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Connectivity Issues while connecting Mobile 5.0 PDAs to PC through ActiveSync 4.2
Posted by kshama.bafna NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 10/31/2006 11:29:30 PM
Hi, I am trying to connect my PDA with Mobile 5.0 to PC through ActiveSync 4.2. But i face some connectiviy issues with it. After somewhile, the PDA automatically gets disconnected. Also i am not able to deploy any of my applications on this PDA. Could someone please help me with this? T...more >>

Update text file real time
Posted by Eric Nguyen at 10/31/2006 5:46:55 PM
Hi, I have to update my log file (.txt) every time the program finishes uploading files to server. Log file is written to using FileStream now. However, if I'm reading the text file (using Pocket Word) at the time the process try to open and write, I'll get an IOException. Anyway I can update...more >>

Perf Monitor CF2 SP1
Posted by Peter Hartlén at 10/31/2006 5:06:15 PM
Hi! I've some trouble connecting to my device using this tool. I've followed Steve P's blog http://blogs.msdn.com/stevenpr/archive/2006/04/17/577636.aspx Running a PocketPC 2003 SE with CF2 SP1 installed. ActiveSync 4.1.0 (Syncronization is completed) I've copied netcfrtl.dll and netcflau...more >>

Overriding "Text" Property
Posted by Qubeczek at 10/31/2006 1:47:41 PM
Hello, I have some control delivering form UserControl. I'd like to hide oryginal property "Text". And I do it. new public string Text { set { base.Text = value; SetAutoSize(AutoSize); } get { return base.Text; } } ...more >>

Upgrading to SP1
Posted by Peter Morris [Droopy eyes software] at 10/31/2006 12:45:25 PM
I have a CF app using .NET V2.0. What steps must I take in order to upgrade my solution + all embeded projects to use SP1? Thanks very much! Pete ...more >>

Mobile information transfer options
Posted by neilhza at 10/31/2006 12:01:21 PM
Hi My client requires a simple data transfer utility to synchronise data for a custom c# app between his windows mobile 5.0 pda and a xp pro server. I cannot use the sql mobile synchronisation as the cost of licensing sql 2005 enterprise edition is not feasible for this project. I have also n...more >>

Show or ShowDialog
Posted by MDB at 10/31/2006 10:56:25 AM
Hello, Is there a way to tell if a form has been displayed used Show or ShowDialog?(C#) TIA ...more >>

Disabing Word Completion
Posted by Peter at 10/31/2006 8:46:02 AM
I am looking for a way to simply disable word completion for an edit field, other than switching it off for the complete Pocket PC. We have a "combo box like" user control that needs to pick up the arrow keys in the KeyDown event to move up and down a listbox. When the user types more tha...more >>



Late Binding
Posted by Hugh Janus at 10/31/2006 7:12:59 AM
The following code give me an error telling that "The targeted version of the .NET Compact Framework does not support latebinding." I am using VB.Net 2005. What do I need to do to fix this code because I have not seen this before! The 2 parts giving the error are: - PointsSplit(Point...more >>

How a thread can change a control?
Posted by John at 10/31/2006 7:07:27 AM
I am programming an HP iPAQ 1950, using VB .NET. I have two threads, the main thread and thread #2. I need thread #2 to be able to change a control on a form. My code runs but does not change the control. I have tried several permutations but nothing seems to work. Below is sample code. Note...more >>

Help for conversion from evc++ to c#
Posted by manohar.bang NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 10/31/2006 5:06:47 AM
Hello , I am trying to write a block device driver for sd cards in c#.. i have it in evc++.. i am not very familiar with c#.. could some one point me as to how this could be done.. in the following code .. i a writing the contents of the file to specific location on the SD card. I did try i...more >>

importing data into a sqlce20 database
Posted by Milsnips at 10/31/2006 12:00:00 AM
hi there, i've got an app that imports roughly 10000-15000 records of master data which needs to be sync'd daily. Currently i'm using WLAN or GPRS to connect to remote SQL database, then get a populate a sqlDataReader and as i loop through remote data, i insert it into local. This can ta...more >>

