Hi Friends I have a question. I work throughtout the day with my application (C#.NET, ASP.NET 2.0, SQL SERVER 2005 ). By end of the day if I see my Recycle Bin, its full of app_offline files. Then everyday I remove these files from recycle bin. I want to know that is it normal? or something is...more >>

Hi Has anyone experienced any problems running .NET CF v2 applications on Dell Axim x51v/Dell Axim X50v (Pocket PC 2003SE or WM5.0)? Whenever my users exit the .NET CF v2 application the today screen shows large patches of purple. Only way to fix this is to soft reset or rotate the screen. ...more >>

After deploying applications from my development machine to my Dell Axim, I get a warning, "...program is from an unknown publisher..." when I try to run the application. How can I get rid of this warning? -- Richard Lewis Haggard www.Haggard-And-Associates.com ...more >>

Using VS05, I created a project in C# for Windows CE 2005. I have a Dell Axim X51v attached to the system via a USB cable. When I try to execute the app, I get: Error 1 Post-deploy error 0x80070005 returned after calling '\Windows\wceload.exe /noui \Windows\System_SR_enu.cab'. Device Con...more >>

hi, in my current project there is a lot of code like this try { ...... } catch { ......... } is there some way to see the exception type and message while debugging this code(i dont have rights to change it on the TFS)? thanks...more >>

I've made CE apps before, in Dev Studio 2003, and the IDE automatically produced a form that was appropriate for the PDA. However, I don't see that happening in VS05. It seems to default the form to normal Windows size which is, of course, inappropriate for the compact frame work's screen. Is ...more >>

I've downloaded and installed the CE 5.0 Device Emulator but it doesn't seem to be displaying in VS05's project properties Devices tab's Target device combo box. What else do I need to do to get it to show? -- Richard Lewis Haggard www.Haggard-And-Associates.com ...more >>

Hi, I hope someone can help me with this issue I have or point me to the direction of what I should do. I have a thread which listens to an anonymous pipe by using ReadFile(). Then somewhere else which has nothing to do with this thread calls function OleCreateFromFile() and the progr...more >>

Hi, I am developing an Application for Windows CE.NET 4.2 Devices and PPC2002 Devices from LXE Manufacturer. These are LXE MX5 Devices with integrated Scanners. I used the code from the below path to get the Device ID. http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/util/srcview.aspx?path=/quickstar...more >>

Hallo I managed to make a test app in C# under VS.NET 2003 CF ( smartdevice application ) and run it with Win CE 5.0 SDk emulator . although only the Win CE 4.2 emulator loads the program is running on it peacefully but this is C# if i have to do that same in C++ , i used eVC++4.0 b...more >>

Paul, Sorry to inform you that maybe there is something wrong with my computer or network. I can not put my post under that topic. and i can not delete the page i have posted here. ...more >>

Hai, In my Windows CE device application, i need to send some records from sql server mobile to desktop sql server. For that, i created one webservice, when i am calling this webservice (ordinary helloworld webservice) i am getting the error like "webexception" status is protoc...more >>

Thanks for your response. Paul. The reason of a form always be focused is that: It can make the form react with the FunctionKey at any time. In my device there are some FunctionKeys and a small keyboard, the FuctionKeys should be responsed at the instance the user push it. So I let the Form alw...more >>

It seems that Thread.CurrentCulture does not exist on compact framework 2. Is there any other way I can set it? I need to set the date format + currency sign. Thanks Pete ...more >>

Hello, I have created an autoupdater webservice for my PPC2003 application, and have managed to retrieve the download.cab from my web service on my device. Next, however, while trying to install the new version, I run into the fundamental problem of not being able to run the installer cab, ...more >>

I am getting the "NullReferenceException" error on this line foundRow = dsScannerdata.Tables("dtReceivePdai").Rows.Find(mykey) in the following code. All of the values in the mykey field are unique and there are not blank records Any help is appreicated!!!!!!! *******code to find ...more >>

Hi, I need to uninstall an assembly from GAC programmatically. It only works on the assemblies with no white spaces in the assembly name. I have tried multiple combination without success. As there are while spaces in the name, I have to put two double quotes on the two ends of the file nam...more >>

Microsoft very kindly provided the .net framework & compact framework v1 as managed libraries that could be inspected using tools such as reflector if you wanted to see what was going on under the hood; however due to the change in how compact framework v2 libraries are constructed, the .dll f...more >>

Hi folks, Experimenting with the idea of using system.net.sockets for some very simple 'push-messaging' over GPRS where the server/listener is running the mobile device and the client runs on a PC. I'm more than aware of all the issues surrounding change of ipaddress/availability etc relati...more >>

Hi all, I've been trying for some time now to discover what the -service parameter options are for tmail.exe, but can't find any documentation on it! I've found that -service "SMS" does sms text messages. -service "MMS" does MMS text messages. However, I can't find the one for...more >>

Hello friends, Is it any option for Microsoft CLR Debugger in Compact dot net framework. Is any tool avaliable for debugging in compact dot net framework? -PHIJO MATHEW PHILIP. ...more >>

