How can I call the MultiByteToWideChar() in my C# PDA ap? ...more >>

Hi! With .Net the programmer should deploy every program and all dlls in separate folders. Of course I want it to be different ;-) I have several exe files using all the same dll in one directory. I update the dll and deploy one exe with the new dll into that directory. Now only that sing...more >>

Hello All, Is there a possibility in C# other then try / catch to convert a string to int32 with a default value , so the default value is in case of empty string is 0 otherwise the succesfull converted string? Thanks Peter. ...more >>

Hi, right now I am facing the following Problem and cannot find a solution for it: In my Dialog (Form shown with ShowDialog) I have some field validation code inside the overridden OnClosing method. Whenever the user tries to close the Form (usually by tapping OK) with some invalid input...more >>

Anyone know of a profiler that works with compact framework? Preferably I'd like to see something similar to DevPartner Profiler or more specifically a profiler offering the following: 1) free edition 2) integrates with VS.NET as a plugin I'm game for hearing other options as well. Thank...more >>

please can any one tell how to find the service name of IR device like IR printer Thanks in advance raghu ...more >>

I am building base controls (TextBox, Button, ListBox, etc) with VS 2003 CF. I am able to get the controls I create in the toolbox and drag them onto a form in the designer, except for the Grid control I created, that is grayed out in the toolbox. What do I need to do to get the Grid co...more >>

Hi There First of all thanks fo Alex Fineman for the Wrapper and sample which saves me a lot of work :-) I use the Tapi Wrapper of Alex Fineman which works now fine. I Also inspeted the samples for this file. When The Call is terminated the following code is executed. But on Dispose it...more >>

Hi, Can i use MSMQ with my Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC with C#? when yes, how ;) thanx, Ralf ...more >>

Hi All, We have .NET 2003 and WinCE CF 4.1 Emulator defaultly. We have download and install WinCE CF 4.2 Emulator to it and noticed that while deploying the application, it loads only WinCE CF 4.1 Emulator. What we need to do to invoke WinCE CF 4.2 Emulator while deploying our applicatio...more >>

Hi all. I am having some problems with using the GroupBox from OpenNETCF. I have a form with a button that calls an About form, which is generated at runtime. On this About form there is a GroupBox and some labels. The problem I have is that the background color on the labels have the sa...more >>

Hi Dear MVP's and Everyone, I am writing a program that gets some information from a web service using a callback function. When the callback function receives the necessary information, it updates the items in the listview first removing the item to be updated from the list at the specif...more >>

Hi all, I have the following function that imports an xml file created by a desktop app, and sticks it into a dataset on a sqlce server. Thing is, it takes an age to load the xml file into a dataset (dsSource.ReadXml(myXmlProximityReader)). Is there any better way of doing this ? Can you i...more >>

hi, based on a few posts i have read here, i created a dll that allows me to perform low level keyboardhooking from my C# code. this works great and i send to a MessageWindow, certain WM_KEYDOWN messages. What i would now like to do is if i detect certain keys (regardless of what process the...more >>

Hi all! I'm trying to set a mouse/keyboard hook in a C# application , but i haven't found an API in coredll.dll which i can use. SetWindowsHookEx seems not working. Do you have an idea how to that ? Thanks !!! ...more >>

Hi all, I've created a component extending Panel, Currently when user clicks on it i would like to update the diaplayed content according to the position where the click takes place. So i've linked the MouseDown event to a event handler method where i just update some values thanks to the x...more >>

Hi, I have several custom controls that all work correctly when placed on a form and appear on the toolbox. The problem that I'm seeing is that 2 of the 5 controls disable form inheritance when placed on the base form. If I remove both of these controls from the base form then my form i...more >>

I use this loop to read from 2000SQL and write in a clean table on my SQLCE 'Inizio Transazione Reparti' rcmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM ARCHIVIOSQL2000" rrdr = rcmd.ExecuteReader() While rrdr.Read() cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO ARCHIVIOCE (TABELLA)...more >>

Hello, I need a way to detect when a user mouses up and down on a datagrid's vertical scrollbar. However, the 'mouse down' and 'mouse up' events of the datagrid do not fire when the scrollbar is clicked, and there are no built-in 'scroll' events at all. So how can this be accomplished? ...more >>

Hi All, I like to know how to transfer a file from PDA to an Windows CE.NET device. Both these devices are connected through USB. File in PDA have to bo transferred automatically when the device is connected to Wnidows ce.NET through USB cable. ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone has any insights as to nature of the SIP in ToolBars under .NET CF and how to have the ToolBar without the SIP. I have used SHFullScreen to try and remove the SIP Button, but it still persists. If I could disble the SIP so it would not enable, that would be a good sol...more >>

I've asked this question awhile back, but never received any response. Can anyone provide any help on this matter... When I have a bunch of processing to do, i.e., algorithms to run through, plus dictate what controls on the form to be shown need to be visible, enabled, colored, repositioned, ...more >>

Hi there, Having an issue with RunAppAtTime I'm successfully running a thead every 1 minute, however when the user clicks a button the thread should not run again, however it just isn't working. Here's my code that isn't doing what it should be. if (updateReminder != null) { E...more >>

Is there a compact framework equivalent of the WinAPI function SystemIdleTimerReset? If not, does anyone have some C# code which uses SystemIdleTimerReset? Thanks... Dan...more >>

Hello, How can I give actual path of directory where my xml file exist? I want to load a xml "progressbarsample.xml" from path "c:\manoj\". I read example on page number 125 of book "Microsoft .NET COMPACT FRAMEWORK by Andy Wigley & Stephen Wheelwright". The code written for path in book is a...more >>

