Can rapi classes (from opennetcf) be used on computers without active sync installed. (read from mac and linux using mono) andreas...more >>

Hi all I used XmlValidatingReader in the full framework v1.1 - Now I need to do the same thing in CF 2.0; basically I need to validate the XML as I read it in line by line, my XSD is an embedded resource. Can someone help me out please? I'm looking a bit lost here. Thanks Pete ...more >>

Hi I'm struggling with searching the Contacts on my PocketPC with VS2005/.NET cf2 and hope someone can help please. Specifically, the documentation for the Find method is a bit lacking (to my eyes). You can see it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/mobi...more >>

When I used to open my application on PocketPC 2003 devices, that circular (busy) cursor used to come up in the middle of the screen until my application was actually displayed. So the user couldnt hit the application executable twice and start it again. When the application was up and running...more >>

Hi, does anyone know the differences between 1) Windows Mobile 2003 Version 4.20.0 (Build 14133) and 2) Windows Mobile 2003 Version 4.20.0 (Build 13349)? A friend of mine tried to install the .net compact framework 2.0 on 1) but it says, that his device is not compatible, while it works fi...more >>

A colleague of mine has written a web service and a SoapExtension that I must reference from my windows mobile 5.0 app (developed in VS2005). My app was working fine when it referenced just the web service, deployed ok to a real windows mobile 5.0 device and also to the emulators from Visual ...more >>

I'm developing an app in C# that needs to display battery status. I'm using the 2.0 .Net with the WindowsMobile assemblies. I've followed the various suggestions in the help files and been able to successfully compile and run, but the data being returned is garbage. I also get garbage when I ...more >>

I am a C# developer using VS.NET 2003, I have recently started developing using the .NETCF. I am currently writing and application for CE.NET 4.2. I have the latest .NET CF Service pack (3) installed. One of my companies requirements is to use MSMQ as the communication layer between th...more >>

I apologize for the late reminder. :-\ Just a reminder that MVPs will be hosting an online chat today concerning Smart Device Programming with Visual Studio .NET 2005. We will be on hand ready to answer your questions, so bring 'em on! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: MVP ...more >>

Hi, Can any one tell me where i can get the Share Zip lib Dll for Compact Frame work. I have the Dll and the source code for .net frame work. While trying to convert it to Compact Frame work, it is giving a lot of errors. The DLL version that i have with me is ZipLib 0.84.0.0 I downloade...more >>

Sychronizing Pocket PC time to Desktop System time... Hi, I am writing an application for Pocket PC 2003. This Application sets the Pocket PC time to the system time of the PC to which this device is connected. Right now i know how to set the time in Pocket Pc using CoreDll.SetSystemTime ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to pass an integer value from .NET CF to evc4 ATL Com dll function through <dllImport> attribute. As soon as i Pass this value this value is converted to 0 in evc4. For eg: if i am pass an interger value 55 thorugh .Net CF, then i receive an interger value 0 in eVC4 dll funct...more >>

Hi, I'm working on an app which will run on the Compact Framework 1.x. The app will be docked to a workstation. The workstation will be logged in to the LAN with a valid NT user account. This app consumes a Web Service which will be located on the LAN. When the app then calls the Web Se...more >>

how to programatically open and close Internet Explorer in compact framework?? ...more >>

Hi, i'm populating a combobox small datas from a Dataset. Dim Ds As DataSet Ds = GetDS("Select * from Utenti") Cb.Items.Clear() Cb.DataSource = Ds.Tables(0) Cb.DisplayMember = "Descrizione" Cb.ValueMember = "Codice" It's a simple "Users" table with ID (codice) and description (descri...more >>

I wish I had spotted the fact that XmlValidatingReader is not present in the CF v1.1 :-) I see that XmlTextReader in CF V2 does validation. Is there any problem with me installing VS2005 + Mobile Development SDK for PPC onto my machine that has VS2003 + Mobile Development SDK? I'm prett...more >>

Hey Guys, I have a wierd problem while using the SIP. I load a form which contains an InputControl. After I have finished with that form I dispose it and all the objects on the form. I then Load another form with another InputControl on it, When I press the button to bring the keyboard u...more >>

