I am trying to add a feature to my app where the user can attach voice notes to the saved form. I am working with the OpenNETCF.Media.WaveAudio.Recorder 2.0 class, .NETCF2, and Windows Mobile 5 devices. I have a need for the smallest possible audio files possible, so I wanted to use the GSM ...more >>

Hi All, After docking the PDA, I lose my default GPRS connection when ActiveSync kicks in, therefore not letting me debug my GPRS app when docked. The following article explains a work round as per some previous post. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228708.aspx .... but this r...more >>

Hi, We have an PDA Application which does data collection and store in SQL CE. Also, We have another application which runs on laptop against sql database. We need to sync data between these two database, basically, download lookup information from laptop SQL and upload data collected by PDA ...more >>

Hi all, I'm having troubles with a Symbol 9000 device (Compact Framework v 1.1) when activating the barcode scanner from a window. The problem is related to the Activated event of the form which carries the task of the initializing the scanner. It looks like this event is not called after t...more >>

I'm hoping there is a simple solution to this issue that I just haven't seen. Basically what I have is a handheld has all data stored in a sqlCE database. I need to take that data to a PC and work with it. So since I can't move an sqlCE database I need to turn it into XML and then move t...more >>

Hi Can anybody tell me how can i copy data from sql server 2005 to sql mobile database. I don't want to do replication. Thanks for your help ...more >>

hi can anybody tell me how can i use ms access with c# for PDA Development. I tried to download adoce from microsoft site. but its not working.It asked for platform builder. I downloaded that with adoce3.1 but it is not working. Thanks for your help ...more >>

Hi I'm new in PDA development. I want to develop a standalone application, that should run directly from pda's memory stick. can anybody guide me for that how can i do that. thanks ...more >>

I have a PocketPC mobile application that gets its data from the Sql Server database via a web service. The web service returns a dataset that contains three different tables that need to be loaded into the SqlCe database on the mobile device. I have a method to perform this task but it doesn...more >>

Hi I am using visual studio 2005 to develop my windows mobile 5.0 app, but i can only include this reference "using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX;". It doesn't have directdraw? thanks from Peter (cmk128@hotmail.com) ...more >>

Hai In my device application (windows ce application using vb.net), i am having nearly 25 forms. Moving from one form to another form, just i am hide the first form and show the second form. Each form I am having some picturebox, putting images for that picturebox using imagelist. ...more >>

Hi, What are think first few characters in a lnk file on a Pocket PC? e.g. "55#". Can I just create such a text file and drop in "...\Programs' directory? I tried a search, but couldn't fnid the info. Thanks, Hilton ...more >>

im currently developing simple application for pocketpc. the problem is, when i try to debug my app, vs2003 launches the emulator but after the vs2003 message "launching application" emulator doesnt really launch the application. i checked the explorer and found that my app files were really ...more >>

Does anyone know if SQL Everywhere is going to be any faster than SQL Mobile? Or is it just the same database running on desktops? ...more >>

I am making a control which will draw a function key legend. If the user presses the proper keyboard key OR uses the mouse to click on the function key legend, the key's event should fire. Trouble is, the Compact Framework does not have the CanFocus() method. Whenever I click on a legend, i...more >>

I've got an RS232 device that gives me data via hyperterminal but no data comes acorss using my class below. My hyperterm settings are as follows and appear to be the same as my class????? COM1 Bits per second 57600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None I am able to o...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to do some type ahead searching. Each search operation is rather expensive however, so I would like to be able to deactivate/stop etc, the events that were raised previously. Is there any way I could do this? Thanks, Yi ...more >>

I am writing a code that is supposed to check if the wireless is enabled or not and then according to the given status it turns it On or Off. I am using the fuction \Windows\WirelessOnOff.exe this fuction reservers the current state, i.e if it is enabled it disable it and vice versa. However I c...more >>

So, I would like to find some way for a cab to automatically run once it downloaded onto a Windows Mobile 5.0 device, programatically or otherwise. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this? Any help is greatly appreciated, seeing as how I don't know that this is at all possible. ...more >>

Can anyone suggest a document that discussed the differences between these systems? What with the name changes, different versions, etc., I find the whole thing very confusing. PDAs, phones, etc. are running different things and I don't know what's capable of what functionality. In particul...more >>

Hi I know it's possible to run different versions of .Net say 1.1 and 2 on the same server. I'm trying to find some useful info on the subject. Does anyone have any good links? Thanks in advance! :) ...more >>

Hi all For runtime errors I throw exceptions, and for coding errors I use System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert. When an assertion fails my app shows an error message but then allows the user to continue whereas I would like the app to terminate. Should I use an exception instead (if so, whic...more >>

