In my application, i need to close the current form and want to show the new form. But i can't achieve this. In my code, the form1 is closed, and at the same time form2 is also closed. any one can u give solution for this. my code is like, private sub btnClose_keydown(parameters) handles bt...more >>

Hi, maybe this is a stupid question, but how do I get the path where my apps is installes into during runtime? I contribute a txt file to this folder and I need the path to this file during runtime but I have no clue how to do this. Thanks for the help. Lars...more >>

Hi, I have the problem that I am not able to install the programm I have created. I have changed something, but I don't know what, and now I always get an error when trying to install it. It says that "privat AppName" could not be installed. Any ideas what went wrong? I am using VS 2005...more >>

hello, is this possible? To have a form that doesn't take up the whole screen? Can you set the size and location of it (if such a form exists)? Thanks ...more >>

I have a pocketpc device and I've intalled a hebrew keyboard into it.. But they did a mess with the location of the fonts (I have a numeric input keyboard for my handle so I am using it like a cellphone SMS keyboard) Now in my program I mapped the locations of the bad placed chars and the new...more >>

Hi all, i'm developing a mobile application using a couple of web services... but i have a problems, these web services connect the mobile with a network computers by a wireless connection. i wanted to ask if there is any way to change the web service address in the applications (Just the machi...more >>

I've used the RAPI dll to transfer files from the pc to the pocketpc but now I need the pocketpc to start the transfer to the connected pc. Is that doable ? ...more >>

Hello, Why can't I declare the SqlCeConnection object as the following, class Form1 { public SqlCeConnection objConn; ... public void Connect() { //open the objconn... } } Thanks, Peter ...more >>

Hello, How to Create a Modeless child Form? So I can operate the parent form at the same time. Thanks, Peter ...more >>

Hi, doesCF2.0 runtime replace the CF1.0 runtime files? or are they separate? I'm trying to determine how much space CF2.0 takes up as compared to CF1.0. On some device, it seems that some are unwilling to install the CF2.0 runtime because of the space requirement... ...more >>

Hello. Can I get a notification that audio out has completed to my smart device? I am using Text To Speech and the TTS engine informs my code when systhesis of the speech has completed and been sent to audio out. However, this is not an indication that the actual audio out to the speaker ha...more >>

Hi all! I experiment a very strange behaviour with one of my CF2 function. In my program a function is called 256 times in a "for" loop. This function fills some arrays and compute binary paths. I noticed that the whole loop was very slow, so I checked the execution time of each function ca...more >>

Hi! Which is the best (fast but faily simple) way to read a section of a textfile if you know which lines to start and stop? This is what I am thinking about using, is there a better way? rowStart = 10; iLineNum = 1; while( iLineNum < rowStart ) { if( sr.ReadLine() == null ) br...more >>

Hi, I would like to let always the screen on so I was trying using the fonction : SystemIdleTimerReset but it's seems to not work on my device. I have tried to put SystemIdleTimerReset() everywhere into my code but the screen is turning off either. It's C# code. This is how I import the DLL...more >>

Hi, I am downloading a webpage from IIS and I want to take advantage of compression to reduce GPRS costs and download time. I am using the following code. However, it seems that the "Accept-Encoding" header is not really sent to the webserver: Dim mySB As StringBuilder = New StringB...more >>

How can i correctly refresh a form1 (running in background) from an active form2? Form1 have a thumbnail and it does not refresh, it becomes transparent or invisible. Thanks in advance, Ray...more >>

Hi there, is it possible to use any version of mediaplayer (wmp.dll) to give ce 4.2 devices the ability to not only play .wav files (through p/invoke coredll.dll) but also .mp3 files? Are there third-party components/dll's which can be used from within managed (c#) code? Kind regards, ...more >>

Hi there, waiting for a long time to be able to run CF 2.0 applications on windows ce 4.2 devices, i was happy to see sp1 of cf 2.0 was released a month ago. After initial troubles installing it (need to change the default install path from \windows\ to \program files\) the installation wen...more >>

