How can I open an email message? I have tried using MessagingApplication.DisplayMessage() but it seems like nothing is happening even though I'm getting the right ItemId. Thanks! ...more >>

I want to associate mobile device ENTER key to "Yes" button and ESC key to "No" button in a MessageBox with YesNo buttons. Can somebody provide a sample code on how to do it? Thanks, ...more >>

How can I do that? I have a WindowsCE 4.2 and every time I reset the machine I must to reinstall it. Any idea? Thank you. Catalin ...more >>

When I try to copy a very large file (>8mb) using File.Copy() I get the following error (may contain spelling errors, I typed it over): ============================= OutOfMemoryException IOException at System.IO.__Errot.WinIOError() at System.IO.File.InternalCopy() =======================...more >>

My application has to upload quite some data, which takes a long time. In the meantime the device goes into 'suspend' mode (at least the light turns off and the keypad gets locked). The side-effect is that the network connection is broken as well (at least the WiFi connection). How to prevent 's...more >>

Hi to all, i have a CE5.0 device with CF 2.01 and SQL Mobile 5.0 (ce 3.0). The SDF is located on a integrated Flash Fx disk and the initial size is 57kb I use a TableAdapters & XML typed dataset to queryng my database. The insert time of 1 record in 1 table is 1/2 seconds !!!! The same...more >>

Hi, i'm not sure if this is a bug in the CF2, so here are the details: I have One Windows Mobile CE 5.1.195 (IPAQ hw6910) One Windows CE 4.2 PDA with Arm XScale (Psion Teklogix) On both i have installed compact framework .net 2.0 SP1 (cgacutil.exe shows 1.0.4292.2 and 2.0.6129) I ...more >>

Hi, I am developing a wireless survey application. This application could have three sets of controls: Radio buttons or Checkboxes and a text area. A question could "select only one" in which case I will show the radio buttons and a textarea for any comments. A question could be "select ...more >>

I remember something like Pocket Outlook Object Model Does it really exists, is it supplied with VS 2005 And does it compare to the desktop version Thank you, Samuel ...more >>

Hi, I would like to use the ProtectedData.Protect() and Unprotect() features to securely store sensitive info on the pda. I noticed that these methods are not available for the compact framework. So ofcourse I went looking into the OpenNETCF namespaces and fortunately I found them there. ...more >>

Hi all I'm writing a compact framework app. This app needs to receive a large binary (zip file) from a webservice. The problem is that the byte[] will be retrieved into RAM before I can save it to my external memory card. I am concerned that as the size of this zip file grows my PPCs will ...more >>

First off, thanks to everyone in all groups for helping in the past. I'm developing an application that is a mixture of two types of executables: the "parent" file is written in C# and the "child" is written in C++. I need to have some basic communication from the parent to the child. I've ...more >>

Hi group, I have started similar threads other times, but I don't receive many suggestions, that's why I'm back here again. I hope this time all you discuss with me the current mapping capabilities on mobile devices. I think this kind of thread deserves a little bit activity. Well, to the p...more >>

Hi there are there anywhere some classes to get an errorprovider like in the full framework ? I'd really like to get one for my application...more >>

Hello all, i am making a replacement for the Wi-Fi wizard application (under Settings->Connections->Wi-Fi application) on a WM 5.0 smartphone, my application will have the following menu options 1)Wi-Fi : this will allow u to connect to Access point, edit a connection, etc 2) Wi-Fi Power mod...more >>

Hi everyone, I am looking for encryption class.component for the Compact Framework Thanks, Samuel ...more >>

I have searched Goggle, MSDN and live.com for how to deploy multiple cab files at a shot using the .ini file to specify each. I have tried many downloaded examples, along with my own application and all that ever happens is that it installs the first cab, and that is all. All the documentation...more >>

How can I generate a click-sounds when a user clicks on one of my controls? Is there something like system beeps? WM5 ..NETCF2.0 ...more >>

