Hi I tried running the program on my device so I got a message that the program can't run because the CLR version needed (2.0) is not installed I then Tried to install manually using the following file: NETCFv2.ppc.ARMV4.cab and I got the following message:Microsoft NET CF 2.0 failed to i...more >>

Hi group, Where I can find a image (bin) of WindowsCE 5.0.(demo) . I need it to prove it in my TabletPC which run actually WindowsCE 4.2 Thanks, C. ...more >>

I'm developing a PocketPC Windows 5.0 Mobile application. When I deploy de app, Visual .NET 2005 copy the .exe file and the ".NET Framework DLLs" to PDA, and it has it yet!!. This is a slow and borred process. Are there any way to avoid that Framework dlls were copied each time when I deploy t...more >>

Hi, We are running into some strange scenarios related to HTTP Web Requests made programmatically from a Mobile application. Following is the scenario: The application connects to the server through the webservice to download the data. We are facing issues with the application going offlin...more >>

Hi. We are transferring files to & from PDA's (windows mobile 5) over GPRS and want to compress the files. What is the best method supported by WM5? We are developing applications using VS2005 & VB.NET v2 on a server and VB.NET CF V2 on WM5. our applications are receiving data which needs ...more >>

Hi all I can't find a CAB file for PPC to install CF2 R2 on Google. Does anyone know from where I can obtain it? Thanks Pete ...more >>

Hi I heard that theres an SP for CompactFramework and SQLMobile. Can anyonetell me where I can find the SQLMobileSP ? Do I only have to update the runtimes in the redistributables of my application? Thanks in advance...more >>

Hi, I've 2 probs with the TreeView control in CF 1) It does'nt let me change font at the node level 2) It enforces the first image in the imagelist for a node for which the imageindex is not specified Does any one have solutions to these? The mainform of my app con...more >>

Hi all I have the following basic questions: 1. Can I print using the PrintDocument or any thing similar 2. How can a typical device (Pocket PC) be connected to a printer, it is required to be connected to a PC? Thank you, Samuel ...more >>

Hi all I have to do an update to my software tomorrow. What I need to do is to ensure that SYSTEM_SR_ENU.CAB is part of my installer. I'd like to know what files are held inside this CAB file and where I can find them on my desktop computer so that I can include them manually in my instal...more >>

Anyone have any information about exam 70-540? TS: Microsoft® Windows Mobile - Application Development. Thanks Simon. ...more >>

Hi there, I was wondering if any of you guys know of an existing application or a way to develop a program that allows me to push a button on my PocketPC, which will open up a dropdown (or something) that has a list of pre-defined phrases? Our company has 100 field service engineers which w...more >>

Does anyone know how to create the menu buttons that appear on the task/notification bar on WM05 in vb.net? I tried searching but I don't know their official name. TIA Rob ...more >>

Hi I am creating a appication in vb.net. In that i have to display help page. Actually I have palnned to display the help page in a textbox. And I did it by assigning a string variable which holds the whole Help content.But it looks odd. So I need suggestions. Is it possible to add paragrap...more >>

Hi, after some unsucessfull researchs I'm trying to understand what I'm doing wrong... I'm targeting the 1.0 SP3 .net compact framework. I'm trying to create an autoresize Label (I know, sounds common :p). My problem is at desing time : instead of displaying my label text, It displays the name...more >>

I want to make my application to use the whole screen, searched through msdn and it suggests to use `WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;' in the (only) Form of the program, but it doesn't work. I still can see the taskbar and title bar. I've tried placing above statment to few places (i...more >>

I just want to generate a key event through another key event,say, when i press "A" , on the keyup event , I want to generate "B" press event. how to do it? I am newbie for C#. sorry for this simple question. ...more >>

There isn't a CF V3 with WPF yet is there? ...more >>

Hello all, I am developing an application that will emulate the default Wi-Fi AP menu, it will show the available Access point list and allow the user to connect/renew IP/ view AP properties, our client wants extended AP properties (the default implementation is not enough for him) so i am d...more >>

Hi, Does a picture box capable of displaying different image size on varying device (WM5) resolution? For instance, I have created an icon file (.ico) with two images (16x16 and 32x32pix) and sets it as the image of a picture box. On high resolution device (>96dpi), will a picture box ...more >>

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Hi all, is it at all possible for me to add a background image to the ListView Control? Thanks Tryst ...more >>

Does anyone know a way of eliminating flickering in a pocket pc's picture box? I guess double buffering would be the answer but the examples I've seen are always to the entire Form, and not to a picture box. Thanks...more >>

hey ppl...oki let me mk u understand first.... actually i am making a dummy project on wince with C# as my language.... but in my project i need to have a log of some events such as some exception occur or some of my user define event ...and also i need to read back these events and show on G...more >>

Hello, I need to prase the commandline-arguments in an application for a pda. While I'm try to get them with these code Dim CmdLine As System.String CmdLine = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Command the IDE gives me an "NotSupportedException"-Error back. The error raise in the 2nd line. I am wo...more >>

Does anyone know of a .NET Comapct Framework class in C# (i.e. one that does not use the My.Computer class of VB.NET), that allows an application to browse/enumerate through the mapped drives and directories on a connected network? I am simply trying to use a PDA to browse a network to a te...more >>

Hi, I want to post a windows message from one application and read it in another application. I am using the below code to post a message to a form but i am not able to read the message in the receiving form in another application. IntPtr hWnd; hWnd = FindWindow(null, "MsgWindow"); int ...more >>