What can be the maximum size limit (in terms of KB) of a WinCE application? By this limit my application should perform well. Can anyone suggest me on this?...more >>

Hi Is possible create/write Pocket Excel files? Thanks -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose Roberto Siqueira - RMGR Soluções e Serviços em Mobile ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celular....: (11) 916...more >>

I don't have any devices with Windows Mobile 5, and I don't think any of my beta customers do. Will a CF 1.0 app install and work fine on Windows Mobile 5.0? I do install CF1SP3 and SQLCE2.0 with the app. Are there any guides that can prepare me for the experience? Anyone who's already d...more >>

How can I trap an unhandled exception using .NET compact framework? In the full framework, you can use the AppDomain.UnhandledException event, but that doesn't appear to be in the compact framework. Is it necessary to pinvoke the SetUnhandledExceptionFilter API function? If so, does anyone ...more >>

Hi There I try to get the phonenumbers of incomming calls. For this i try to use the wrapper of Alex Fineman. But I don't succeed in getting the callers number. The events seem to trigger in a right way but the caller ID and the Adress are always empty in the . So where can I catch t...more >>

Is there a way to perform a hard reboot from within a CF app?? Or is this a hardware deal only. After performing an update where I pull files down from the web service into non-volatile i need to perform a hard reboot to activate the new updates.... TIA Harry ...more >>

Hello group, I use sock.available to determine the number of bytes on the network buffer. This works fine if I only use sock.receive... From the moment, one call to sock.send has been made, sock.available returns 1. Here 's my code snippet... Does a workarround exist? Best regards Pr...more >>

Hi all, I'm currently working on my very first .net cf project (and i do not have neither a big client experience nor a deep knowledge on .net). Designing the ui on a paper i defined that it would be great to have a scrollable panel containing some components reporting more than one string...more >>

I posted on this yesterday but did not get a response, so I'm trying again. I would REALLY APPRECIATE IT if someone at Microsoft would comment on this, as I am fairly sure that the problem is not just a manifestation of my innate stupidity. Searching the web produces much confirmation that ...more >>

He there, when i try to set-up an SQL connection it say's: You need a newer version of .NET Framework then the one installed. But, i can't find a .CAB file so i can install Compact Framework 2.0 on my Pocket-PC. Please please help me out. I am stuck on this problem for weeks now. Regards...more >>

hi I am in need of a checked list box. but it seems this is not available on compact framework 1.1. can any one help please...more >>

Hello guys I must port my application, written with C# Visual Studio .NET 2003 for Windows CE (so with the compact framework), to Windows XP (full framework). I'm aware it's a big work, I used some OpenNET components and Sql Server CE... I know I'll have to find alternavite solutions, but my ...more >>

Hi there, im currently developing an application which prints to a Zebra QL320 printer via bluetooth. im using Opennetcf's bluetooth and socket libraries. So far i can discover the bluetooth devices available, and also print text and barcodes, using the StreamWriter class with a combination...more >>

Hi vs2005 RC. When I try to add a new data connection to a winform app. I get this message 'Package Load Failure, Package 'Smart Device Configuration Package' has failed to load properly...'. How can I fix it? Thanks Regards ...more >>

Hi, how can i find the handle of the control in another process that has focus? i can find the handle of a window in that process. i now want to determine what control in that window has cursor focus, if any. i've tried setting focus to the window using SetFocus API then calling GetCapture ...more >>

I'm getting IO exceptions when I try to delete certain files. The files exists, and, strangely, I'm able to call File.Move on them. But then, if I try to delete the file which I just moved, I get the IO Exception. Anybody know what could cause that?...more >>

If i am using SQL server CE but I am not using SQL server replication do i need a CAL? I will be transferring the data back and forth via custom middleware and sockets that I have built. thanks...more >>

Is the .NET CF 2.0 available for XScale yet? I've got a Siemens SX66 I'm trying to install the framework on and I'm not sure which package to install. I've tried them all and they all say they're inteded for another platform. When I click OK they won't proceed. Any help? Thanks, Jon...more >>

Folks, I understand that Bitmap.Save() was not supported in earlier versions of the CF, but my understanding was that it is supported in 2.0. However, I get a NotSupportedException with Bitmap.Save(). Specifically I am trying to do something like Bitmap.Save(String filename, ImageFormat.Jpe...more >>

Hello, powering on and off process of the PCMCIA expansion cards (WLAN, GSM/GPRS and WLAN/GSM/GPRS adapters) I got my hands off, needs several seconds (3 - 15). Waiting a fixed time span (i.e. 15 seconds) after switch power on or off isn't satisfying. So I browsed the registry and found the...more >>

Hi, I would like to ask, I'm developing an application that for some functionality has to be connected to the web in order to connect to the corporate office, however the managment requires us to block access so the users won't be able to browse the web even when the device is connected, so...more >>

can a menu on a base form be inherited and shown on another form? How can i do this? ...more >>

how to open automatically the system keyboard on compact in vb project? ...more >>

Hi, i´m working around with vs2005 beta 2 and a xscale ppc. since i´m developing on a virtual server machine (not virtual pc) my usb-cradle is not found, that means no active sync connection! (i also tried wlan connection, but it did not work either). so, i figured out how to generate ...more >>

I have an application. From the application I give a link to some URL and this needs to be opened from IE browser dynamically. Can anyone tell me how to achieve this? The version of WinCE .Net is 4.1...more >>