I have a CF 1.0 application with a menu. When a menu item is selected by the user, whatever key the user pressed is passed through to the application. So, if the user presses "3", the event for menu item 3 is executed, and my application receives KeyDown and KeyUp events for "3". In fact, ...more >>

Hi, We develop solutions for Symbol PDAs (running WM2003se) with integrated barcode reader. Currently we are using VS2003 with ActiveSync 3.71 but would like to upgrade to VS2005 /CF.NET 2 but I'm not quite sure if that will work for us.. Since our applications are all about barcode scan...more >>

I guess I am still missing something in the Event Driven paradigm ... I have a menu that gives the user access to sections in my code ... this is a training application, so think of it as access to chapters. When the user selects a button, I launch a 'splash' form that shows for a couple...more >>

Can EventWaitHandle in OpenNetcf replace ManualResetEvent.WaitOne( int millisecondsTimeout,bool exitContext)? Thanks. -- John Olbert ...more >>

hello everybody.... i searched this newsgroup....but i didn't find all what i seek.. my situation is that: (1) i want to connect to a PC from My PPC using WiFi Network, and sending data to it( like a file)...How to do that? (2) i want to insert data into a Oracle DB in the PC from my PPC with ...more >>

This is really weird. The custom controls that I have put all over my forms, PictureButton and TextField, now suddenly display a border with their full type name within that border instead of displaying correctly on the form designer. For example, all of my PictureButtons say "Panatrack.CF.Cot...more >>

Hi all I want to run my unit tests on my desktop rather than on my device. However, the device project requires me to use a SomeLibrary.Compact.Dll rather than SomeLibrary.Dll, so my question is, can I some how create a custom build so that all my libraries are compiled with set A of librar...more >>

Hi, I know that with CF 2.0, the XmlDocument doesn't support loading XML document using encoding="ISO-8859-1". If you try, you get an exception. Since I really need to be able to load these XML files, is there a way I can convert the data to UTF-8 so that XmlDocument.Load() will work ? t...more >>

I have some global parameters that I want to apply throughout my application. One is SoundOn, for instance. I want to be sure that I am doing things the 'right way', so rather than make assumptions, or take the first solution I find in the first web reference I see, I'd like to ask here wha...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to ... here goes ... Compile some code for a form that is to be displayed on a Pocket PC device, using a .NET application on a desktop computer. Arrgghhh. Explaining this is proving more difficult than I expected! Here's what i am trying to do: 1. D...more >>

I need wceldcmd.exe file for download so that i can have my cab files installed on the pocket pc only during coldboot without the files being deleted. Raj ...more >>

Hi.. Is there any Multi Threaded Application for BarCode Scanning Available with Client and Listener Application.The Client sends data to the Listener at regular intervals when it scans the barcode. the Listener does some activity and returns back the data to be displayed on the Pocket PC. ...more >>

What are the consequences of releasing PPC software with unsigned CABS as long as the .DLL contained in the CABS are signed and if the packaged Setup.exe is signed as well? ...more >>

Hello! I have a problem when I'm trying to use the Microsoft CE-Emulator in Visual Studio2003. I get an exception, such as MissingMethodException. It doesn't matter what method out of the dll I try to call. I checked the typing several times and compared it to the dumpbin-output, but without su...more >>

We have created a PNG file that makes use of alpha blending. Now when we display this file in our app (using a OpenNETCF PictureBoxEx control), only the 100% transparent part of the picture shows up as 'transparent', the rest is just solid color, no alpha blending is rendered. Is there anot...more >>

Hello all, Thank you in advance. I am trying to write an application in VB.Net that will show the data that is in a barcode in a textbox. I can deploy the application to the scanner (Intermec CK31) but when I scan the barcode nothing happens. I just get a beep. I have tried running the sample a...more >>

Hi guys, I'm using visual basic 6 to read and write xml files to a pocket pc. I want to make use of the active sync connection but I don't know where to begin. Can anyone point me in the right direction? (A tute or example would be great but just any advice will help). Sorry if this is in ...more >>

Hi, I am using form inheritance in VS2005 professional and all was going well - I used the "DesktopCompatible(true)" workaround to get the designer behaving correctly. However, when I added a reference to System.Data.SqlServerCe it now causes this error on build: Error 1 genasm.exe(1)...more >>