I made an html help file for my application. I included some screen grabs of the application which I reduces to less than 1/4 original size ... from 240x320 to 108x144 pixels. The files are saved as bitmaps, using 2bp extension. Each is 17k. when I launch the help file the images do not bec...more >>

I have a Compact Framework project on a pocket pc device. In Visual Studio 2003 we sent a dataset over to a web service and it worked fine. In VS2005 we have been getting "Unable to read data from the transport connection" the InnerException is "An existing connection was forcibly closed b...more >>

I have developed an application using Compact Framework 1.0 and migrated to CF2.0. I am testing it in VGA device. I have added these 2 lines in the InitializeComponent method. this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(96F, 96F); this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode....more >>

Is there a way to format numbers (ex. use the mask "#,##0.00" to show numeric columns) and dates in a datagrid ? And what about the alingment? ...more >>

Ok, so I copied a CF V1.0 project that had worked well and passed testing into a new directory and opened in VS 2005 Professional. It automatically converted to VS 2005. In addition, I right clicked on the project and converted it from CF 1.0 to 2.0. I just started getting the following warn...more >>

I have migrated my compact framework application from CF1.0 to CF2.0 using the wizard in VS 2005. I have also upgraded the project using "Upgrade Project" option in the Project menu. After migration when I look into the project, I understand that the project in the applications are migrated to ...more >>

Hi, I use VS2005, CF1 I create a toolbar and a button on it. I use a 16x16 .gif picture with 256 colors and I mark one color from its palette as a transparency key (in Photoshop). But at runtime this color appears as the white color although the toolbar background is gray. So what is the...more >>

Dear All Could I disable the volume hard button in the device, using visual studio? Thanks in advance regards Tamer Hesham...more >>

When VS2005 generates inf file it always add AddReg key to [DefaultInstall] section. But my application does not have any entries in registry. This leads to warnings in CabWiz.log: Warning: Section [RegKeys] has no data Warning: Section [DefaultInstall] key "AddReg" - there are no section ent...more >>

Hi, I am working on a project in which i am sending some data through IrDA.(Infrared communication). I have a C++ application on desktop PC. I am sending a character array using send function. the code looks like this void doTransfer (char szUsrName[], char szPassWd[], int Proto, int Di...more >>

I'm trying to install on my PDA (hx4700 with Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition) CF 2.0. It does not install properly, an I see in the logs errors coming from GAC. Any clues? ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 13/02/2005 09:59:39: Entered Install_Init(). ...more >>

VS2005 generates inf files with InstallDir=%CE1%\%AppName%. I want to have InstallDir=%CE1%\MySoftware\%AppName%. It seams that I cannot achieve this. Why? Thanks, Tom. ...more >>

Hi, what do you think about this idea? Apparently using GPS isn't an option due to costs. Are the coordinates accessible through .NetCF (perhaps with some help by OpenNetCF)?...more >>

Hi all, DocumentList control has its own predefined context menu. May I know how can customize this context menu as I would like to add additional items into it? Currently, the context menu is not exposed through the property. Secondly, how can I invoke methods like Rename/Move, Beam File ...more >>

SG93IHRvIGNyZWF0ZSB0aGUgYmVzdCBzcGxhc2hzY3JlZW4/IA0KUGxlYXNlLCBnaXZlIG1lIGNv bW1lbnRzIGFuZCBjb2RlLg== ...more >>

Hi, My test program is as simple as the following. When I deploy it as a Pocket PC 2002 application, I got a CommPortException. Any advice on how to acheive it? Lok A managed CommPortException occurred at Application::Run+0x1a CreateFile Failed: 55 Application::Run+0x1a MainF...more >>

Hello, I'm getting a strange behavior. When I open a form using the Form.Show() method, Form.Close() doesn't seem to do anything. However, If I display the form using the Form.ShowDialog() method, then Form.Close() cloeses the form just fine; Has anyone else noticed this strange behavio...more >>

Hi everyone, Are there any APIs to check and enable/disable Clear Type on a Pocket PC using .Net CF (P/Invoke)? Thanks in advance, Joe...more >>

Can I programmatically adjust this memory usage option? I want more System Memory and only 5MB of storage Memory CE 5.0 CF 2.0 Thanks ...more >>