Hi all, Is there any API in Windows CE which lets change screen resolution programaticly? I've seen some application which does it on Qtek 9000 so that means that must be some solution for this problem. Unfortunately I don't have access to the sources of this application so I can't check how ...more >>

I have an application that runs sucessfully on ce.net 4.x. When I run it on ce.net 5.0, it throws an exception on directory.getfiles. For some reason, the exception won't get trapped. Has anyone else seen this? ...more >>

Hi all, I need a library to work with a smartcard reader Omron V4KF-01JF-001 in WindowsCE 4.2. The cards are GemEasy and the reader is connected with serial port of PDA. With OpenNETCF is a little dificult. I need a library like Priore Smartcard that can work with netcf. Thanks in advance,...more >>

Hi I wish u can help me ! I am a programmer . Recently a very hard problem confused me , I made a program about email restoring in 05wm PPC ,the program can restore emails but the number is limited ,just 65 ones ! if more than 65 ,the restoring will be failed ,some emails will lose ! Thi...more >>

Hi, we have a (rather complex) .Net 1.0 CF application running on WindowsCE5.0 (no PPC). To ensures that our app runs only once we use code based upon the OneInstance sample from gotdotnet UserSamples. This seems to work fine BUT bringing our application to the front doesn't always work:...more >>

Hi all There is a resources DLL that dotnet uses to display some error messages. Is it legal to distribute that file with my app? Pete ...more >>

When I am reading in a section of XML code for example: <cl> <cp Name="Bob" Version="1.02" LastUpdate="01/02/2006"> </cl> Is it possible to read (name, version, lastupdate) dynamically so that if they change to (userName, userVersion, updated) that I will still be able to gracefully handl...more >>

Hi, I am looking for component which allows me to parse my xml file. the reason i am asking this, is because my xml files are huge it can reach as far as 1GB more or less. the time to parse such a file is something like 5 Hours. Now i am using the XmlRead, XmlNode ... (I do not load the file to...more >>

have written a code that does encryption string to be stored into my SQL server in the column called ID. The encryption string is of something like this {6F0E54FA-2C51-487E-A2A5-0412DA9FA3C6} and the code I am developing for my PocketPC is like this, this is the class I am using in my program...more >>

Hello, I enjoy the new Frameworks ADO.NET Entity Framework and DLINQ for the .NET 3.0 Framework. I can't find any information according to the next releases of the compact framework. Will these frameworks also be available for the Compact Framework? ...more >>

Hi, I have an Application running on Windows Mobile 5.0 device. I want to pass some commands from one application on this device to another application on the device. I learned about Windows messaging, and know i can make an unmanaged call to postmessage or sendmessage. [DllImport("cored...more >>

Hello everyone, I have used Visual Studio 2005 to create a C# .Net Compact Framework 1.0 application on Pocket Pc 2003 device. But when building the application, there are some errors dealing with System.Data can not find. I have solved this issue by manually add System.Data from Referen...more >>

Hello everyone, I have some experience of C# development on Windows desktop. Now I am learning how to develop GUI application using C# on WinCE device, based on ..NET Compact Framework. Are there any samples/tutorials to make reference for a beginner? thanks in advance, George...more >>

Hi there, I want to write an Windows Mobile 5 Application that acts like a service. Is it possible to minimize an application upon startup? Form.Hide and Form.Visible=false in Form.Activate does not help because the MainMenu is displayed. Thanks in advance, Thomas ...more >>

Hi, When I using Managed Camera APIs CameraCaptureDialauge.showdialauge, this returns an unknown error. I've search regarding this but failed to resolve problem. How can this will be overcome? indra bisen ...more >>

Got a basic form with a single PictureBox control. The image has these properties: Filesize: 55kb Width: 4000px Height: 2500px Yes, the dimensions are large, but its a 2-color image and very small in size. Why would it throw that error? The included Image Browser works just fine, with ...more >>

Hi I have a CF.Net small application which is set up with a file association. I click on a file of a certain type and my program loads fine and the filename is passed as an argument. If I click on another file the previous window redisplays and the new file is not loaded. This is the CF....more >>

I can retrieve using fill(), the insert and update statements are there, i use the auto-generated edit and summary pages, but the edit never seems to update the data on the database. I've tried doing a few things, looking at MSDN's instructions, but nothing seems to work. Is there a trick t...more >>

Hello I'm trying to read a stream of 4 byte messages in which the 4th byte is the checksum of the first 3 bytes: Message= [byte#1, byte#2, byte#3, CRC8] For this purpose I'm using SerialPort.Read Method (Byte[], Int32, Int32) (buffer=The byte array to write the input to. offset=The ...more >>

Hi, my application uses lots of images to display. Currently the user has to manually copy the data to his device and then specify the path to this. The data is stored in subdirectories, like \category1\image1 \category2\image2 \category2\image2 .... Now manually copying works, howev...more >>

Hi all, I have developed an application with Visual Study 2003. This application is connected to a web service. I have moved the file .exe to a mobile device with o.s. windows mobile 5. The application starts without problems (the initial form is visualized correctly), but when I try to co...more >>

I have written a code that does encryption string to be stored into my SQL server in the column called ID. The encryption string is of something like this {6F0E54FA-2C51-487E-A2A5-0412DA9FA3C6} and the code I am developing for my PocketPC is like this, this is the class I am using in my progra...more >>

Is it possible to send a message from eVC++ (DLL) to VB.NET? This code doesn't work: HLOCAL abc = LocalAlloc(LPTR, 12345); result = SendMessage(m_hWnd, WM_COPYDATA, 0, (LPARAM) abc); LocalFree(abc); Mhaxx ...more >>