I'm new to .NET so I appologize in advance if this question is simple. Background -->> We're building a proof of concept application on Windows Mobile 2003 based barcode scanner which needs to look up records in our MS Access 2003 database and display the results based on scanned barcode. By...more >>

I expose the entire Listbox from the custom control. I tried to expose the items property of the listbox, the same thing happens. ...more >>

Out team is moving to Vs2005 and Net2.0. My question is that once I have installed Vs2005 can I integrate it with the Netcf2.0. Back with Vs2003 there was an Addin that integrated the Netcf1.0 into Vs2003, adding the appropriate project templates. Once I have installed Vs2005 how do I integ...more >>

My PDA edition is Windows Mobile 2003 second editon. my application is ok on Windows Mobile 2003 first editon. but it shows error when it runs on Windows Mobile 2003 second editon. and the error is " 0xc0000005". I want to know if there is a pack about Windows Mobile 2003 second edito...more >>

Hi, I have developed project in .NET compact framework 1.0, using MS Development Environment 2003. Now I want to convert this application to .NET CF 2.0 for the new device that supports Windows Mobile 5.0. I have try to convert directly from IDE -> Open -> Convert but it supports only Java or ...more >>

Hello, I have a following situation I have a web service, which is called from DLL, which is used by Pocket. To ilustrate this: WEB SERVICE --------------> DLL -----------------------> Pocket client The reason for doing this that way is, I also ha...more >>

Is there a way for me to get a Compact Framework DLL loaded into the process space of another compact Framework application (without loading it from the app) - similar to injecting a normal C++ DLL into an application. The purpose of this is so that my injected DLL can use IMessageFilter to c...more >>

Hello, The C:\Program Files\Windows CE Tools\wce500\Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK\Samples\Cs\Gps\ mentioned in the SDK does not exist somehow. Is this related to the fact that the GPS control panel is not available on the smartphone? Can I use the gpsapi.dll on a smartphone device? I su...more >>

Hi We are trying to retrieve the GPRS Cell ID that we are connected to with a WM2003 PE device. I've searched around and making calls to RIL seems to be only way to do this. Does anybody know of another way, or an example of C# or VB code that uses RIL? Is it possible to do this with TA...more >>

Ah, the good old days of VS2003... I am very happy with the performance of my application under CF2, however, development and debugging is much slower. First, the emulator is abysmally, almost unusably slow. I have an application heavy in web service calls and xml, and the emulator is n...more >>

Hi, I would like to ask if its possible to stop in the middle of some code all running code, something like: if (someCondition) abort; and the whole call stack should stop, the same that happens when an exception occours, but I don't want the exception dialog should appair, but r...more >>

I want to develop a PDA application which will tranfer data to an other application in the same network via WLAN. My question is can I use winsock in the same way as I do in my PC-Application which is MFC based. -- best regards Rolf Brockmann...more >>

Hi all, I created a custom control that inherits from System.Windows.Forms.Panel Class. I added a label and a listbox to this control. The control functions correctly during run-time, i.e I can set properties to both the label and the listbox. During design-time I can set the properties ...more >>

Hi: Where can I find examples about to work efficiently to send datasets across web services ? My application must return too many rows and my mobile application works very slowly. How can I to make a binary serialization ? As I was commenting in a previous post, I tried to use the Dataset...more >>

Hi When I read data from the SQL Mobile 05 all my 01.01.1900 dates are now 01.01.2000 the same select via (SqlCeDataAdapter) worked fine under CF1.1 now under 2.0 this problem occurs Does anyone know any help , hints or tips ? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Hi, Recently I wrote a small Boulder Dash game which runs as a Java applet. Now I've ported the whole thing to my PDA and it would work, but the game screen won't show as soon as I include my main loop. In the Java applet this was something like while(true) { Thread.Sleep(GAME_DELAY)...more >>

Here is what seems to be the problem. We have at DataTable Visit_List, and we have two objects that need to bind to this data in different ways. So we created two DataViews based on the DataTable. The DataViews are configured as follows for each of the objects that bind to them: List obj...more >>

Hi, I want to color a pixel. This doesn't work: e.Graphics.DrawLine(new Pen(color), column, row, column, row); This does work, but it draws 2 pixels wide instead of 1: e.Graphics.DrawLine(new Pen(color), column, row, column+1, row); How can I color 1 pixel? I am working with the com...more >>

Hello All, I need to figure out how to pragmatically configure the network adapter to connect to "The Internet". Can anyone give me any good pointers? Is this just a registry setting or is there more to it? TIA ...more >>

