Hi, I have recently started coding and designing the ,.NET based system using different technology involved in .NET and well from the subject line of this post, it is obvious that I am coming from a VB background. I have many years of expirance in designing distributed system based on VB, C...more >>

Hi ! I'm developping using C# and .NET CF 1.0. I'd like to connect an USB printer on my device. I know how to manipulate serial port COM1: / COM2: but i've never tested with an USB port. Can I manipulate USB as Serial port ? Thanks in advance, Vincent. ...more >>

Hi, There are two thing i would like to know. 1. How can i prevent the shell (is it called Explorer too on PPC?) too launch after soft-reset and start a other program. 2. If the user is already in explorer, how can i make it that if he turns the device off, and then on again that my program...more >>

Hi How can I knoe the device IP when it is connected to my comuter with activr sync? Thanks ...more >>

My setup: Win CE 5.0, Compact Framework 1.0 SP3. In my application I created a BMP file I want to convert to a JPG file. Is there a smart workaround to do it? Nat...more >>

Can I do this in CF with some other namespace? static bool VerifyXmlDocument(RSA key, XmlDocument doc) { SignedXml sxml = new SignedXml(doc); try { // Find signature node XmlNode sig = doc.GetElementsByTagName("Signature", SignedXml.XmlDsigNamespaceUrl)[0]; sxml.LoadXml((Xm...more >>

Hi, I have just written my first program for pocket PC and it works as well on a real PDA and on the Emulator. But now my program should read a file in the PDA - it works too on the real PDA, but I don't know how to put the file to the emulator. Can anybody help me in this "fundamental"...more >>

Hi, I'm seeing an ObjectDisposedException inside the Watch variable of my FileStream object, the code is here dead simple when i Close the Filestream object it doesn't get set to Nothing although the BinaryReader object does get set to Nothing, what's wrong? Dim FS As System.IO.FileStream Dim...more >>

Hey, I've Googled this, but i cannot find any information on it. How do i use VB.net to turn of a PDA? Any help is appreciated, Steven ...more >>

Hi all I have an Intermec on which I am developing a dotnet V2 app. At some point during the day two members of staff may meet and decide to exchange stock. To ensure that there is no fraud I would like the PPCs to talk to each other and negotiate a level of stock to transfer. Eg 01) P...more >>

Hi group, For the full 2.0 framework, there exist a tool named DataTierGenerator for the MS Enterprise Library 2.0. Does there exist a DAL code generation tool (C# and/or VB.NTE) for SQL Server Ce like DataTierGenerator ?? This would be a 'nice to have' for every compact framework developer....more >>

I installed this SP & found that it replaced my NETCFv2.wm.armv4i.cab with NETCFv1.WM.ARMV4I.CAB. This cab is only half the size of the v2 cab & downgrades my pda's to .NETCF v1.0. What happened? Attaching a WM5 pda to my ActiveSync & running the msi does update the pda to .NETCF v2.0.6...more >>

Hello All, Im having a problem getting my app to unload from memory. it starts with a sub main, that essentially goes: Dim f as myForm f.ShowDialog() Application.Exit now, it IS getting to the application.exit statment (tested with a MsgBox statement earlier), but it just WONT unload...more >>

How do you estatblish a network connection from .NET CF 2.0? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, Is this 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.InternalsVisibleTo' attribute only available in CF 2.0? Thanks ...more >>

Hello all, I have a small application which has a base form, and forms inherited from it. The base form contains a barcode scanner, and a protected event it raise when the scanner reads data, and the inherited forms can get the scanner and catch the event with no problems at all. My pro...more >>

When I run the MSI I get the following error: Windows Installer Another version of this product is already installed Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product use Add /Remove Pr...more >>

hai In my application, i want to display images with title,(ie, image bottom of that image title will come) like available in windows explorer, I tried with largeimage and smallimage list but the title is not coming, only the image only appearing. How to achieve this? if it is possi...more >>

Hello, Our application will have a few managed and unmanaged processes running at all times. What happens to the managed and unmanaged processes when the garbage collector runs? Are they all suspended until garbage collection completes or only the managed processes? ...more >>

Hi I have a non UI set of classes which do bits and pieces like getting file lists, generating xml etc. I figured on doing some of these processes on seperate threads. These wouldnt be called by the UI they would be controlled by the objects themselves. My question is simply whats the correct ...more >>

Hi, everybody. In the controls library I'm currently working on there are couple of controls used for internal purposes only. They just a part of another controls. I want to hide them from the end user (developer) usage. How can I do that? I've tryed to use Friend modifier on the user con...more >>

Hi, I'm developing custom device using PXA270 and WinCE 5.0. I want to implement a directional keypad which will have 4 buttons effectively similar to say a gamepad, up arrow, down arrow, left and right. This is so the user can navigate the main CF application and move from say tab to tab rather...more >>

Hello, I was wondering whether it was possible to send a message from one app to another process and for example send a mouse event to its main form in .NET CF. Could this be done with Pointo Point mesage queues? ...more >>

Hello, I have an winform compact framework app which returns a dataset from webservice . I need to bulkinsert that database into my SQLCE database. Right now I iterate row by row and insert rows one at a time. To insert 1500 rows it takes me 10minutes. Which is unaceptable. Can...more >>

How can I get the contents of a field in SQL Mobile. I've just switched over from doing ADOCE projects so I'm quite clueless. For instance, I use to be able to do this: rs.Open(sqlString) If Not rs.EOF And Not rs.BOF Then If variable1 <> rs.Fields("Field1").Value.ToString() Then 'Do so...more >>