Hi, You can create an handler for the event FormClosed and in this delegate, you call Application.exit(). BR Fabien Decret Windows Embedded Consultant ADENEO (ADESET) http://www.adeneo.adetelgroup.com/ ...more >>

Hi. I'm new to C#, but pretty good in VB. I have a C# app running fine on a WM5 device, and when I click the X in the top right corner, I want to stop the app completely, rather than hide it (as most apps do). In VB, I could do application.exit, but not sure what syntax to use with C# or...more >>

..NET CF 1.0 SP3, PocketPC 4.20.0.14053, Device: Intermec CN2B I have a panel with a tab control with two tab pages and a button named 'ok'. If the selected tab page changes I'm adding that button to the selected tab page: Private Sub tabControl_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ...more >>

Thanks for your response. Paul. The reason of a form always be focused is that: It can make the form react with the FunctionKey at any time. In my device there are some FunctionKeys and a small keyboard, the FuctionKeys should be responsed at the instance the user push it. So I let the Form alw...more >>

Hai, In my device application, i need to send some records to sql server mobile to desktop sql server. For that, i created one webservice, when i am calling this webservice (ordinary helloworld webservice) i am getting the error like "webexception" status is protocol error. My c...more >>

Hi to everyone, This is the very first application I'm writing in C# .Net 2.0 for a Smart device. I've a class which, among its properties, there's one whose type is decimal. This class' instances are bound to a datagrid via BindingSource. When debugging via the emulator the datagrid corre...more >>

I have a VB.NET 2003 application running on a CE 4.2 device, that connects wirelessly to an SQL Server 2000 database running on a PC network. The device also connects via the internal 802.11b card to a wireless portable printer. I have both of these parts of the application running OK, but my ...more >>

Hello, I'm getting confused. I updatec CF to 1.0 SP3. I call Dispose() for every object which provides it. I added finalizers and impemented IDisposable interface for each of my classes. I had made some statistics with performance counters. Now I'm checking memory status with GC.GetTotalMem...more >>

Hi! We are using C# and VS2005 with a project migrated from CF1 and VS2003. When running if-statements with two evaluations, where the second depends on the first evaluation, we get runtime exceptions after our migration to CF2. if a || b { } If a is true, b shoulnd't be evaluated, ri...more >>

Hello, I developed an application for a qvga device (240x320). Therefore I used Formfactor = "Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC". Now it should possible run on a vga device (480x640). Can I use the same application to run on a qvga device AND on a vga device without any changes?! Or do I hav...more >>

Hi to everyone, I've faced, and found a workaround, for the following problem: 1. Having a collection of objects implemented through BindingList<OrderRow> 2. OrderRow implements INotifyPropertyChanged to track changes to properties, in particular to the quantity one. The collection is ...more >>

Hi, In your PPC 2003 Application we have a datagrid. If i Select any cell with in the datagrid, then i can use Arrow keys to navigate to different cell and view them. How can i programatically select the First cell so that i can use Arrow Keys for navigation and viewing other cells. I am u...more >>

I have a device application with a database in it.I want to push the tables from this database to the one in Remote SQL Server.I have written the both the devce and the Windows application in VB.net. The methods to accomplish the aboce are RDA,WebServices,Replication. Now i do not know how to wr...more >>

Hello, I want to use the CameraCaptureDialog in my application which is running on an HP Hw6915. I use the following code : CameraCaptureDialog CamDial = new CameraCaptureDialog(); CamDial.Mode = CameraCaptureMode.Still; CamDial.StillQuality = CameraCaptureStillQuality.Normal; CamDial....more >>

Hi, I'm new to programming in the Compact Framework, and am finding that doing something that should be straightforward incredibly difficult! I want my app (written in C# using CF 1.0) to create a new Email Message on the Pocket PC, passed params such as Subject, To, Attachments etc. I'...more >>

So this capability is absent in CF.NET 2.0. I'm pretty far from a COM Interop expert...can someone share some sample code that is logically equivalent to Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer? I'm not having much success in finding such a sample on Google. ...more >>

Hello, I am using CF 2.0, with ARM processor. When I try to do something simple like this: Form frm = new frmChange(); frm.ShowDialog(); It crashes on ShowDialog(), I have even put it in a try,catch to see if I can catch anything, but no, it just plain crashes and closes the whole appl...more >>

Can OpenNETCF.WindowsCE.DeviceManagement.GetDeviceID() be spoofed? I'm writing a component licensing class using the LicenseProvider class as a base class. My thoughts are to create a lic file contining the DeviceID and sign it with the private key. Are the holes in this approach? TH...more >>

Hi, I want to list down all ActiveX controls which are registered on my system. How can it possible through C# ? Please help me and reply ASAP. Thanks Melisa ...more >>

Hi, I was looking for a PDA with USB host controller so that I can connect a USB dongle that could be recognized by it. Also are there any PDA's that anybody has come across wwith RS232 support. I know that we can use the serial port of the PDA that is used for Active-Sync. However since that...more >>