Dim f As New SelectBuilding f.Show() f.ShowDialog() hi what is the difference between f.show() and f.showdialog() which one takes more memory more time and performance give me some difference and where exactly can used this type thanks ...more >>

I am using VS2005 and CF2.0. I can call native code in native DLL from C# exe program through P/Invoke without problems. However if the DLL project is set as the startup project I can only debug my native C++ DLL, not the C# program. If I set the C# project as the startup project I can only d...more >>

Hi I am trying to import a c++ code in c# using p/invoke but am having some trouble in implementing it. C++ code inside the dll namespace abc{ class __declspec(dllexport) CommandLineParams{ void getCmdLineParams(wstring cc.wstring name ); }; } C# code for p/invoke is this [Dl...more >>

Hi, Can someone tell me what is the difference between OpenNETCF.IO.Ports.Serial and OpenNETCF.IO.Serial.Port? How should I decide which one I should use? Thanks Lok ...more >>

Hi, I'm using OpenNETCF implementation for Serial Port access. When I deploy it as a console application, it works fine. However, when I deploy it as a Pocket PC 2002 application, I got A managed CommPortException occurred at Application::Run+0x1a CreateFile Failed: 55 Application::...more >>

Hello, we're writing some app. for Pocket PCs using CF 1.0 and openNETCF 1.4 for RS232 communication. On one device we get an exception at closing the RS232 port which says something like this: "A thread (hex) has ended with 0". It seems to me that some thread has been ended what could b...more >>

I have done quite a bit of development with the .NET compact framework in the past. I am coming back to a problem i had a while ago relating to web services. Basically, when the application tries to download data from a webservice, I occasionally get a server returned type: text/html. T...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to read data from a device connected by SerialPort van MS CF2.0 I connect to the device and the send an INIT command to it. The device then responds with some data. Each time the datarecieved event is handled, I get the following (translated) error: NotSupportedExceptio...more >>

Hi, I am looking for a way to transfer files from pocket pc to desktop + desktop to pocket pc. Is this possible with Active Sync? If yes: how can I do this under Visual Studio 2005 and Windows Mobile 5? thx....juvi...more >>

Hi I'm using the OpenNetCf's TextBoxEx control and I need the textbox to be ReadOnly and put text with rtf format into the textbox. I'm serching into the web but i don't find any example that showmy how put rich text into the textbox using this control. This is the demo string that i'm using ...more >>

I need to play media files (audio, video) in CF (in my app or media player). Media files will be stored in my own app running on server or MS SQL in better case. Do you have any idea how to make it? Is it better and even possible to store video files on MS SQL and play them on Pocket PC? Thanks ...more >>

hi Private Sub accessallcontrol(ByVal paramcontrol As Control) Dim childcontrol As Control With paramcontrol 'If CType(paramcontrol, Control) = System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton Then 'End If .BackColor = Color.NavajoWhite ...more >>

Hi, I have to turn off unter WinCE 4.1 the sounds for events (warnings, system events) in my C# program (CF 1.0 SP3), because to turn it off under "Control Panel/Volume & Sounds" and hope that nobody switch it to on again is not a good solution. Can somebody help me? Thanks, Patrick...more >>

When I create a new Pocket PC 2003 project in C#, the wizard generates a pocket PC like designer view. It helps me to align my contros in it. But, when I create a Windows CE 5.0 application for Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC , the pocket PC like designer view doesn't get generated. Any ideas? ...more >>

the file .exe in the vbnet can received a parameter how can i received this parameter by code ?? ...more >>

hi, can i printer a file in the printer selected by the user??? ...more >>

The help file indicates that this is supported. Intellisense lets me use it, but it fails to compile. Looking at the Framework references in the VS2005 project, they are pointing at the 1.1 Framework (and apparently can't be redirected.) Anyone solved this one? TIA Rick ...more >>

I have installed OpenNETCF using its setup.exe. "using OpenNETCF.Windows.Forms; " was included to my code, but I have got the the following error: The type or namespace name 'OpenNETCF' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) Why? Thanks F...more >>