After making several hundred queries against a SQL CE 2.0 database (through NetCF/ADO.NET), I begin getting a SqlCeException: "Not enough storage is available to complete this operation." Microsoft speaks to this situation in the following hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=827837 W...more >>

I want to create a setup dll for cab while installing the ppc application using the cabwiz & its inf. file. I have used the code in the .inf file. [Version] Signature = "$Windows NT$" Provider = "Lu" CESignature = "$Windows CE$" [CEStrings] AppName = "ce_setup" InstallDir = %C...more >>

Hi. I am writing mobile application that is using wi-fi connection. When I craddle it to the computer and connect via ActiveSync the wi-fi connection is lost. Therefore I cannot debug my application. Please help, Grzegorz ...more >>

Guys, I have developed a number (small) of mobile apps using VS2003 with little difficulty, however I can't even connect my device to VS2005. I simple get the message that I am using the wrong version of ActiveSync. I am using the latest version (downlaoded yesterday) although I already ...more >>

Just starting out with Mobile apps.... Any guidence on how I might do the following... Save a copy of the signature that the receiver of an order would provide (it would be scribbled onto the Pocket PC) and saved to some kind of file (maybe a .jpeg), then store the contents of that file in...more >>

The POS application we are developing is designed to call two web services. The first web service has only one method and it returns a string with an Uri where the second web service is located. The second web service has several methods and objects. One of the methods is used to download ...more >>

Hi, I have an app which displays a sequence of png images, these are copied into PictureBox as shown below. This sequence is done in its own thread, its just that the single line 'picImage.Image = New Bitmap(arrimg(cnt) & ".png")' is killing performance, also generating InvalidCastException. How...more >>

I thought of posting this to microsoft webservices NG but there is no activity in those news groups. I am consuming webservices API published by salesforce.com by adding a web reference to a smart device project. Somehow the reference.cs does not contain method calls such as MethodAsync()...more >>

Ok, I didn't get any response to my previous question about problems enabling the SIP button under WM5, so I'll ask what other design strategies I can take... Does everyone use munu bars on every screen, so its a non-issue hiding and showing the SIP button? I have no menus in my applicatio...more >>

I have looked into a few messages about connecting directly from CE.Net to MSSQL via SQLConnection object. However, when I try to import the system.data.sqlclient namespace - it doesn't exist. What else do I have to do to make a connection string directly to SQL server (not SQL CE). Thanks ...more >>

I am looking for a good way to handle numerous sockets (1 UDP and as many as 20+ TCP child sockets) in WM 5.0 using C# and the .NETCFv2. Currently, I'm using async class and it works fine for small numbers of sockets; 1 UDP and up to 15 or so TCP child sockets. When I get to more than 15 (or so...more >>

Dear All, I am using RunAppAtTime() to run an application at a specified time, and it works very good. but now what i want is when the program run, a specified method in my code be called to run, is this possible and if yes how is that? if no, what other solutions i could use? Thanks in adva...more >>

Would anyone happen to know what events are fired when the keyboard is slid open on devices with sliding keyboards? thank you ...more >>

hi, when defining a table in sqlServerMobile 2005, does defining a primary key implicitly add an index for it? Marcantonio...more >>

In VS2003 and CF1 it was not possible to update form controls from a worker thread without having to create a delegate and so on - how is it in VS2005 and CF2 ? Thanks Ole ...more >>

Which dll do I reference in my managed code project in order to use the SNAPI (State and Notification API)? Thx. ...more >>

Hi, When i install my cab on PPC2003 device the app doesn't run automatically, i need to manually start what needs setting up to get it to autorun after cab install ...more >>

Hi, I'm writing a Windows CE application in Visual Studio 2005 to consume a web service from Tomcat+Axis and got this error: Message: The identifier id4 does not appear in the document. Stacktrace: at System.Xml.Serialization.ReferenceFixup.fixup() at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializa...more >>

