Does anybody knows a product like infopath for Windows mobile? I would want to create a dynamic form, (if the user says yes to question 4, he has to fill in guestion 5-9, otherwise he does not see these questions) I know I could write it myself, but perhaps you know a product ( like infopath) ...more >>

I'm developing a new application that will run on a WM5 device for field service and use GPRS for updating a host system. I would like to be able to retrieve the SIM card ICCID for asset management purposes. Has anyone done this use vb .netcf?...more >>

Situation: - JasJar WM5 phone app. in landscape mode - CF2 Multiple form application - Written using VB.NET 2005 - Forms are all maximized with all form controls etc disabled - Form backcolor is black When the forms are rendering from form.show call from another form, the bar at the form to...more >>

Hi all, I want to use "Microsoft Word 9.0 Object Library" in Comact Framework which is available in .Net framework..Can you guide me the steps to follow.. Thanks Supriya ...more >>

Can Visual Studio 2005 be used to develop apps for Windows CE versions prior to 5.0 ? 4.21 ? 4.20 ? 3.0 ? ...more >>

Hello all, I have 2 CE.net devices connected to each other in a docking cradle. what is the best way to get them communicating? some sort of messaging? basic serial communication? the are going to be setup in a client server arch. ...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to write a C# .Net desktop application that synchronizes files/folders on the PC with those on a Windows CE device, when the device is connected to the PC via ActiveSync. My requirement is to automatically synchronize a folder on the device (on storage card) with a folde...more >>

Hi, everyone, I am fighting with a project with 5 Hotkey registerd. but when the VK code is 66 67 68 69 71, the WM_HotKey msg can not fired, but if changed the VK code to 117 ... 121 , the Project runs well. I have look up the MSDN, but get no answerns yet.Can anyone make me known the reaso...more >>

Am I missing something? Any help is appreciated please. Thanks, Daniel ...more >>

I have several forms that use a dataadapter to fill a datatable and display the records in a datagrid. The first time in my app that any one of these forms is displayed, it takes a long time to load even when there are only 2 records to display. Any subsequent time that one of these forms is d...more >>

Hi All, I could use a bit of help with Compact Framework and the Dispose method. I have written an application which is made up as follows: MyHintLabel is derived from UserControl MyEditControl is derived from UserControl MyEditControl is made up of a MyHintLabel and an edit control suc...more >>

So I added a person to my Contacts from my address book. On the desktop, using the actual outlook application, when I examine the person's contact info, associated with 'Email Address 1' is multiple addresses: smtp:Jack.Bauer@abc.cde.com (internal exchange server email addr i think) SMTP: Ja...more >>

I have a custom-built binary that recently starting throwing fits on the Compact Framework. The same binary built the same way for the desktop runs fine, but when I built it for CF it fails to load. If I remove the strong name from the CF binary, it loads just fine. This binary is non-sta...more >>

Hello, I'm just curious if anyone else faced the problem I reported to MS here: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=94356 few months ago. In short - in some circumstances (thrown exception handled on parent or higher level of modal dialog) the basi...more >>

Hi, We are trying to establish an Rs232 serial communication for 3 RS232 ports. The communication class is written in Native win32 C++ while the client is a C# winform application . The interop layer is done using IJW mechanism. We are encounter in a phenomena : At the beginning ...more >>

Hi! I am programming my first application for the .net compact framework. According to the documentation, the generic Dictionary class is supported by compact framework 2.0. I am also able to compile my Pocket PC 2003 project in VS 2005. When I try to run it in the Pocket PC 2003 emulator, ho...more >>

Hi! I have question regarding detecting net connection (up, down,...). I know there has been already a lot of this (probably) written. I just need to detect if my WinCE 5.0 device has a network (LAN) connection or not. I’m also trying with OpenNETCF, but nothing really does the job. I’m...more >>

Hi, everyone, I am fighting with a project with 5 Hotkey registerd. but when the VK code is 66 67 68 69 71, the WM_HotKey msg can not fired, but if changed the VK code to 117 ... 121 , the Project runs well. I have look up the MSDN, but get no answerns yet.Can anyone make me known the reason? ...more >>

I have an invoicing application written in VB.NET 2003. The current invoice is stored in a dataset, called DSInvoice, containing code, description, quantity and price fields. It is bound to a datagrid to display it on screen. I want to display the invoice lines on screen in the order in which ...more >>

I am experiencing out of memory exceptions in my application. For example 1) User starts importing data. 2) This takes about 30 minutes. The user gets bored and opens something like the Start->Programs window 3) My apps gets an OutOfMemoryException thrown If I look in the system->memory ...more >>