I have a CF2 app I am distributing which also uses an SQLMobile database. I would like to build one single cab file to install the whole thing. Currently, I have to install CF2, restart the device, and then install my app and SQL Mobile. Any pointers on getting this process as simplified as...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to build Insert/Update/Delete command objects at runtime using SqlCeCommandBuilder. The command builder method works fine if I use oBuilder.GetInsertCommand(); I want to use the option where the parameter names are based on Column names of the table oBuilder.GetI...more >>

Do I have your attention? Good. I want to go into rant mode and tell anyone who gives a rats ass what I think of Microsoft dropping support for ADOCE/CEDB. I read a thread today by Mike B at http://groups.google.ca/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/browse_thread/thread...more >>

Hello, I have two PPC2003 devices that need to be upgraded to version 2 of the compact framework from 1.0.4292.00. How can this be done? I am running VS2005. Thank you. ...more >>

Hi, I think this is a stupid question (I'm a very newbie in compact framework developing), but .... it's one day I'm trying to understand/solve my problem. I want to create a simple application to make my emulator communicate with a server. The first thing I want to do, is to configure the e...more >>

I want to install a hook procedure so I can monitor screen changes in an application and button presses (not key presses) - how do you do this in compact framework ? ...more >>

Hi, this Question might have been asked a lot before (I would assume) but as it seems I didn't have the correct keywords for the search-function of this board to find appropriate results. That's why I have to ask this question here now: I have a TCP/IP-application (see here: http://msd...more >>

hi, iam vs 2003 .net CF1 vb.net i have .exe file sometimes the user double click .exe and wait for sometime ,click .exe again. meanwhile 2 times the program is executing. i want to prevent the user not to click sooo many times on .exe to avoid multiple application running with the same .exe ...more >>

Hi all, I have a class library that I want to make available to developers on the Compact Framework. Are there any tools out there that will run through my codebase to analyze it for incompatibilities with the Compact Framework? Thanks in advance for any help! JP ...more >>

Ok, so it is common knowledge that in VS 2003 there was a problem with the tab control in which the designer occasionally reordered the tabs when it regenerated its code. I want to know if there are any MVP’s out there who could answer with authority whether this issue has been resolved in ...more >>

Hi all, I try to access my webservice with Integrate Windows Authentication mode. I pass network credential to my webservice by asking user to provide user/password. It works fine. Is that possible to obtain user/password login (domain account/local account) programmatically so I do not ne...more >>

Hi all, We recently were asked to do maintenance of an already developed mobile application running on PDA. The app is already deployed and used on PDAs. Now we received change request. We completed the changes requested using VS.NET 2003, .NET Framework 1.1. Now I have not used .NET comp...more >>

Hi, I'm porting one of my Java applets to the .Net CF and don't find the answers to these two questions: - Is there an equivalent to Java's "Thread.Sleep()" function to stop the execution of my program for some seconds? - How can I realize double buffering? In Java I do all the drawing on...more >>

Hi all I am currently trying out XPO from DevExpress. It seems to be too slow for my requirements, what other CF OPF frameworks are available for dotnet V2? Thanks Pete ...more >>

Hello All: I have a weird problem in the .netCF version of System.Resources.ResourceManager.GetString that doesn't occur on the big .NET Framework. In a DLL assembly called UtilityClasses, I have a resource file called strings.resx where I store a bunch of English strings read at runtime...more >>

Hi, In my application for PDA I use the serialport class to send data to a navigation computer of VDO Dayton. Everything works fine as long as it is connected to the nav-computer. When the nav-computer is not connected to the PDA, the program hangs. No exceptionerrors, no serialports error e...more >>

Daniel, Regarding the tab control question a few questions back... Was this issue fixed in VS 2005 .Net? Somebody out there... Please tell me this was fixed! Bill...more >>

here is the problem i experience using the Tab Control in VS 2003. can anybody tell me if these are know issues? and are there updates to the Tab Control from MS that will get rid of these problems? problems crop up when the number of tab pages necesssitates a horizontal 'scroll' to grant ac...more >>

Hello, is it normal, that the close function of OpenNETSDF 1.4 shows a "A thread <threadID> has ended with return code 0x0." in the output window of the VS2003 debugger when debugging on a real device? This happens on at least 3 devices, two of them have WM 5.0 and one has WM 2003. One of t...more >>

Help!!!! I am banging my head against a brick wall with this... if I am using RDA to transfer data between my PDA and a remote Server and I uncradle the PDA, the application just keeps on trying. There is no lost connection error, the timeout on the RDA connection does not work. If I re-dock...more >>

Hi All, I'd like to know how to run a Batch file from CE Windows Explorer. I could run it from the CMD Prompt but not by double clicking the batch file inside Windows Explorer. Pls repost. Thanks, Gee ...more >>