This may have been addressed before but I'll ask anyway. Is there an easy way in VB 05 to get either the computer name or ip address (or both) of the ActiveSync connected desktop computer on the mobile device? (I'm working with PPC and CE 5.0 devices) Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for any info on binding dynamic events in C# for CF. I need to create a delegate at runtime that associates an unknown runtime event with a handler. In the standard framework, I used the following to bind the event to the 'ProcessEvent" operation, EventInfo eventInfo = ...more >>

Is that doable without any hard programming ? (PPC2003SE) I've tried several ways which i've read here in the groups but haven't quite succeeded :/ plz help. ...more >>

Hi everyone, this is my problem: I need to trap RED and GREEN phone button press and in C# i have solved whit this: public enum KeyModifiers : int { None = 0, Alt = 1, Control = 2, Shift = 4, Windows = 8, ModKeyUp = 0x1000 } public enum KeysHardware : int { Re...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to build a form on POCKET PC 2003 SE, That I don't want my user to beable to get out from... I've locked the form with the CLOSING event... but he can still click the Start button at the top left corner of it... what can I do ? should i invoke lost focus or something? ...more >>

Hi, I have in a DB, a table with 10000 rows. I do a request : "SELECT MAX(idalt) AS id,reference FROM reffab WHERE fab='myfab' GROUP BY fab,reference" and the time to obtain the result seems to be long. If i have 154 rows answer from this request, the time is 2.8 seconds for the request a...more >>

does anyone know how to get extract rom dlls for a WM2005 device? i'd like to see some of the exported functions in some of these dlls. ...more >>

Mooseworks Software, LLC is pleased to announce the release of our new User Entry Control Suite. The User Entry control suite provides extended formatting options for great looking applications. The Enhanced Text Box, Label, Numeric Text Box and Numeric Label controls add Borders, Autosizing, ...more >>

I have a wince 5 compact framework 2.0 winforms app that needs to listen for commands over the tcp/ip network then do some work from the command given. I'm not sure what network communication architecture to use. UPnP - no good documentation on using from CF 2.0 OpenNet P2PMes...more >>

Hi, How to add some HotKey command to my App? And it's not some button command or menu command. Thanks and Regards, Peter ...more >>

I have an application that uses a SIP control on several forms without a menu bar. Previously I have enable the SIP icon with the following code. On the Axim X51 with WM5, it no longer works. Are there any work-arounds? public static void ShowSipButton(Form curForm) { int SHFS_SHOWSIPBUT...more >>

Hi All, i've developed this Smart Device Application but i'm having all sorts of random crashing i suspect to be caused by memory leaks or over all performance issues, so i've ran the performance test to evaluate the problems now i have these different reports and can't seem to see the causin...more >>

Hi, I am working on an hp iPAQ, Pocket PC 2003, VB.NET CF. I want to query the available space on Storage Card and on iPAQ File Store. Question: How do I do that? Thanks in advance! Mathijs Beentjes. *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

dear all, How could i use CeSetUserNotificationEx method with C# .net thanks Regards Tamer Hesham...more >>

Hi, I have built an application that requires .NET CF 2.0. How can include it in the installer. I am able to create an installer for my application but do not know how to add .NET CF 2.0 MSI into the setup. Any idea? If i need to modify my setup.ini file, please show me how or what code i need...more >>

Hi, I have been developing a web project for some time now, and connection to the server has been fine. This morning I tried opening the project as usual but it returned the following error: The web server reported the following error when attempting to create or open the web project locate...more >>

Hello I need a quick explanation from opennetcf for thesis. It's something about MVP's (most valuable proffesionals) what is function definition of MVP? Opennetcf it function's as a beta for compact (because the new stuff is experimented/implemented) it's an addition to compact framewor...more >>

I am trying to do some IR development on a Windows Mobile 5 device, and I find it very anoying that it gives me the unknown publisher message for my EXEs and DLLs. Is there any way to disable that checking so I stop having to click Yes for each file it is loading? Eric Renken ...more >>