Hello Can anybody help me, i search help how can set/get the "PhoneRingerOff " and the "PhoneRadioOff " with the Compact Framework 2.0? Thank you very much for the help regards Roger ...more >>

I am facing a Problem with installation of cab files.I need the cab files to be installed only when a cold Boot is done to the Pocket Pc and not when a warm boot is done...Currently I store the cab files in 2577 Folder. which has autorun.exe and the neccessary cab files for installation. can any...more >>

Has anyone else tried to set the owner information through the registry but then it not show up in Settings, Owner Information? In my program I set the registry keys Name, E-Mail and Telephone under User\ControlPanel\Owner to different values and when I look in the registery the new values ar...more >>

Hi, How likely is it that the CF 2.0 ARMV4 for WM 2003 and ARMV4i for WM 2005 and SQL Mobile 3.0 ARMV4 cabs will work on most PPC's? What I am trying to get clear is; the Intel ARM processor is the only target platform Microsoft targets under VS 2005, so does this mean there are currentl...more >>

I'm developing on Visual basic.net for a mobil device (Smart device) and I cant insert the objet BarcodeReader. ...more >>

I am having an issue sending and receiving data with OpenNETCF.IO.Serial Samples "SerialCSharp ". I have several devices, but when I use it on my HP iPAQ hx2490, and HP iPAQ hx2790 it doesn't send any data. And when it receives data all it displays is question marks. '?'. Any ideas? Tha...more >>

Hello All, I am trying to figure out how to cancel the click event of a tabcontrol. For example, when a tab is clicked I call a tb_Click event. Inside this event I check for items and if they don't exist, I want to cancel the click so they do not move on to the new tab they selected. Is t...more >>

Hi all, we want to use datasets on Pocket PC with SQLite and a total memory of 124,79MB. Hence datasets are an in-memory-representation of a db, is it somehow critical to use it on pocket pc? Greetings Daniel ...more >>

Hi, I've installed the HTTPD.ARM.CAB. on a DELL Axim x51v. When I try to connect to the server - http://localhost/ or http://<ip address>/ I got nowhere. After investigating I realized that the httpd.dll is not being loaded to memory by the Services.exe. (using VS-2005 Remote Process Viewer...more >>

Hi, I have intalled the MSMQ.ARM.CAB on my DELL Axim x51v. and managed to start the MSMQ programmatically - The visadm.exe does not function properly. Apparently there is a size limit on outgoing messages to a remote queue. instead of the limit being 4MB it is about 262KB. I've changed the r...more >>

Hi. Im using DataSet.readXml/WriteXml for read/write data but is too slow (the size of my XML file is between 200,500ko) I want to use XMLTextWriter & Reader but i don't know if i can manipulate Data easily(read element,update element...) in My application I make a several calls to the XML ...more >>

Hello all, I am trying to connect to my GPS receiver through a serial port using compact framework 2.0 on a Pocket PC 2003. The GPS receiver is plugged into the SD card drive. When I list the available serial ports on the device using the SerialPort.GetPortNames() method, it gives me a list of ...more >>

Hello All and happy 2006 :) I would like to ask if it is recomended to use both RDA , for some tables and Merge Repl. for others. The reason I am asking this is for saving space on the pocket pc. My aplication will have tables that will be common for all pocket pcs and other tables that the d...more >>

Can anyone point me towards a successful solution to embedding Flash content in a CF 2 application using C#? Web searches seem to all show up plenty of threads that say 'this might work' by embedding an html page with a swf file. I don't see anywhere that says 'this actually will work'. Giv...more >>

Hi I have a database whit some comment field, the text is in rtf format, how can I show the text as plain text in a textbox? Henrik Denmark ...more >>

Hi, From .NET 2005 I'm attempting to open a remote MSMQ Q from a handheld PC running WM5. When I open the Q using ... New System.Messaging.MessageQueue("FORMATNAME:DIRECT=OS:CRS1\private$\Captiva_FD_PC_Q", False) The Queue error returns as: The queue does not exist or you do not have suffi...more >>

