit : 19:30 Uhr Ort : 45355 Essen Fürstäbtissinnenzimmer ...more >>

Hi guys, I'm creating a pocketpc app and I want it to consume a webservice that will be running on a server.. I was just wondering what sort of project I should use to make this web service. In vs2003 under VB Projects i can select a template that is ASP.NET WebService, but I can't seem to...more >>

Reading bits and pieces on the microsoft website, there is a section stating that Windows Mobile 5.0 will support a new GPS access API allowing access from multiple applications to a single GPS device, the description says that it is available to unmanaged developers with no reference to it in...more >>

OS: Winxp sp2 Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Project Types > visual C# > Smart Device > Template Smartphone 2003 Application Add a label and TextBox ( 2 items) to the form Save All Run Build starts then I get an error message as follows: Error 1 The specified task executable loca...more >>

I'm trying to set the "ShowUpDown" style of the DateTimePicker control in openNETCF, but can not get it to work. I'm also setting the Format to Time. It shows up fine in the IDE of VS.NET, but when deployed it still shows the dropdown calender. This happens in both the emulator, and in my devi...more >>

Hi, I am trying to do something that is certainly basic, but I cannont find any documentation on it so, here is my problem : I use VB.NET 2003 and the compact framework 1.1, and we can consider my program as a notepad editor. Even if it's not in the CF I manage to get the command line arg...more >>

i can loop through a text file line by line, but when i try to do anything within the loop i get a nullreference error on the 'while' line. Below is code: bool found = System.IO.File.Exists(@"My Documents\thefile.txt"); if(found) { string path = @"My Documents\thefile.txt"; St...more >>

Here's my traslated code from C#, but DllImport obviously isn't allowed in VB .NET. How do I go about executing the following code in Visual Basic .NET? <DllImport("coredll")> _ Private Shared Function SendMessage(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal msg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, B...more >>