What is the simplest way to know in a program a list of forms that are being created? I need to build some sort of class independent of each program that when created, this class will monitor each form. Evan Camilleri ...more >>

Hello, I have a piece of code that removes the check boxes from a treeview control at run time for the .NET 2.0 of Desktop. I have changed the dll reference from user32.dll to coredll.dll and compiled it and trying to use it in my CF 2.0 application, but it does not work (does not remove th...more >>

Has anybody had success writing applications that access files in a USB memory stick on a PDA? What kind of access speed do you get, is it comparable to a SD Card speed? Thanks for any info. ...more >>

Hi, Iam getting an error "Cann't find the file DLL PInvoke 'dbnetlib.dll'" when my application tries to open a connection to a Local SqlServer. The application is running on a device with windowsmobile 5 and Iam using VisualStudio 2005 (compact framework 2). Iam deploying directly from Visual ...more >>

Hi, I'm building a CF 2.0 application. I've build a msi setup that can install and deploy the application (which is quite easy with a custom installer class and ceappmgr from activesync). Now I'd like to enable my setup to detect and install the CF if required. I've red many articles on t...more >>

Hi guys, I have an application running on PocketPC 2003 and I use internet connection for sending data. The problem is that when I use GPRS connection averything is fine but just for the first time the connection is made. If the Gprs connection is lost because of ActiveSync connection fo...more >>

Hello! I am looking for useful .NET CF 2.0 graphical framworks. Does anyone have any tips ? Yours sincerely Anders Sahlin ...more >>

I found the following example on MSDN but when I try to run it in CF I get a load of errors: using System; using System.Diagnostics; class Test { static void Main() { Trace.Listeners.Add(new TextWriterTraceListener(Console.Out)); Trace.AutoFlush = true; ...more >>

When I execute these two lines in CF 2.0: Type t1 = typeof(LINECALLPARAMS); int a1 = Marshal.SizeOf(t1); I get a NotSupportedException on the second line. According to the docs it should not even be able to throw this exception. Here is a stacktrace: ved System.Runtime.InteropServices.Ma...more >>

I doing P/Invoke on GetAdaptersInfo (the code follows, with the structures for GetAdaptersInfo). I'm getting a NonSupportedException on the code line: Dim Entry As IP_ADAPTER_INFO = CType(Marshal.PtrToStructure(pEntry, GetType(IP_ADAPTER_INFO)), IP_ADAPTER_INFO) I took it piece by pie...more >>

I have a cab file that works just fine, but when installing on Windows CE 4.2, the install prompts the user for the installation directory. Is there any way to make this prompt to not show up? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tim ...more >>

I recently read in many google group's about problem to print arabic on Extech, oneil or either dotmatrix printer. If anyone still need to print arabic from handheld in any printer, i can provide him by the solution. just contact me, my email is: abdelouahedDOTsabriAROIBASKmughamratDOTcom J...more >>

I'm using VS2005, CF v2.0, in a Windows CE 5.0 project with several references to other assemblies, including some that are CF v1.1. Upon adding one reference and using it, I get a deployment error (compiling works): it says "Referenced package not found." What is a package? WHICH one wasn'...more >>

I want to assign different foreground and background color for each row of datagrid.How can i do this.Any direct or indirect way. I am using compact framework2.0 ,with c# for Pocket pc 2003 device...more >>

WMPLib.dllDear All, I asked before about playing WMA files in my application, i have been answering to host the windows media player activex control i downloaded the sample project that was in the link. but when i try build the project and run it on my device, a run time error occures says th...more >>

How can I create the shortcut for my PDA app! I use VS.NET 2005 and build WM 5.0 ap! ...more >>

Hi sometimes I got the problem, that when I call Thread.Sleep(1000) it seems like my application takes nearly 100% of the system performance. I call it in the device wake, because my applikation has to wait if the database is on the storage card. Is there any known problem ? How may I p...more >>

How can I get the MMS form my .NET CF app and save the content to storage card? ...more >>