Hi, I've tied hardly to find an explanation of how the following OS are related: (1) Windows Embedded CE (2) Windows Embedded for Point of Service (3) Windows Mobile (4) Windows Automotive (5) Windows CE.NET I could guess that (2),(3) and (4) are customizations for (1). Can anyone conf...more >>

Hi all, I have got Visual Studio 2005 and WinCE 6.0 Beta installed. I am able to build an OS image (with .Net CF 2.0) and deploy it on the device and it is running fine. Now i tried to build a Device App and deploy it on the device, it gives me error saying System_SR_enu.cab file not foun...more >>

Hi, Any one please tell me how to create setup project vfor CE.NET devices ? I found something but, when I run setup, it only install PC not Device. If you send Clean, understandable help, I will appreciated ! Thanks ! Ali. ...more >>

When I dynamically load an assembly in our WM app, a real device will display a warning message like follows: "Starting this program requires a component from an unknown publisher. You should start the program only if you trust the component's publisher. Do you want to continue?" What's ...more >>

Hi, I'd like to know how can I get the display name of the device? I need to build a "FileDialog" windows (custom look & feel, not the one provided by the standard shell) and when I build the folder list, I need to put the "My Device" item at the beginning of the list. I could hard-code th...more >>

hey! guys i have a barcode scanner Symbol MC 9060 running windows CE .net with compact 1.1 framework installed on it. My application is done in Visual studio 2003, winforms with vb.net 2003 and uses webservices to connect to a remote webserver over the internet. Now the clinet is upgradi...more >>

Hi, I've just got VS2005 so I can compile for Windows Mobile 5.0 now. But now I can also start writing C# smartdevice applications but only ppc2003 and Windows Mobile 5.0 are mentioned. How to create applications in C# VS2005 for devices still running CE 4.1 and CE 4.2. I've tried to to depl...more >>

I have a Windows Form application written in C# on CF in a system with WindowsCE operating System. The application shows a plot of a signal (now an int randomly generated). It updates this plot on a Panel every second. After a hundred seconds the system slows down and the form became not resp...more >>

I have a web app that is constantly listening to "Instant messages" in the background. Call it Messenger.aspx. When it does receive a message, I need to pop up that message and that window should be appearing on top of all the other apps that are currently running. (say popupdialo...more >>

Hi everybody, I need to make a Pocket Pc application with some CAD properties, like import *.dwg or *.dxf, edit them, zoom... but I have no idea how to do it. I am a newbie VB.NET programmer. I have been looking for a *.dll o some code to create my application, but I have not found anything...more >>

Howdy all, I=B4d like to know if it=B4s possible to develop and work with a WebBroser inside my application. The intention is to develop a static file with some dynamic texts. The customer will read this page using a web browser (like Internet Explorer) and cannot go out of the application;...more >>

Hello all, can anyone recommend some type of sniffer to monitor packets coming and going from our devices? Our wireless carrier is showing that our devices have a much higher data usage than we believe. I would like to be able to run something on our PPC to see just how much data is being ...more >>

Hi, I am working on a PPC 2003 Device. I want to get the Battery Status that is displayed in the Control Panel as High, Low or Very Low. Can some one tell me how i can get that. I am using the below API Call to get the Percentage of Battery Charge left. [DllImport("coredll")] public exter...more >>

I would like to be able to timeout a TCP read opeartion. Apparently TCPClient does not support ReceiveTimeout in Compact Framework and the BeginReceive method is not supported either. Is there a way to implement a receive timeout in Compact Framework? Thanks. John P.S. Don't rep...more >>

I have a TabControl and I'd like to retrieve the active TabPage. I tought it was simple but the TabControl.SelectedTab method is not implemented in cf. Now I have the TabControl.SelectedIndex and TabControl.TabPages. The latter is a TabPageCollection, but I'm not able to find a method to retrie...more >>

Hello, Maybe this isn't the correct group to ask this but it's for a .NET Compact Framework application we are developing. What I need is an application that runs on desktop login that sets up a PDA application installer that installs the PDA app (and additional config files) on the PDA ...more >>

Hi all, Is there any flash player activeX control for smart device.. If you have any info please help me.. thanks supriya ...more >>

Hi! 1. Is it possible using WM2003SE, CF2, and VS2005 to create cab files that install on a device's storage card regardless of the storage card's path? I've been unsuccessfull in my attempts to find an attribute you can use in your INF-file for this. 2. Is the path to the storage card s...more >>

Hi on WM5 I want to trap calendar reminders so that I present my own message and sound. I tried working with SNAPI and SystemProperty but I cannot figure how to trap the above event. Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

Hi, I'm pinvoking a mapi function in c# [DllImport("cemapi.dll", SetLastError = true)] public static extern int MailSwitchToAccount(string pszAccount, UInt32 dwFlags); I then call the function : if (Mapi.MailSwitchToAccount("My_account", Mapi.MCF_ACCOUNT_IS...more >>