I installed VS2005 and I am trying to create a simple PDA application. But when I "Start Debugging", and choose the Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator from the list, the emulator loads, but then I get the error message "Connect to Device Failed". If I try to connect to the device via "Tools/Connect...more >>

Hi, i got a persitent form, i need to show from time to time. I placed a "Hide" button on it, which just calls me.hide(). When i use the X-Button from the Form, everything works fine, but when using the hide function, the form is not shown any more. What can i do? Thanks in advance, Gustav...more >>

Greetings, I can't seem to keep the messagebox on screen until the user clicks the ok button. I had this problem in the past and thought I found that the messagebox.show() method had to go at the very end of the function in order for the box to display and stay till clicked. Now that I've r...more >>

Hi I have a WM5 Qtek 8310 and VS 2005 and installed the SDK tools for it. However I cannot install the SdkCerts.cab into the phone. It says that the installation failed due to not enough system permissions. Also I cannot deploy a small HELLO app from VS2005. The app is signed with the SDK...more >>

Hi people, I'm fairly new to Compact Framework. Alright then. I need to develop a SmartDevice App that works on a local (Mobile) database. When the device detects network connection, data needs to be synced both back to a central SQL Server (2005) database, but also from Central -> Mobil...more >>

We are using Visual Studio 2005 to create a .NET Compact Framework 2.0 application. In our solution, we have several projects. Sometimes, when trying to build the solution, we get the following error: The "GenerateResource" task failed unexpectedly. System.InvalidOperationException: Collecti...more >>

Hi, I'm developing an app in C# for a Smartphone platform (.NET CF 1.0) and i've hit a problem - Form doesn't have a "AutoScroll" property so if child controls don't fit the form it doesn't show a scrollbar. What i'm doing is i'm reading some settings from an XML file and show them in dy...more >>

Hi together, I am trying to find out, how to create a strongly typed dataset with xsd.exe and got some problems! I get methods like... protected PersonDataTable( System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo info, System.Runtime.Serialization.StreamingContext context) : ...more >>

Hi, I've found while testing baud rates on a couple of GPS units, that the baudrate does not seem to be critical on my BT unit, but it is on my compact flash unit I only found this by accident on the BT unit. Normally when I set the baud rate for the BT unit I just use what the manufactu...more >>

I want to use PostMessage to send a WM_LBUTTONUP message to a control to simulate the clicking on that control. The problem I have is that the function always returns an error: 87 - Invalid parameter. This is even the case when I change the message to WM_CLOSE for example. I can't see where I w...more >>

Hi it seems that there is no way to format the sd-card with code. how about wiping it? if I want to wipe it , I just need to delete all the files in it? Thanks Shaul. ...more >>

I have an image that includes CF. when I run an application it seems to be executing but does not do anything and then exits - even if a Console.WriteLine is run there is no output. below is debug from a sample run, Any Ideas as to what might be going wrong and how to identify the problem gr...more >>

Hi, I need to be able to add two checkbox columns to a datagrid, but just can't get it to work - I have also been unable to find any articles to help. Can anyone offer any assistance? Or suggest a third party control that would do the same thing? Mark ...more >>

Hi, How far is the code written for pocket pc can be ported on a smartphone (both for Windows Mobile 5.0)? How should I arhitect the software development in order to minimize the amount of rework when porting code from PPC to Smartphone? Any insights are much appreciated. Thank you. ...more >>

Hello OpenNETCF team, Are there plans to release an updated OpenNETCF Library that integrates with Visual Studio (2003 and 2005) and includes SDF v1.4 docs? The one that ships with SDF v1.4 has numerous broken links. Thanks, Thomas Hall ...more >>

VS2005 RTM, CF 2.0, PocketPC 2003 SE I created a base form class called MyBaseForm that inherits from Form. I implement significant presentation helper functionality in this base class. I can add an inherited form to my project (Form1), inherit from MyBaseForm, and I get the designer, and all...more >>

Using the compact framework, is there a way to draw rotated text or a rotated canvas using existing 2.0 .NET functionality? Thanks, John ...more >>

Hi NG! I want to find out these information: -) Current network operator -) Battery loading state -) Current base station identifier -) Current field strength Is it somehow possible to find out at least one of them using the .net CF or with PInvoke? Best regards, Michael ...more >>

