Hello all, i am designing a C# CF 2.0 application targeting windows mobile 5.0 smartphone, the app will display the properties of the available wireless networks and allow the user to connect to a selected network (the skeleton will look like the Settings->connections->wifi menu) the reason WM ...more >>

I need install in my HP Ipaq with Windows Mobile 5.0 the Compact Framework 2.0 already that my aplication this developer in Visual Studio Pro 2005. When run my aplication this in my HP IpaQ send message "The aplicacion need a version compact framework major to the install" Help My...please...more >>

I'm currently developing an application which needs to be syn'cd to a web server, either through an exchange or outlook. But I extended the fields of the pocket outlook so as to cater my application's needs, in doing so, i created my own database and tagged the itemids of the items that i need f...more >>

hi all, i am new to net cf. I have done a simple ui using .net full framework. In that, in order to get keypress event for some special keys like arrow, tab, space etc.. i have overridden IsInputKey() for button, radiobutton, checkbox and for some other controls, and it is working fine... ...more >>

I need some help and guidance about how to use PPC 2003 Emulator to test an application in a real world environment. I've made an expense reports application for a sales company, that should work in this way: a) Every salesman will have a PDA with my app loaded in it b) These salesman wil...more >>

Hi, I've a prob in inputting text to PPC emulator. I've recently upgraded my CF1.0 app to CF2.0. With VS2003 emulator i was able to input text to any textfield in my app directly typing it from the keyboard. I did'nt need to use input panel. But this is not possible right now. Its accep...more >>

Hi all, Trying to connect to sqlserver from a PDA I receive this error message. I have installed to the PDA netcf2.0, sqlceserver 3.0.3600, sqlclient 3.0.3600. With the SQLServeCE I don't have any problem. What is wrong? ...more >>

Hello All, Can anyone comment on how well a MFC app will run in WinCE 5.0 as compared to previous versions of WinCE? I had read in the past that it was highly discouraged so I wanted to first check but trying. Thanks in advance for your help :) -- Bob Hanson Senior Solutions Develop...more >>

Hi! I'm wondering if there is a possibility to check CPU usage in Windows CE 5.0. The best way for me would be to call some function from Compact Framework 2.0? Can you help me in this matter? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Bartek ...more >>

Hi! I have a Picture Box in a pocket PC application and I don't know how to draw images in it since there isn't any Picture Box Paint event. How should I do it? Thanks!...more >>

Hello I have a question regarding the serialport.read() method. SerialPort.Read Method (Byte[], Int32, Int32) (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143549.aspx). Given that this method is called twice consequtively reading 4 bytes each time: _serialport.Read(buffer, 0, 4); _seri...more >>

Using Compact Framework 2 SP1 on Windows Mobile 5 VB.NET 2005 SerialPort control on both the PC and WM sides using hardware handshaking ... If I send a byte array across the serial port a byte at a time then the other side seems to receive all the bytes ... but if I send a chunk of the byte a...more >>

Hi, I'm dealing with the idea of showing the user in my CF application his exact localization in a map. I've read and downloaded Virtual Earth Mobile from http://viavirtualearth.com/vve/Gallery/VEMobile.ashx . I run the application in my Windows Mobil=F1e 2003 device but could not connect to...more >>

How might I make a label automatically resize to fit the text inside it? I don't see a property for it, is there a way I can figure out the text size for myself? Thanks, Steve...more >>

I've scoured the internet looking for solutions to measure the CPU load on WM5 devices, particularly SmartPhones. Is there at standard way of doing this? Some people have mentioned using the API call GetIdleTime(), which apparently returns the idle time of the processor. Has anyone tried this? ...more >>

I try to use Visual Studio and the PPC emualtor to development a web services client . I have 2 project on my solution, the first is the web project and the second the device project. How can I configure a internet/lan connection on my PPC Mobile 5 emualtor so that my client could connec...more >>

Hi there, i've created a STARTER program that checks if a cab file exists on the pda, if so, it installs it, waits until the process exits, then deletes the cab file if exists and call a new process to start my updated application. Code is below: Public AppPath As String = System.IO.P...more >>

Hi, I want to convert a few database (.sdf) from a previous version to sqlce3.0. How can I do that? I can't open this files. TIA, Catalin ...more >>