What is the method or API for detecting a device model number such as iPAQ hx6300? TIA. GD ...more >>

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/browse_thread/thread/93aa585db21ada47/a3b6ac9e770bdc27?lnk=st&q=&rnum=11&hl=en#a3b6ac9e770bdc27 I will appreciate your more detailed information about so called "shim" in the above link page. thanks in advance...more >>

hi. how can i save date/time of the OS, between hard reset ? i have win.ce net. thanking in advance. ...more >>

Is it somehow possible to turn on the GSM (phone) module from code on a PPC with phone? If so, how? Thanks in advance, Per Rasmussen. ...more >>

Hi, for use in my own application, I'am testing the GPS-Sample of the WM5.0 SDK (..\Samples\Cs\Gps). It runs fine, but only for 10 minutes. Then no data from the Device (PDA Mio A 701) are received. Nothing could be done with the internal GPS-device before the hardware is reseted. No error ...more >>

I'm a software developer, and I'm looking to apply a licensing scheme and obfuscation to my Compact Framework control library. As of yet, I've been unable to locate any software that would help me with this task. I'd like to avoid having to write my own custom licensing software for CF, but ...more >>

Hi, i need to access web service from my app running on Windows Mobile 2003. When i type services' adress to Internet Explorer, test page is shown. But when i try to call serice from my app this error occures: "could not establish trust relationship with remote server". I propably must te...more >>

How do I bind a bluetooth device to a comport in a c# cf, compact framework, application? ...more >>

Hello, How can I send and receive SMS in a Smartphone Device with WM5? Thanks! KC...more >>

Dear all, I want to make button with rounded corners. Similarly to XP style. As Graphicspath is not supported , I cannot use the methods of this clss. Are there some samples. Regards Manoj ...more >>

Hi.. i having develop with vs.net2.0 and ce4.2. but, occur critical problem.. debugging mode success, but deploy mode is fail.. have occur delay in socket communication? help me... please!!! <client..PDA> public bool SendImage(Socket socket, byte[] imageContent) { ...more >>

Hello! I have a problem with connecting to IP address using TcpClient class. When I do: TcpClient cl=new TcpClient("host_name.com",port); It's OK, but when I change host-name to an IP address: TcpClient cl=new TcpClient("aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd",port); it throws SocketException: "No such host is k...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to use the sample discussed at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/ReceivingSMSMessages.asp Topic: Receiving SMS Messages Inside a Managed Application. I trying to target Windows Mobile 5.0 and using Pocket PC 2003 or Windows M...more >>

I've been searching for a few days now for an answer to no avail. The situation is that I am part of a group developing a complex, multi-form application for Windows Mobile 5.0 on a Dell Axim x51. The application is geared towards the elderly and must be simple and appropriately responsive. Du...more >>

Is there a way to get the AKU version or the OS build number? I see a way to map the os build number to the AKU version at http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/MobileDeveloper.ListOfAKUs But when I do a Environment.OSVersion.Version I only get something like 5.1.195 which is the OS ve...more >>

Please help! I have a PC with a bluetooth dongle that is associated to a bluetooth GPS device. That appears as COM4. I am trying with VB2005 to read the data from the GPS but can't do it. I am opening the port but when I use the method ".ReadLine" it just sits there doing nothing. I s...more >>

Hi, I've read all the post here about using core.dll and CreateFile function to operate with serial port. I do my best but I cannot make it work. I'm working with C#. I was wondering if someone has some code or can give me some explanation for reading from a serial port (ir port) using core.dll ...more >>

Hi, The following code gets version number from an executable file. After getting the version number, I need to delete the file. Since the file is loaded into memory, the file cannot be deleted without unloading it. The problem is that Compact Framework doesn't have a unload method. Is ther...more >>

Hi, In my project, I would like to be able to push a (hardware)button in my device and create an event(an interrupt). The application is a C# managed code project. Would I need a driver for this purpose or could I use the exisiting GPIO functions? If I want to try to find out whether or no...more >>

Hi, We are working on a PocketPC application in VB.net on Compact Framework 1.0. The main module has a ListView on which other sub-modules are listed as items. On the click of the items the corresponding sub-module is launched. When we exit from the sub-module we get back to the main module ...more >>

Hi, I'm developing a WM 5.0 application with VS2005. Every time when I press F5 to start and deploy my application to the Emulator, VS2005 copies every single dlls in the References List over and over again to the Emulator. Most of the dlls doesn't change and are already on target device (emu...more >>