Ok, I know this has been asked hundreds of times before (though for .net CF 1.0), but I want to detect when wired and/or wireless connections are made or broken from within the .net CF 2.0 (the physical connection). I have done something similar in 1.0 using ConnectionManager which would co...more >>

I am working on a project for an XDA II. I am using VB.NET 2003 and am having issues getting the current date. My code is:- Format(Now, "d/m/yyyy") The output is 04/58/2006. Am I doing something wrong, or is there a better way to get the current date into the format above? Much appre...more >>

Is there a description of the procedure to create a Setup.dll for Smart Device Setups, or better yet an example? In particular, I'd like to run/install the CAB for .NET Compact Framework v2 onto Pocket PC 2003 devices when I install my application. I've searched mirosoft.com, PPC 2003 SDK ...more >>

Hi again! System.ComponentModel.BindableAttribute seems to be missing in the CF, is this correct? How am I supposed to databind a TextBox.Text to MyObject.Property? Do I have to update the object manually from the GUI? Thanks Pete ...more >>

Hi NG, I have a little problem with the serial port. If a external device sends my app (PocketPC) a 0xFF I only see a 0x7F within my app. Why is that? What must I do to receive a 0xFF? I have tried to set serialport.Encoding to UTF8Encoding, but VS2005 then reports ".. Type is not vailid in...more >>

hi how can I find out what is the type of the operating system of a ppc device (2003, 2003 se, 5.0 etc') by code? Thanks. Shaul. ...more >>

hi I would like to know how to hard reset a wm 5.0 device with code. I know how to hard reset ppc 2003 , but the same code in wm 5.0 soft reset the device insted of hard reset it. Thanks Shaul ...more >>

I just loaded a VS2003/CF1.0 project into VS2005 and the upgrade wizard converted the project but it still targets 1.0 of the compact framework (and therefore PPC 2003). Is there any way to upgrade a CF1.0 project to target 2.0 of the compact framework (using the upgrade wizard or in the VS2005 ...more >>

Hello, I got a problem with displaying a splashscreen. I want a Form (splash screen) to be shown while the main Form is created in the background. I currently do this by main { Application.Run(new Splashscreen()); } --- public Splashscreen() { .... loadMainForm(); mainForm.Show()...more >>

Hi all I am writing a simple PocketPC app. When I run my form (which has only 2 textboxes + 2 labels on it) I don't see the input panel on my device. So, I add an InputPanel component to my form + set Enabled=True, and add Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms to my project. Now when I run my app on...more >>

hello again... My problem i gess is this: i can read the bytes from the file, but i don´t know how to convert it to the array. See small example and say me something if is possible: Public Structure CLIENTS Public codint As Short <VBFixedString(15)> Public CODCLi As String...more >>

May I know whether we can use vs.net 2003 with c# to develop Wince5.0 applications? If so, may I know whether can I download the emulator? Thx a lot!! ...more >>

I upgraded some code from VS 2003 to VS 2005. The conversion tool appears to convert the files fine, but I get an error with the resx file when I try to compile "ResX input is not valid. Cannot find valid "resheader" tags for the ResX reader and writer type names." I thought this might ...more >>

I've finally gotten my legacy C++/MFC dll working again under WM5 and VS2005 after numerous problems, and my legacy C++ test app works too. The dll has both an exported class with methods and an exported set of "flat" API functions. I can call both from my C++ app. I also have an existing...more >>

Hi All, I'm new player in this area, going to check with you if developing PDA on Ms. Win Mobile ed, by using barcode scanner from SYMBOL or normal PDA WiFI+ SOCKET barcode scanner, connect to SQL Server 2K directly/interactively. Is it possible using VB.NET mobile App? Anyone can brief me...more >>

Hi, Referring to Stan Adermann's article on Creating an MSI Package that Detects and Updates the .NET Compact Framework (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/netcfdepl.asp), the .gac installer does not support the %CE#% macros as are used in .cab ...more >>

Hi, Is a compiled compact framework (CF) 2.0 assembly (strongly named) can be installled as GAC using .gac file method? I have created a strongly named assembly (test.dll) and .gac file, and copied them to Windows directory of device. The device has CF 2.0 installed. The content of the .ga...more >>

