In .NET CF 2.0, Can I set location for toolbar? Also can I increase size of toolbar buttons? I know that there are no built-in properties provided to do this. I want to know if I can do this by any other means. Thanks - Swaroop ...more >>

is there any way to run a bluetooth application on an emulator for testing purposes... i couldnt get thru to any new posts on this topic... i am workin in VS 2005 and hav d latest SDKs installed... at present m trying to build a link b/w 2 emulators working on two separate laptops having se...more >>

Hello, I've changed my program a bit now. The login screen gets closed properly now I think but I've another serious issue: the main screen which should be shown afterwards is put into the background. One has to activate it via memory/running programs -> activate. Very annoying. My program ...more >>

hi, it looks like the SmartList control (OpenNetCF), with full keyboard, finds entries whose initials match, but it does not search for matches in the middle of a string. Is it correct? Marcantonio...more >>

Hi I use the DeviceWake functionallity of the OpenNETCF. But I've got the problem that sometimes a timer fires before the DeviceWake event fires. What can I do to prevent the timer of firing before the event?...more >>

Does anyone knowof a general date when Windows Mobile handhelds will begin shipping with the Compact Framework 2.0? Thanks, -Scott ...more >>

Hi everybody Have a kind of strange behavior that I'm hoping someone can help me with. We are developing a custom application using .NET CF (2.0) to a Win CE (which we are also responsible for constructing from the ground up so to speak). Since the Win CE image is not done yet we hav starte...more >>

Hi all, I've written an unmanaged DLL in C++ that contains different class; I must use this DLL from my Windows CE device with an application written in C#. I'd like to use C++/CLI for write a wrapper around C++ unmanaged code. Is it possible ?...more >>

Hi, I have created a very simple program with just a label, textbox and a inputpanel. on Load, i set the inputpanel.enable = TRUE, so it will show up at the start. however, all the keys on the keyboard work, but NOT the ENTER key??? When u press on the enter, it sounds like it has been disa...more >>

when cab file is installed in .net then it produces a Exe file.now i want to make that exe file as readonly .end user has no permissions to delete that file .how to do it .thank for if u reply to this. ...more >>

There is a picture(512*512) in the panel(300*200), when I move the mouse, the picture in the panel should also move following the mouse... But here comes the problem, when I deploy this program on the HP2790 and drag the picture, the screen is flicker. I use the Bitblt, but it doesn't wo...more >>

I have a CF app that gradually runs out of memory. I haven't been able to find any sample code for tracking memory in CF...does anyone have any examples or know of any good articles on the subject? Thanks Will Chapman...more >>

CEAppManager is complaining about an invalid setup file.=20 Does this mean the ini file? Does anyone see anything wrong with it? If it is something wrong with the CabFiles, I don't know what I can do. = They are the .NETCF cabs and I can't change them. Nathan [CEAppManager] Version =...more >>

I using the mysql connector/.net but the error message show : "An unhandled exception of type 'System.Net.Sockets.SocketException' occurred in mysql.data.dll" I don't what going wrong.... Thank You. ...more >>

Anybody gets problem with the save/load dialog that doesn't show up on Compact Framework? I am using the standard dialog as shown in the following example, but the dialog doesn't show up after running for a while in my application, like it's memory related. OpenFileDialog fileDialog = new Open...more >>

Hi, I need to use a compact framework designed dll control on a .Net Windows desktop application. The problem is that the compact framework control inherits from System.CF.Windows.Forms and the full framework form will only add controls which inherit from System.Windows.Forms ..Does anyone kn...more >>

Hi, Some online articles claim that visual form inheritance at design time is possible using VS.Net 2005 and Compact Framework 2.0. I wonder if anyone has successfully made it work. Here is my unsuccessful sample code: //Parent form public class FormBase : System.Windows.Forms.Form {...more >>

I'm having big problems designing my pocket pc app. I need to make the application look like this: http://www.netmover.dk/Krydsforside%20mm.pdf Does anyone of you know a good online tutorial of how to change the layout of a pocket pc app? Jacob ...more >>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE C# Online.NET assembled a list of .NET languages and .NET language projects to help you become more aware of what is available before you begin that new project. The list contains: - Open Source, freeware, and commercial .NET languages -.NET language research projects...more >>

Hi all In a Win32 app all I need to do is to include a manifest in my EXE and all the windows controls will use the current Windows theme. So instead of old rectangular buttons I get XP rounded rectangular buttons with a slight shading etc. My boss wants to demo an app but he wants it t...more >>

Hi, I am using ApplicationEx.Run to show my main form. Then within the main form, I show additional forms and dialogs using ApplicationEx.ShowDialog. When I show one of the other forms it displays just fine along with the secondary forms menu. However, i cannot click on the menu of the new...more >>

Hi Visual Studio 2005 contains the device emulators for ARM only. I have AXIM X50v of DELL with Intel processor Where can I find the device emulators for Intell? Thank you ...more >>

Dear all, We have finish our application using sqlce replication and everything is working perfect except the occasion that we are trying to replicate through gprs connection and there are upload data to be send to the sqlserver 2000, in this case the connection ends with error 28037. When ...more >>

Hi group, My program sometimes terminates unexpectedly and of course, application is closed. Well, after reading many posts, I finally found the workaround from Daniel Moth. Now, I think I "catch" all unhandled exception my system throws. As far as I understand, when "OnUnhandledException(...more >>

Anyone have a good example of how to connect my GPS(BT) to my pocketpcusing c#? Erik ...more >>