I would like to force the button to stay in "button down" state until the next click. Do you have any idea how can I reach it? Thank you for your answer Frankie ...more >>

hi how to get owner information Name from pocket Pc windows mobile 2005/2003 VS 2003 in .net CF1 vb.net Code thankxs ...more >>

So I have a project in VS .Net 2003 that uses a custom control that I created and it all works great. I want to convert it all to VS .Net 2005. I opened the Control project, it converted to 2005 with no problems and compiled flawlessly. I did the same with my application project (the one th...more >>

Hi, I need to make a non full screen dialog similar to a MessageBox but with controls. I was able to do this in EVC++, however I cannot seem to get it to work in CF 2.0. The only way it kind of works is if I make the form borderless and this looks terrible. Thanks, Shaun...more >>

Hi, I am passing a char array through infrared socket.In .net compact framework I am using IrDAClient class to get the stream.This stream I'll read in byte array. I want to convert the ASCII byte array to Unicode string. How to do that? Thanks Jayshri ...more >>

does anyone have a VB.net CF sample about creating programmatically the yellow notification balloon? thanks in advance matteo www.stranigiorni.com ...more >>

Hi I have bunch of static libs which were written in C++ and i want to link to those libraries using managed code(c#) . For c++ VS had the option of including additional libraries .....what is the equivalent of that for c# ? Also will such a scenario work where a managed app access a static...more >>

Hi, I am trying to add the following functionality: - I have a ListView with a few columns that is in Detail view with single row select enabled. I have added the ability for the user to tap on one of the rows in the ListView to open up a new Form containing the details of the item th...more >>

Hi, i wrote a little application. Debugging on emulator works fine. I'm trying to debug this on a real device (dell axim x51 Win Mobile 5.0 german) and the debugger stops with message: Post-deploy error 0x80070005 returned after calling '\Windows\wceload.exe /noui \Windows\System_SR_de.cab'....more >>

Can I read messages on a device from desktop queue? I want to implement eventing of rarely connected devices. Is MSMQ properly way for this solution? Best Regards Darek...more >>

Has anybody found or maybe even successfully used any? I spent some time searching but I could not find anything......more >>

Hi at All, Where can get SDF 2.0 for development?. Thanks at all ,Giuseppe. ...more >>

Hi, For desktop framework 2.0. I can create the button with text that is longer than then button itself, and it automatically moves to a newline for it. but in CF 2.0, the button text will just go outside the button, in which u cannot see it if the text is longer than the button width... ...more >>

Hi all To save transfer time, some XML data will be sent to my PPC as a zip file. My questions are 1) Is there native UnZip functionality in dotnet CF? If not, can someone recommend something? 2) I would prefer some kind of UnzipStream, so that I can use XmlReader with the zip file ins...more >>

When using a delegate for callback from an unmanaged dll: do I have to fix ( (how do i?) that delegate somehow so that is will not be 'moved' on garbage collection or voided totaly after the procedure is vacated so the unmanaged pointer will loose it's relevance? Thanks! tb ...more >>

Hello, I got the hand over a Windows Mobile 2005 Pocket PC (an Eten M600) and wanted to try some of the new features coming with the CF .NET 2.0. But when I played with the CameraCaptureDialog class, an InvalidOperation was throwed on the ShowDialog() method. At first I thought I had a prob...more >>

Can somebody please confirm my suspicion; I have been presented with a Windows CE.NET 4.2 device (not PocketPC) and have been asked to develop an application using Vusiau Studio 2005 and Compact Framework 2.0 - I cannot find any compatibility between this as there only seems to be support for ...more >>

Is there a limit to the number of files you can store in a PDA directory ? I am developing a medical application (blood gas/electrolytes) and the results and information from each test is stored in an xml file. Each file is about 3K. Today FileStream started throwing an exception whenever I trie...more >>

Hello All, Does any of you know of any tool in the market to identify which Process/Software is leaking memory. The PDA is Samsung 730 , Pocket PC 2003 OS. The Device does not leak any memory if we have just the .Net Compact Framework and the Application installed. As soon as we install Netmoti...more >>

I'm trying to do this: XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument() // document fill... // Write a new xml file WriteXmlDocument(document); XmlDocument newDocument = new XmlDocument() document.load(sameFileAsPrevious); // fill document with other data WriteXmlDocument(newDocument); // Funct...more >>