I am wanting to create a UPnP discoverable WinCE 5.0 device. Can this be done from CF 2.0? I've googled around but can not find examples of this. Is this possilbe? Do I need to use the Intel library? Thanks ...more >>

I am researching the compact framework in order to port some of our application functionality to a mobile device. Our application uses a services base architecture with a service project and a common business objects project. My problem is that it seems as though the compact framework doesn't...more >>

Hey all, I'm developing an vb.net ppc database application with RDA. I use an module which first loads a stringreader, logfile, configfile, userobject and database object and then if it is an new config it runs 'appliction.run(new frmFirstTime)', to collect information to connect to the datab...more >>

Hello, I suddenly encountered a strange problem while programming some additional functionality to a VB .NET app. Another form of my application gets loaded unintentionally. Debugging learned that this happens when... I do a simple MessageBox.Show. Code: Private Sub btnSave_Click(ByVal sen...more >>

Hi I've just lost the whole message so this time short: 1. Develped using VS 2005 and CF 2.0 2. Pocket PC runs Windows Mobile 5.0 and connectes to LAN via WiFi 3. Can ping SQL server using vx Util 4. Connection string copied from the desktop app and it works 5. CF framework and SQL Server Cl...more >>

I am using vs.net 2005 and have written a class library of business objects. The business objects project is for the full .net framework. The problem is that when I add a reference to the bus objects project to my device project and try to instantiate a business object, it always throws a comp...more >>

Hi, when i call System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() i get a Notsupportedexeption. What other possibilities are there to get to know the Path to the main-executable? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi group, I'm using resources in different languages inside my CF 2.0 project. Of course, I must translate all strings. Well, my client must translate these strings ;-) The problem is that my client is very limited in computer world understanding, so I cannot send him a .resx or .xml file s...more >>

Hi, Can anyone explain when turning a pocket PC back on, why I get two notifications that the power is back on. The Message is PBT_TRANSITION and the flag POWER_STATE_ON each time, immediately following each other with no other notifications in between. I'm passing POWER_NOTIFY_ALL to Req...more >>

I am hoping that you guys can help me out with this one, been looking all over the place but can't find a solution. I have a datagrid on my CF VB.Net app that displays what I want. I have more columns that I can see on the screen so I scroll sideways. My problem is that when I scroll back, t...more >>

OK I can probally figure out how to suspend but what causes a wake on lan? Not getting very good tech support from manuf. See below. I do not want UDP traffic to wake the device but some special TCP command I am guessing? I would also like to be able to wake on timer so suspend and the d...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to save a Query, and how to display the data in a datagrid on a CF form? I can't even seem to save the query, the rest of the database program works and the Query executes and locates the data but I can't seem to find how to save it and show data in a grid on a cf form. ...more >>

Hi all, We have an application that is generating a 'native exception' error and closing the application/crashing. I understand that we should not see a native exception in mananged code (we have no unmananaged code), but nevertheless, we get it intermitently. It would seem to revol...more >>

Are there any alternative DBs for CF? ...more >>

Rather than me importing XML into a SqlCe database, is there a way I can generate a database.sdf on a full-framework PC so that I can FTP it onto the PPC instead? Thanks Pete ...more >>

Is it possibel to implement a Pocket PC service using C#? Could the services.exe handle the service in managed code? Thanks, ...more >>

Hi, I have a written a DLL in C myself, and I want to use it in my C# app using P/Invoke. Two functions are returning an array of structures which are containing a char[] field of known size. I tried to write a P/Invoke code in C#. but I get an error when I run the application... I tri...more >>

I can show image on form at emulator but can not on my device. Here is my simple code in Page_Load event It gives ex.Message="Exception" Thanx in advance ------------------ Try Dim bmp As New Bitmap("\windows\windowsce.bmp") PictureBox1.Image = bmp Catch ex As Exception MsgBox(ex...more >>

Hi -- When we use OpenNetCF to get the SHA1CryptoServiceProvider is that just using the Microsoft CSP (calls to MSCAPI) or are they using their own? I want to be able to use MS since that will be good for FIPs validation Thank you! ...more >>

Hello All, I keep getting the following error on some of my devices and it is really inconsistent. When I get the error, I am reading XML into a dataset. The strange thing is that it happens on the same devices everyday even though they are configured the same as the ones that work. Even ...more >>

Hello dot net developers, I made a vb.net program that comunicate via irda port to SiPix Pocket Printer A6 but is not a text printer it accepts a sequence of byte but not print. I konw that this printer accepts PCL language. There is a code sample to comunicate with a printer like HP (PCL l...more >>