Hi, I writing an app to be run on Windows Mobile 5 using C# and the .Net Compact Framework 2.0 which hides both the start menu bar at the top of the screen and the button bar / sip bar at the bottom of the screen in order to maximise the amount of screen space available. This has been achieve...more >>

Have developed c# code for udp communication. My udp client is on the Pocket PC emulator and server is on the desktop pc. Am unable to send or receive data. The code works if both-client and server reside on the desktop pc. As attempt to get the code working with the client on device emulator...more >>

Is it possible to capture one frame (or a 'still') from a video? Similar to the thumbnail of a video you get in the filebrowser. Using: WM5 PPC ..Net CF 2.0 ...more >>

Hi there, i've got a BlueTake BT200 bluetooth printer adapter thats hooked up to an EPSON LX300 dot matrix printer, and an app that creates a text file, then sends the stream of the text file to the bluetooth port. It prints out good, however something is making it print very very slow wit...more >>

Hi, I have a CF 2.0 app that uses 2 background threads. 1 for polling for a network connection and 1 for performing a background sync. First I used the OpenNETCF BackgroundWorker for this purpose. However, when performing a background sync the UI became unresponsive. Now I changed it to ...more >>

Hi All, I want to create a smart device C++ managed class library (for Pocket PC 2005). Is this possible? If yes, how? I want to wrap a C++ unmanaged Dll to be used in a C# application. Thanks in advance! Hassan ...more >>

Using a CameraCaptureDialog for taking pictures I want to set the resolution in my code, but none of the directives gets picked up. It always uses the camera's default. I've tried both: ====================================== cameraCaptureDialog.Resolution = new Size(1600,1200); //1600x1200 is ...more >>

Hello, I have an issue when a modal form shows a non-modal form (using .NET CF 1.0 SP3 under Windows CE .NET 4.1). Regardless of what I do, the non-modal form cannot be closed before the modal form has been closed - neither by the user pressing the "X" nor by the program calling the form's Clo...more >>

HI all how ot get list of processes running on windows mobile 5 using c#. process.getprcesses is not available!! thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi, I guess there is no BackgroundWorker in CF 2.0, but is there some other easy way to launch a quick background thread task from the UI? I have a debug console logger, and it takes a while to fire up and connect to a remote TCP server...and when it starts up, it causes program start lag. ...more >>

Hi I do have problems doing the follwing. I create a new form form a thread in my application by using Application.Run(myForm). Thats works fine, but how do I terminate that form again ?. The only way I can do that without an ThreadAbortException is to press the cross in the menu bar, bu...more >>

Is it still okay to use the formstack for apps in CF 2.0? Or is there something native to CF 2.0 that can do what the formstack does? Ashok Padmanabhan DVM ...more >>

I'm a newbie to CF and WM5 and .Net - just to make life easy!! Previous experience is comms in VB6 My WM5 device is an SPV M5000 which contains a GSM mobile. What I want to be able to do from it is dial into a data logger, in the same wasy I do with my desktop app in VB6, and download the...more >>

Is there an enum somewhere in (WM5) .Net CF 2.0 lib that enumerates all types of target displays (phone, phone square, phone square vga, ...)? ...more >>

Environment: vs2005+tcp over usb using activesync 4.2 Application: vs2005 pocket pc application using System.Net.Sockets Hardware: Ipaq 3850 running pocket pc 2003 I am receiving an error: "An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host" when using system.net.sockets: Dim...more >>

Hi, All: I need to program data transmit between a treo 700 and a laptop using bluetooth. The laptop does not have bluetooth and I have to buy an adaptor for it. I am not too fimiliar with bluetooth, does any bluetooth can satisfy the requirement or are there any concerns? any recommendations...more >>

Hello, our company is developing server-client-systems for medical data collection. We use VS 2005 / .NET 2.0 and now we want to include handheld PCs for our system. We decided to use Windows Mobile and the .NET CF 2.0. After trying to implement some features we recognized that the compac...more >>