Is it possible to create an ad-hoc WiFi network between WiFi enabled WM5 PPC devices? There is an interesting project discussed here about ad-hoc networking: http://groups.google.nl/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/browse_thread/thread/114f9715352cd779/92e3962014262f72?l...more >>

Hi, The PhoneGprsCoverage property defined in Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status namespace of course will not work on Pre Windows Mobile 5. Is there anyway to get this same functionality on pre WM5? I've searched the archives but cannot find a solution. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, My Application receives a call and before receiving allows user to set desire sound file to play. Now when user accepts the call that sound file starts playing and mixed with receivers voice. For example call comes in my application i choose a sound file say for traffic sound the ca...more >>

I use the native player (WMP) to view a movieclip I just recorded using the following code: ======CODE================ SelectPictureDialog selectPictureDialog = new SelectPictureDialog(); if (DialogResult.OK == selectPictureDialog.ShowDialog()) { Process process = new Process(); process.St...more >>

Hello, I'm looking for a free zip component working with the cf 1.1 (my purpose is to compress a network stream) #ziplib seems to require cf 2.0. Any idea ? thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi, I am pretty new to c# development / compact frame work so if this is a dumb question I appologise. I have a application that has multiple forms, the main form owns and launches a splash screen, then once the loading is all done I ditch the splash screen. My problem is that dur...more >>

Hi all, I want to read Pocket Word documant. Is there any API to do this in compact framework. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.. supriya ...more >>

Can anyone advise how to download the lastest version of the .net compactframework to my PDA - I get this error when attempting to run a new app. TIA Peter Cooling Full message - Error This application (myprog.exe) requires a newer version of Microsoft ..NET compact Framework than ...more >>

Here's a question that I bet has been asked no more than a few hundred thousand times before - How does one create a setup project that can be used to deploy an application from a web page? I actually figured out how to do this back in 2003, wrote the steps up and posted them on my web site, b...more >>

Hi, When I install SP3 over SP2 programmatically, it works fine. However, if I reinstall SP3 on the Pocket PC(ipaq 4700) that has already had SP3 installed, I got the error: [The file "\Windows\mscoree.dll" is in use or is in Rom]. Actually, I have shut down the application that uses it. Ho...more >>

Yesterday I spent several hours looking for a solution to implement autocomplete functionality for textbox controls in .NETcf 1.0, and came empty handed. So, I ended up building my own solution using pure managed code in C#, and it worked amazingly fine! Here is the article: http://www....more >>

WM5, .NET 2.0. What's the best way to create an alarm that will fire every N hours? Thanks! -- Erick Sasse...more >>

Hi, Ideally I would like a basic control that displays RTF data as it is intended. However, as I don't have time on my side, and there seems nothing particularly what I am looking for available, can anyone point me to code that will parse RTF data and just extract the text? I believe my short...more >>

Reviewing application security on Windows Mobile I am wondering about memory readability in .Net CF, especially when it comes to datasets. Memory access is protected in some ways through .Net, but it is still possible to use tools like Remote Heap Walker to browse through. Are datasets encrypt...more >>

Hi all! Is there a free library that allows to zip/unzip files in .NET Compact Framework 2.0? Thanks in advance, Marco Minerva, marco.minerva@tiscali.it http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/marcom ...more >>

Hi In an Application I've 3 problems I hope some one can give me a hint. 1. I've a webservice which generates an DataReader. How do I get this DataReader back to the PocketPC ? 2. The Webservice could generate an OleDBDataReader or an SQLDbDataReader so I thought about giving back IDbData...more >>

Hello, I have created a class library for connecting mobile devices to SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 Mobile databases. The library is one DLL file that references SqlClient.dll and SqlCeServer.dll. When I debug a mobile project and using the class library to connect to an SQL Server...more >>

Hi, I have datagrid. I am populating the data in the datagrid from an xml file through an DataTable. Now i want to increase the width of the First column in my DataGrid. Can some one tell me how i can do it. Thanks in Advance, Murthy ...more >>

Does anyone know how to control the keyboard from a Windows Mobile 5.0, .Net CF 2.0 application. I need to be able to disable the keyboard for most of the application since the target audience is less than sophisticated with regard to technology, to put it kindly, and if it is popping up in th...more >>

Is it still true, that there is no support for a Beep()-method in the compactframework? I thought that this feature would have come with .NET 2.0. Well then, what's the best way to achieve this? I am trying so write a small metronome application and would like to be able to o choose between...more >>