Hi, Does any one know what event is raised when i click on the close( i.e. OK) button of a form in a PPC application? My app needs to perform different actions based on the way the form is closed. Basically, a form can be closed in 2 ways. First, by hitting the Ok button. Second, by call...more >>

I am writing an application that enhances the Pocket Outlook view. I have several customized fields/properties like "Company Objective" and "Sponsor". how can I access this information using Compact Framework 2.0 with VS2005. *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

How do I get sent SMS for PPC Phone? I'm having a hard time finding a solution since the API on provides sending SMS. Pls help me with your insights and experiences, I would really appreciate any. Thanks! ...more >>

Hi All, I am struggling trying to port an API written in c++ to c#. I would appreciate a little help. The header file follows: // API function declarations __declspec(dllimport) int DiscoverBTDevices(TCHAR&, int); ------------------------------------------------------------------------...more >>

Hi, I'm currently working on an IM client application. My app needs to communicate with the server which, in turn connects to the main IM servers and returns the response from them to my client applicatioin. For this, my app creates few worker threads. One of them, which we call as cms...more >>

hi all, is it possible to have one compiled app, that runs both on WM5 and PPC2003? and how? currently using VS2003 and VS2005 for development (VB.NET) thanks, Paul ...more >>

Hi all, I managed to get shortcuts added to the start menu, but when I uninstall the application, these shortcuts are not removed and when I re-install the application, yet another shortcut is added (a duplicate one). Please let me know a solution for this problem... Thanks! ...more >>

Hi! I've converted a project from CF1 to CF2 (PocketPC 2003 SE) and all the sudden the DateTime.ToShortDateString() returns a date of the format yy-mm-dd instead of yyyy-mm-dd as it did for CF1 (I'm using swedish locale). I.e. instead of 2006-10-24 I get 06-10-24 On the full framework I...more >>

I'm running into an odd problem. I'm working on a PPC2003se application that will pull information form a central database and dump in into a local database. The backend database is SQL 2005 Express and the local is SQL 2005 CE. I have enabled virtual NE2000 network card in the enulated PPC ...more >>

VStudio 2005, Framework version 2.0, Target Device WM 5.0, WM 5 SDK installed, Dell Axim X51v I have my forms AutoScaleMode set to Dpi, but my the TreeView expand node plus signs are tiny, and the checkboxes are tiny also. The ListViews checkboxes are also tiny. The overall control sizes ar...more >>

Does anyone have any tips on how to implement a remote-update feature on the compact framework? Design and coding tips would be very welcome. ...more >>

I had been able to launch an application and have my app. wait until the called application closed in VS2003 using OpenNetCF, such as: intTaskID = Shell("\program files\camera.exe", AppWinStyle.MinimizedFocus, True, 20) That functionallity seems to be gone in OpenNetCF 2.0. Does anyone hav...more >>

I'm having a little trouble with power management and wondered if anybody on the group has any suggestions. I have an application which manipulates an XML file. This application automatically saves the modified data every 5 minutes while the user is using the program, just encase the unit i...more >>

Hello, I developed a DLL in eVC++ 4.0 for serial communications with a CE 4.2 and a PPC2003. A test application in C++ revealed the Dll is working correctly. Now I want to use this same DLL in VB.net 2003. I created a VB Module and imported the DLL. It all works just fine except when I try to ...more >>

Hi all! I have to get the upper left corner of the client rectangle in relation to the upper left corner of the WinCE form in order to call SetWindowRgn() correctly. Is there an easy way to do it? GetClientRect() returns by definition 0;0 though it is e.g. 4;23 on an NT-style Windows XP. ...more >>

I want to embedded a video in a WM5 form (VB or C#, C++ is OK) In good old VB 6 days there was an an activex control with its aasociated control functions that could be used programatically. Might have even been one that you can use on PPC devices. I have solved my problem for the moment...more >>

I am using a Windows Mobile 5 system where a Bluetooth nouse is embeddd in a device to provide interaction between the two. Because the mouse doesn't move, there is no X,Y aspect to the mouse. I only want the wheel and button functions. The problem is that it appears that the mouse starts...more >>

I'm trying to use RPM on the desktop connected to a WM5 PPC emulator, but am running into a problem. Whenever I try to connect to my app, RPM says the following in its status bar: CreateStream FAILED: Exception from HRESULT: 0x89731302 It launches the app on the emulator fine, but does no...more >>

Does anyone know of a stable managed ConnectionManager wrapper for the Pocket PC? I have been trying to use the OpenNETCF ConnectionManager wrapper with little success. It seems not to connect when running under a worker thread (business layer) once a Connect message is sent, the Status ...more >>