I'm begginin to works with the compact framework but I found a a problem that's making me crazy I need to invoke a metoth from ax external assembly (a .dll), I open the assembly, create the object, retrive the proper method, but the invoke command raise an error. The stange thing i thate the...more >>

Hi folks, I've been playing with the OpenNetCF GPS classes to write a simple GPS logging application. It works fine on an IPaq, but it doesn't seem to detect the GPS device when run on my SPV C500 (HTC Typhoon) smartphone. I'm guessing it's more of a problem with the way in which the GPS devi...more >>

Hi, I am kind of curious on Type.GetType(string typeName) function. I have a dll, myDll which contains a form, frmMyForm. It is refenced in another application. When this application is trying to get the type of the form of this dll, let's say Type.GetType("mydll.frmMyForm") it returns nu...more >>

Hi, Any else seen the 700w eating LOTS of memory - (reportedly) up to where there is only 1M left. App works just fine or every other Pocket PC (2002, 2003, 2003SE, and WM 5.0). Thanks, Hilton ...more >>

Hi! I use VS2005 with an PocketPC Project in CF2. As a new feature I can set an backcolor for textboxes but in runtime they always appear grey. Is there any known Bug ? ...more >>

What happened to the Create CAB Files option in VS2005? In VS2003 I used to be able to right-click the project in the solution explorer and select this option, now I can't find it anywhere. Thanks Pete ...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for a good example of how to programmaticly create and populate a SDF database on the SQL server mobile in a desktop application. I've read on several internet locations that it is now possible, but I can't find a descrption of how to. Please help. rg, Eric ...more >>

Hi, I have an application that use merge replication to synchronize. I use this code : /// <summary> /// Gets the recplication object /// </summary> protected SqlCeReplication GetReplicationObject() { SqlCeReplication _replication; if(!_configured) throw new NullReferenceException( ...more >>

Can I somehow tell the label that the & is not a shortcut? ...more >>

Where is the documentation and source for Button2 class in OpeNETCF SDF v2.0? I have found docs only for ButtonEx class but there is no ButtonEx in OpenNETCF.Windows.Forms (I use SDF v2.0 for VS2005). Please help Frankie...more >>

Hi, we use Visual Studio 2003, with Pocket PC installed with NETCF2. We've got NETCF1 applications that we are able to run with NETCF2 when we use an app.exe.config file. What we can't do is to use the Debug mode of VS 2003 on such Pocket PC. When we try to use the Debug mode, we obtain...more >>

I try to install OpennetCF SDF v1.4 and I get "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error. I use VS2005. Please help Frankie ...more >>

Dear all, I want to use the notification of opennet.win32 to play sound while device is turned off, the sound will run when a timer events occur, i don't know how to use it right. anyone help me please? Thanks in advance, regards Tamer Hesham...more >>

I have vs 2003 on my machine and just installed 2005. When I start vs 2005 and go to create a device project, I'm only allowed to create 1.0 projects. It won't let me start 2.0 projects. Is there something to turn on that tells my machine to use 2.0 assemblies? Thanks. ...more >>

I've copied an example of code for send a WM_COPYDATA to a unmanaged application. I don't undenstand because is necessary allocate unmanaged memory in double size of necessary : oCDS.cbData = (sScript.Length + 1) * 2 Why is necessary multiply per 2 ? Is not sufficient allocate sScript.Length ...more >>

Hi all, my .NET program (Compact Framework) send to another my application (unmanaged) a WM_COPYDATA message. My unmanaged application receive correctly data from .NET application. Now my unmanaged application must be able to send the same COPYDATASTRUCT struct thougth another WM_COPYDATA to ...more >>

Dear All, I have a folder for my program installed in the Program Files folder with all the data i want to create a shortcut for the exe file in the Programs folder, how could i do that? thanks in advance Regards Tamer Hesham...more >>

hi, i have a System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary Is it possibile to visit it using an index way like: Private D_Materiali As New System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, DB_Intervento_Materiale) Dim M As DB_Intervento_Materiale Dim I As Long For I = 0 To D_Mate...more >>

Hi all, Is it possible intercept WM_COPYDATA that send from a unmanaged application to managed application ? Compact Framework haven't WndProc event. Is it possible intercept my WM_COPYDATA througth MessageWindow class ? Thanks Stefano...more >>

I can show bmp files on windows form at emulator. But on my device (winCE 4.2) I gives error "Exception". I found some dll for image but i do not know how to register o r include to my device. Would someone help me pls.(Coding by .NET Framework 1.1) Thanx in advance Hakan Aktan ...more >>

How can I delete the specified sms message in Mobile 5.0 C# app? SMSMessage class don't support that method! ...more >>