I need to send SMS messages from a web server to wireless devices, however, we can not connect modems to the server. I'm having a difficult time finding a service where we could send a text message via SMS or a web service, then have this service send the message to the wireless device. I ...more >>

Hello, I like .NET CF 2.0. I love speed. I need both. Situation: PCI device on CE 5.0. Memory mapped IO connectivity to device. Desires: o I want to have my driver init routine return an address pointing to the user mode address of the memory mapped region in the hardware. o I want ...more >>

Hi all, I want to develop an application that takes video from the pda camera or some camera connected to the pda and streams it to a PC over the internet. Can someone give me some clues about the best way to do this?...more >>

I am trying to pass a generic collection as a parameter to a method and I keep getting a compile error. I can do this in the full framework but not CF. Can anyone explain to me why this doesn't work? I get the following error: genasm.exe(1) : error There was an error finalizing type . Type '...more >>

Hi, Sorry, I'm reposting this as unfortunately, it's quite urgent, and I hope someone out there can help... have a client application running on a windows ce .net device, and a server application running on a PC. I have been experiencing problems with the tcp connection dropping (ObjectDis...more >>

Hello! I use DocumentText property to display my web content. If it contains image then webBrowser doesn't display it. How can I display images with using DocumentText property ? Thanks for help. Sebastian....more >>

Hi, I'm developing an application on PDA using WindowsCE. In my application I have several tabs at the bottom of my screen. However, in one of the tabs I've placed 2 radiobutton, used to switch between between 2 panels on that same tab. (I don't use nested tabs, because I noticed they always ...more >>

Hi, Works on full Framework, but on PDA, I don't get these events? Do these work? Am I doing something wrong? WM 5.0, CF 1. Since/If these don't work, any alternatives? Thanks, Hilton ...more >>

Is it possible to intercept a phone call via Managed Code on WM5 and have my custom code run instead of the the inbuild WM5 handler? If so could you provide some sample code or point to an article/documentation etc. thanks in advance, Regards, sanjay shetty ...more >>

Hi, I am experiencing a strange problem while developing a smartphone WM5 application. I have 4 textboxes and a timer that updates these textboxes. The textboxes enabled is set to false so the user cannot modify them. This works fine and the timer updates the textboxes correctly. I added anothe...more >>

How can I detect if a specific Pocket PC has all the feature of the "phone edition" ? Internet detection? thanks. Philippe Map4Pda.com ...more >>

Hi all, I am looking for unit testing tool for my compact framework (1.1) application. If not there for this version , what is the altenative way to do the unit testing for .net compact framework applications? Any ideas are welcome. thanks in advance ...more >>

Ok seemed to flawlessly "encrypt" the SDF using the SQLCEeng Createdatabase with the password and Encryption on. What "level" and type of encryption is this? Such as AES 128bit etc.??? Looked everywhere and it just says encrypted without a type or level. Anyone know? TIA Harry ...more >>

Hallo. I have this problem. In my app, i insert data into an SDF that is located on a Secure Digital. After inserting Data (no SqlCeException during install), i cannot find all records into DB. I have seen that in my SD the free space is about 3MB. Then i free space of the SD and the next INSE...more >>

I read a lot about how to deploy my C# application and can't get it working for all target. I tryed that sample: http://www.codeproject.com/netcf/compframe4.asp#xx790851xx But the installer cant install on my device (PPC2003 Dell Axim /XScale proc.) and give a unvaluable error like "Install...more >>

Hello, I am encountering strange problems in my current CF forms application. Sometimes controls will be rendered incorrectly, e.g. a label being rendered like a button - with a black border and a white background that changes to black when clicked with the pen and changes back to white ...more >>

Hi, I have a UI tester console app which launches my GUI app (single form)to be tested on separate thread and sets the various controls using the ControlInvoker class. I'm using CF 1.0 SP3 I can set the testBox,listBox controls in my app to be tested and read the values back. I've also managed...more >>

Is it possible that a trivial (class MyControl: Control {}) custom control's KeyDown / KeyPress events are not fired on .NET CF 1.1 for PPC2003 / WM5? This seems strange as the events are fired on SP2003. ...more >>

I am guessing No.... ...more >>

Hi there, I intend to develop a wrapper for Windows media player to get a handle of the player so that I can open, play, pause and stop the player programmatically. I also need the player to go full screen. I was wondering if I can achieve this in C# by p/Invoking to WaveOut functions in core...more >>

i need to do a soft reset when the app detects that the user has turned on the pda. (dont ask why) does CeRunAppAtEvent do the trick? will it fire with a soft reset? therefore doing continuous soft resets? ...more >>

Hi NG How is it possible to convert a dataset into a XML string without saving it to a file? ds.writetoxml() only allows a filename. --- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Yours sincerely , Michael Kugler Compunited Inh.: Michael Kugler Hasellohweg 19 90766 Fürth Germany Tel +49(91...more >>

I simply want to copy a file using the File.Copy(strSource,strDest) format On a handheld device how do you reference a file.... what is the beginning of the path ? On a server it is \\servername\folder On a desktop it is C:\Foldername I see my handheld has My Device as a root... I tri...more >>

Hi all, I am looking for a method which detects hardware keyboard are enabled in CF 2.0 for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. This is my scenario: When a textbox on a form has the focus, the SIP is enabled by setting InputPanel.Enabled to true in the TextBox.GotFocus. The issue is how can i ...more >>

I need to move some files to different folders. How would you do it within compact framework ? File system object work here ? Thanks ...more >>