Hello all, I'm trying to develope an application on CE 4.2 Core device, using CF. Since I couldn't install CF2sp1 (it doesn't have the required dlls), I converted my large project to CF1. However, since the device lacks imgdecomp.dll, I cannot read images. I have seen posts here about manually ...more >>

I'm using the scrollbar from the Compact Framework 2.0 in my pocket pc app. Is it possible to make it look like the scrollbar in this link? http://www.netmover.dk/Krydsforside mm.pdf If yes, could you give me some hints. Jacob ...more >>

Hello, I'm new to CF and .NET programming. In my application I build in a login screen recently. This one is the form which is created by Application.Run. After succesfully proofing the password I create a new form (.create) and show it modal. Now I can see 2 entries in Settings/Memory/Runnin...more >>

Hi, Im working on a serial communication program. My application was created in VS 2005 (VB). I used VB6.0's MSCOMM control in my program. I included the namespace using Imports MSCommLib... Mine is a device application. When i run the .exe in my desktop PC its running without error. But...more >>

When updating a form control from a worker thread there is BeginInvonke, but what if I wish to send information to a worker thread from e.g. a textBox on the form - what is the correct way to do? Thanks, Ole ...more >>

how to run the .net pgm using GPRS ...more >>

I'm changing to a new PC, and will be installing my license of VS.net2003 on the new machine and formatting the HD on the old machine before donating it to a local school. I'm not a programmer, but got .net to create some simple CF projects, which I invested enough time in that I don't wan...more >>

Hello, I'm new to bluetooth but shall build a bluetooth connection to a BT device supporting serial port profile. The application uses currently COM1 on the PDA with 9600 Baud and no handshaking whatever. If I simply change the setting to use e.g. COM5 which is displayed as BT Serial UART b...more >>

Hello All, I apologize for this basic question. I've not written many Windows Forms apps. More .net web apps. Anyway, I'm starting a new project for Windows CE 5.0 and struggling a lot. As I have tried to acquaint myself with the environment, I've run my apps in debug many times. While ...more >>

Hi I need to consume Xml web services from a Pocket PC application using Visual studio 2005. The problem is that I cant connect to the web service hosted on the localhost from the emulator even a “Hello Word” web service. The following error occurs: “error: could not establish connect...more >>

Hi, i have today app that displays a text box. The code below is called from the WndProc handler when a WM_LBUTTONDOWN message is detected. On the first pass, it works fine. That is, when i scroll down to my today item from the today scree, then click the dpad center key, SendMessage with a...more >>

Is there any easy way to set the color for each DataRow base on the value of the data? If SolidBrush is the tool, can someone give me a simple example on how to do it? Thanks Lok ...more >>

Hey, I'm trying to use Xpath to "query" an XmlDocument, but I am not getting any results. My code looks like this: using System.Xml; using System.Xml.XPath; XmlDocument xmlSourceDoc = new XmlDocument(); xmlSourceDoc.Load(path_to_xmlfile); resultNodeList=xmlSourceDoc.SelectNodes( <<x...more >>

Hi there, I'm writing my first bigger program with VS2005 (C#) and CF 2.0 (means I'm a newbee to .NET!). I have a problem which I can describe in simple words like so: I wish to convert the Returnvalue of the System.Data.DataRow Indexer (e.g. object outValue = row[index]) (w...more >>

I've been trying to figure out how to use Trace, TraceEX (OpenNETCF) and TraceListener. Using Trace is straightforward for sending messages to Output but how do I link this with a TraceListener (or otherwize) so that my Trace.Writeline() outputs are logged in a text file? Thanks... Wil...more >>

I have been having lots of fun for the last couple days trying to eradicate the SIP button from my Pocket PC 2003SE application. I have several forms in the application that have to have Menu bars. Part of the baggage that (apparently) that one gets when one needs a Menu bar is the SIP button c...more >>

I want to know if there is any possibility to do COM Interop or Managed C++ with the Compact Framework, version 2.0. I've tried both but no success. COM components doesn't seems to work in Visual C#. ...more >>

Hi all I have a CF 1.0 application that needs to keep its time coordinated with that of a server. I am using a P/Invoke of SetSystemTime on the device to set the device time to that received from the server. However I have noted a peculiarity when the new time is in a different daylight sa...more >>

Hi Does anyone know if it's possible to launch the Phone application with a phone number? Regards Pete ...more >>

How can I use "ActivateDevice" and "DeactivateDevice" in my.NET CF ap? ...more >>

Hi I've an issue concern me. I would like sending Bluetooth messages from laptop however I won't any one else I can send by this laptop Bluetooth name. I know when some one else use my laptop Bluetooth name he can imitate me and the other users will receive these messages. I would like b...more >>

Hi All, I need to install a cab file that is already downloaded to my Windows Ce device. How can I do it from my program? I want to run my application when the device boots up. Any thoughts on this? My application is in C#, compact frmework 2.0. Is there anything similar to CreateProcess() ...more >>

I allocate 10mb of memory to my program using the following code, which works fine. IntPtr[] p = new IntPtr[10000]; for (int k = 0; k < p.Length; k++) { p[k] = LocalAlloc(LMEM_FIXED, 1024); } Then, I try to release the memory using the code below. The problem is t...more >>

I'm creating a managed wrapper for printing, and I defined a struct to marshal some data. Because of .NET interop limitations on .NET CF, I defined the struct as LayoutKind.Explicit. The CLR threw a "Could not load type" on the implementing class when I declared the a variable for the struct. Ch...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to execute an .reg file in order to put the change into the registry. Is there a way to do it direcly in the my application and/or is it possible to do it by another way ? I noticed that you can not lauch an .reg file direcly from the explorer. Thanks, ...more >>