Is it possible to retrieve sent email message in Opennetcf?
Posted by Mpoy at 10/30/2006 11:08:20 PM
Is it possible to retrieve sent email messages using opennetcf? or how can I retrieve sent email messages? Thanks! ...more >>

timesync pocket pc
Posted by at 10/30/2006 3:44:54 PM
using vs2003/cf1/ppc2003 windows mobile, cannot understand on how-to sync the pocket pc date-time to a NTP or SNTP server. Guess this involves two steps get the current time from the server and second apply that to the local device clock. Need this as easily if the battery power dies the cl...more >>

Pocket PC and .NET questions
Posted by John at 10/30/2006 3:14:12 PM
I am programming an HP iPAQ 1950, running Mobile 5.0, in VB .NET. The program I am writting will read data from the serial port and display the data on the screen and send the data over the internet. Question: 1) How can I turn the backlight on (From VB .NET), so users can see the data on t...more >>

CF Bug / Limitation in XMLTextWriter (OutOfMemory)
Posted by Chris DiPierro at 10/30/2006 2:00:39 PM
It seems as if there's a hard limit in XMLTextWriter that's causing me a headache. If I create an XMLTextWriter from a StringWriter, once the string gets to be about 2.5MB in length, the XMLTextWriter will OutOfMemory exception. The simple code listed below causes this problem. Anyone kn...more >>

Cannot install Pocket Pc 2002 SDK
Posted by Antonio Prados at 10/30/2006 11:49:22 AM
I have installed the embedded visual tools 3.0, but when I try to install the Pocket Pc 2002 SDK, I recieve the message: > Cannot initialize CE Platform Manager. Please check that embedded visual basic has been installed correctly. I don't know what's wrong... Anybody knows why I can't install i...more >>

Running CF 2.0 code on a development PC
Posted by Tom at 10/30/2006 7:25:47 AM
While trying to hunt down an Outof MemoryException on our cf 1.0 device, I decided to try using using the limited tools at my disposal to little effect. I then upgraded to VS 2005 and converted the project to CF 2.0. What I found was that I could compile for CEPC x86 and then use a regular .NE...more >>

VS 2005, WinCE 5.0, debug ethernet, activesync - explosion mix!
Posted by minimega at 10/30/2006 12:07:16 AM
Hello to all NG, i've this problem. I'm developing a .NET CF 2.0 application running on x86 WinCE 5.0 CEPC device (I builded the CEPC image myself). X86 hasn't USB client, so I can't attach x86 board to development workstation using USB cable/Activesync. The only way is to use a serial cable ove...more >>

Installation information in a cab file
Posted by hari at 10/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi , I have created a cab file using the functions in File Compresion Interface( FCI) . The cab file contains only the exe and the dlls on which the exe depends. But i do not specify any installation information( ex: .inf file) while creating this cab file. Where should i specify th...more >>

problem with P/Involke
Posted by Wrecked at 10/29/2006 11:11:57 PM
Hello, I was trying to use the CeCreateFile function of rapi.dll in my c# code.. All i am trying to do in the program bellow is to create a file.. but when i try to run the program i get a MissingMethodException - "Can't find PInvoke DLL 'rapi.dll'." Is there something wrong with code -- a...more >>

Chris Tacke
Posted by Peter Morris [Droopy eyes software] at 10/29/2006 7:59:19 PM
http://blog.opennetcf.org/ctacke/PermaLink,guid,987041fc-2e13-4bab-930a-f79021225b74.aspx I wonder if this could be the same thing that is causing my OOM exception? http://blogs.slcdug.org/petermorris/archive/2006/10/11/4185.aspx Is the solution simply to call GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers()?...more >>

new instance of program
Posted by stotty NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 10/29/2006 7:45:37 PM
I am developing a program for .netcf 2.0. It is on a Symbol Bar Code scanner. It takes input from the user from scans and then sends the information off to a server. I want the user to then be able to click NEW and the program will start over from the beginning. How would I go about doing this...more >>

Problem installing compact framework 2.0 on acer n35
Posted by yan.vulich NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 10/29/2006 8:52:25 AM
Hi, guys! I have acer n35, trying to install compact framework 2.0 on it I've received an error message: somthing like "this software is not compatible for this device". I saw that someone has the same problem but answer didn't help me much. If anybody knows any workaround or some solution to t...more >>


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