Hi all How connect usb-camera with wince 4.2? Thanks Andrey ...more >>

Hi All, I need to develop a SEMI-TRIANGLE shaped of the custom button control. I have successfully did it in full framework. However, when i'm about to do the porting to CF, there are heaps of problems. 1. I can't find any GraphicsPath in CF 2. There is no region class which accept the gra...more >>

Visual studio 2005 C#. I have the following code DataTable table; table = dataSet1.Tables["Park1"]; // Use the NewRow method to create a DataRow with // the table's schema. DataRow newRow = table.NewRow(); // Set values in the columns: newRow["Column1"] = "NewCompanyID"; n...more >>

Hi all My app runs in the emulator, but when trying to run the app on my pocket pc VS2003 fails. This used to work, and I have no idea what has changed (except reinstalling the SDK a few times). Any suggestions? Thanks Pete ...more >>

Hi all AppDomain.CurrentDomain is not implement in .net CF 1.1, so could someone please tell me how to retrieve a list of assemblies in the current app domain? "foreach(Assembly currentAssembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies());" does not work Thanks in advance! -- Pe...more >>

Hi, I have a .NET CF 2.0 application that plays ogg audio files. There is an autoplay feature which picks up audio files 1 by 1 and plays them. For this, I have written an audio library which calls the appropriate APIs on the device. For ppc 2003, everything works. However, after porting th...more >>

When I deploy my application to the pocket pc emulator it overwrites the SDF file that is there. So if I have added data between runs it is deleted and I have to reinsert the data. Does anyone know of a way to surpress the deployment of the SDF file when it is attached to the VS2005 project? ...more >>

i have a form created with some buttons, text boxes, and labels. i want to display this form as a dialog box that floats (i.e. like the MessageBox dialogs). is there anyway for me to do this? ...more >>

I mentioned in an earlier thread (Exceptions) that I was having problems with SerialPort.Close. I've now modified my Close as follows and I have seemed to overcome that particular problem if (this.serialPort.IsOpen) { try { this.serialPort.ReadTimeout = 0; this.serialPor...more >>

Is it possible to automatically resize the form when the virtual keyboard is visible? Problem: My input field is located at the bottom of the form, when the onscreen keyboard is visible, it covers the input field. I have noticed that other applications like the contact list, automaticall...more >>

I know that in CF1.0 max 2 concurrente WebRequest can be done. Is the same on CF2.0? Thanks ...more >>

Hi,I must print with ppc. Now I need a small print device (portable) and how to print with ppc. I don't want to buy library,or similar to print. I need to print simple (and raw) text in the device. Thank you ...more >>

Greetings, Just started with the CF during beta 2 of VS2005 and had no trouble adding a web reference to a CF Pocket PC 2003 SE project and consuming it. Then comes the RTM/Release version and poof! when I try on any machine (I've tried about 5 of 'em) I get a break in Reference.cs that sa...more >>

hi Is there a way to format the sd-card by code? Thanks Shauly ...more >>

hello group, I want to test my netcf app on a pc platform. The only problem is the sqlce server. So I need to choice between the sqlce and the sqlserver. It's ok for me to use the #IF syntax to use different source code. But how can I use it ? Any ideas ? regards wolfgang ...more >>

Hi, When starting my application for the first time, I must retrieve all data from server database with Merge Replication. What I do is start a new thread with runs a splash form separately, only runs the form, not the code for replication. Application, first time executes replication code wi...more >>

hi can u plz provide and idea or sample code for displaying image in vb dot net application from sql ce database ...more >>

How does one get to be a MVP? same as those of the likes of Nicholas Paldino, Jon Skeet, Willy denoyette, Ian Griffiths...etc....more >>

Hi all, What I want to do: Send an alert to a pda device from a .NET web application. So user creates a message in web application and selects mobile device to send to (via IP or whichever method is possible), clicks send and the PDA receives an alert. A work around I was pondering was t...more >>

Hey all, I've wrote this little app (a 1-form) app that at some point I was able to debug both through the emulator and through my real pocket pc device. Now, only the emulator works. When I try deploying it to the device, it says the deploy succeeded, but the app doesn't actual run on the ...more >>