I ttry this: Button MyButton... MyButton.KeyDown(); but I get this "The event 'System.Windows.Forms.Control.KeyDown' can only appear on the left hand side of += or -=" Thanks Frankie ...more >>

Is there any way to switch cultures at run time in the CF 2.0? None of the methods which work with the standard framework seem to work with the compact version. Basically what I am trying to do is create multiple .resx files such as "strings.en.resx" and "Strings.de.resx" and then access the...more >>

I seem to be leaking a timer when I close a form but can't work out why. I have a very simple form ("TestForm" in the example below) that contains a timer and a button that closes the form by calling Close. I display the form by calling ShowDialog on it and then call Dispose when ShowDialog ...more >>

hi iam using vs 2003 .net CF1 iam having 3 forms user will select 1st form later go 2nd form and 3rd form to fill up application what iam doing is once 1stform on button click() dim f as new form1 f.show on 2ndform on button click() dim f as new form2 f.show now iam 3 rd form ...more >>

My app loads a bunch of bitmaps, stored on the device as separate .bmp files. I use this simple code to load them: Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(path); For most of these bitmaps, I an exception is thrown (and internally catched) in System.Drawing.dll: A first chance exception of type 'System....more >>

Hi All, I have an application written in .NET CF 2.0. I want to bundle the .NET Compact framework along with it .How ever i do not wish to burden users with a 25mb download. Can i instead of asking the user to download a 25 mb file, bundle my application along with the .NET CF 2.0 cab file for...more >>

hi iam using vs 2003 .net CF 1 i want to copy all xml files from a particular directory(in PDA) to Desktop directory but i know only one file to copy.... Imports OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communication myrapi.CopyFileFromDevice(Label1.Text, "C:\sdf\DownloadXML\a.xml") i have list of files in p...more >>

Newbie question I'm sure. I have a compact framework app and have created a form base class with some common functions and controls that all forms in the app will inherit. The login form calls a user validation routine and on successful validate I want to display the main menu form and close t...more >>

We use resource files in which we store all texts that are used for labels, buttons, etc. Now when I add this text to a OpenNETCF ButtonEx control but the string is too wide for the button, I want to 'wrap' the text. Since this is not directly possible, I figured to add a \r\n where I want t...more >>

Is there a way to access the parameters of a CABWIZ INF file (Information File) from the custom setup.dll specified in the CESetupDLL string in the [DefaultInstall] section? For example, if this section is in the INF file: [Strings] ShowMessages="Yep" Can I access the ShowMessages stri...more >>

Hi all, Seems like we cannot cancel the navigating event from a webbrowser control by setting WebBrowserNavigatingEventArgs.Cancel = true Is this a known bug or it's me?...more >>

Is OpenNETCF SDF 2.0 side-by-side compatible with prior versions of OpenNETCF, or must the prior version be uninstalled before running setup? Bill...more >>

Hi, I am getting a problem when debugging an application to my pocketpc device on VS2005, every time there is a call to get a recource below: base.Image = (Bitmap)global::MyApp.Properties.Resources.ResourceManager. GetObject("imageName"); I get the following error(s) in output.. ...more >>

Hi, I have a simple application which I want to pass a string like this: app.exe -parameter What would be the easiest way read the parameter? So far I've tried static void Main(string[] args) which didn't seem to work... bye, felix...more >>

Hi all, I check some of the forms on WinCE 4.2 forms such as System Properties, the form or dialog has an OK button on the control toolbox bar. Is there a way to do this to display this Ok button or Question button ? I use VS 2003 to develop wince 4.2 application. My users would think ...more >>

I've got a 320x240 jpg picture i load into an ImageList in VS2005 mobile app. The picturebox is 144x108.....got it set to stretch. In the IDE the picture looks great.....deployed to the device that same picture is hardly viewable at all.....any ideas how to assure optimal image quality whe...more >>

Hi! Having a kind of strange problem. Have developed a program that i have run on several different HP and QTEK models. Now we're trying an Acer n50, but on this device, the waitcursor doesn't show when it's supposed to in my application. Have anyone ever experienced that the waitcursors ...more >>