I (and some other guys here) had asked this before with no response so far. So I'm reposting the question in a hope than someone have some clue about this problem. Environment: VS 2005 MSDE 2K PocketPC 2003 SE Emulator, cradled. PDA IP: 192.168.55.101 Microsoft Loopback adapter. IP: 192.1...more >>

At DevConnections last week durring the Microsoft Unplugged event, one of the speakers "tried" to give a demo on a CF application that integrated Voice Command...I would LOVE to incorporate this into my application. If anyone knows more about this capability, I would appreciate a reply...more >>

I have a VS.NET 2005 cab along with it's inf on a storage card of a windows mobile 5 device. From a VB.NET 2005 app on the same storage card ... using the Process.Start("\Windows\wceload.exe", "/noui /noaskdest /nodelete ""\Storage Card\App\mycab.CAB""") does not work .... but if I remove the /...more >>

Hi, I've created an app in VS2003. Now i want to upgrade to VS2005. I tried to do the same, but the upgradation wizard is converting the app to a version of CF1.0 app in 2005. This is not sufficient for me because i need to make use of the new features available in CF2.0 in my app. Is the...more >>

Hi, I'm working with VS2005 and CF 2.0 and I'm trying to set the DataSource property of a DataGrid to a generic list of objects. How have I to set the DataGridTableStyle MappingName property? When I bind a DataGrid to an ArrayList, I set the DataGridTableStyle MappingName to the string 'Ar...more >>

I'm looking to write a wireless application, which will connect to SQLServer 2k. I've written some test code to connect and execute some stored procedures, which seems simple enough. I'd like to hear any experiences anybody has had with doing a wireless app with the compact frameworks sqlclient...more >>

Hi, I am making an application in which i can click images and store those. I am having Pretec SDIO Smartcam 1.3MP, and HP iPAQ h5550 Pocket PC. Please tell me how can I make the camera application inside my application. I am using Visual Studio 2005 as my development IDE. Is there any...more >>

WM5 PPC I'm trying to add a registry key from within my C# code but ran into: System.UnauthorizedAccessException How can I circumvent this? ...more >>

Hi... I am part of a 12-member development team, and we are ALL having this problem. We are developing an application for the PocketPC using the .Net Compact Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. We are using the PocketPC emulator included with Visual Studio and can successfully connect to the e...more >>

Hi all, i need to display more columns in one row without scrolling horizontaly, so i need to display one data row in two rows in grid. I found, that with ColumnStyles, i can do some custom drawings and so on, but unfurtunately it can NOT be used for setting row height, at least not in CF...more >>

hi can someone help me out please. I have a form that imports data into sql. On click of a button it assigns some text to a label. Nothing appears in the label though. I have found that the labels get populated when i issue a doevents can anyone shed any light on this? thanks neil ...more >>

I have developed COM objects using ATL several years back and now I have a need to read my PDA file system from javascript using .Net Compact Framework for Windows Mobile 5.0. Using a COM or activex object seems to be the most straightforward approach. I once created com objects from .net c...more >>

Hi all, It's possible to upgrade wince 4.2 to wince 5.0? My pda is MobileCompia with a microprocesor Intel PXA 255. And if it's possible how can I do that? Thanks in advance, Catalin ...more >>

I downloaded the C# Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator sample app from MSDN and the UI code has DoEvents sprinkled all over the place. It is tagged as a "best practices" sample but I've read from many people that DoEvents is hardly ever appropriate. If anyone has seen this code -- do y...more >>

Thanks to help from this group I got a long way towards changing the route table on my WM5 PPC (.Net CF) device (TyTN). It seems that Iphlpapi.dll is what I should use. Unfortunately I'm inexperienced in using p/invoke from within a C# application. Say I want to invoke GetIpForwardTable from Iph...more >>

I do not want my user to access internet explorer, is there a way to delete or disable it? ...more >>

Hi all, I am looking to purchase a Telnet client component for ce.net. I cannot find anything around. Basically I am using c# and would like something like the following: Telnet client = new Telnet(); client.port = 23; client.IPAddress = "192.168.0.1"; client.connect(); client.datare...more >>