Does enyone know the solution? Regards, e@7 ...more >>

Hi, Is there any way we can implement just-in-time data loading for the DataGrid control in the .NET Compact framework. It is possible to do the above in the case of DataGridView control in .NET framework 2.0. Here is the article which explains this process: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...more >>

Hi friends, Can anyone help me how to program tabcontrol in compact dot net frame work(c#). Can any one help me with this matter. -PHIJO MAHTEW PHILIP....more >>

Hi all, i'm getting a NullReferenceException when calling SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(). Weird thing is that i get it only when i run it as a device application. Same sample code runs perfectly in Windows Application Form. ------------------------------------------- below is the sample ...more >>

How can let the Form always Fucused, so it can recieve all the message. I override the onlostFocus and add the Focus it again but it doesn't works. it seems the form always try to give up its focus when there are some controls in it. thanks a lot in advance. ...more >>

Hi, How can I Trap All KeyPressEvent in the Form in CF2.0? it means the All message sent to the controls in the Form is Processed by the Form at first. ...more >>

Hi, I tried to use the following code (C#) to uninstall an assembly from GAC: Process.Start("cgacutil.exe", "-u " + " \\Windows\\myAssembly.dll); However, nothing happens. It doesn't event throw any exception. Can somebody point out what is wrong with the syntax please? Thanks. GD ...more >>

I have a fairly large CF 2.0 application with three files: 2 DLL's 556KB, 361KB and the .exe of 108K. I'm looking for any hints on how to make the initial load of my application run faster. I'm using CeDbgView32 and it looks like from the time the first thread is started until the first line...more >>

I am playing around with the PocketOutlook namespace and I have a few questions: i) What does EmailAccount.Send actually do? I have tried using this method to see if I could send an email without displaying the compose form (from MessagingApplication.DisplayComposeForm), but nothing happen...more >>

Hi all, I've used the MS signature capture example to add this ability to my program. To be able to show the captured signature I have to use the desktop program. Has anyone managed to show the captured signature from the pocket pc ? I've managed to save the signature as .bmp before sa...more >>

I did the exact same thing as in article http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnce50/html/windowsce_kiosk.asp ..When i test it on emulator(x86_release) , the get the following error on startup (Access Violation) Loaded symbols for 'C:\WINCE500\PBWORKSPACES\ST...more >>

Does the SDF 2.0 work with WinCE 6.0 or only 5.0 THX ...more >>

Hi Friends, I would like how can download the namespace for OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework 2.0 to be for smart device application development. I want to use the namespace avaliable in OpenNETCF for pocket PC development. Kindly pass to me any information regarding this issue -PHIJO ...more >>

I have added some labels into a Panel control (just added at design time through the visual studio 2005 interface) for a little test app programmed for Pocket PC. I want to change the visibility to the entire set of controls at the same time. I set the .visible property of the Panel to Fals...more >>

Hello When I try to open framework dll with the reflector. I can see all the code. When I try to open a Compact framework dll, The code is hidden. only the inteface can be seen. Do any one know what utility the CF team used to hide the CF code? Thanks...more >>

Hi, I really need to get MSMQ installed on an XDA Mini S running WM 2005 but it won't start the service. The MSMQ blog article from Mark Ihimoyan (http://blogs.msdn.com/ihimmar/archive/2004/06/14/154911.aspx) seems to be a useful application to try but I don't have the necessary developmen...more >>

Hi all! Someone can tell me if there is some SDK or where I can find specifications to comunicate with a GPS receiver? Thanks! -- Free .Net Reporting Tool - http://www.neodatatype.net I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html ...more >>

Greetings. Can a QWERTY keyboard button be used to start a program, much as we can map other buttons on a device to launch a program? Perhaps a button could be pressed and held for 'X' seconds to launch the program. Thanks....more >>

Is there a recommended Unzip utility that can be used to unzip files on a Windows CE (ARM) device?\ Thanks!...more >>

I am working on a project that works something like this: I have a Windows Application that will generate some XML files containing questions with some possible answers for each question. I want to push out one of these XML files on a pocket PC, so that another application that I will write for ...more >>

Hi, If I call PlaySound through PInvoke, is there any way to pause it and resume later? If not, are there any other APIs that would allow me to play a sound and pause/resume? What about a command line interface to 'Windows Media' that would start it in the background (non-visible) and the...more >>

Hi ! I´am looking for a Grid control for Compact Framework 1.1. Can somebody give me a tip where i can buy that ? Kind regards, Michael...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know where I can get the green WM5 theme as advertised on Microsofts site for Windows Mobile 5 OS? ...more >>

Hello I have a Windows CE application written in C# and I need to save the registry. I use RegistryKey.SetValue(..) to set the register values, however they are lost after a cold boot unless they are saved. The target has a HIVE based registry, so the RegSaveKey (http://msdn.microsoft.com/l...more >>

Hi Can any one tell me how to create a custom image button using C# for Pocket PC 2005? Thanks, Phijo Mathew Philip....more >>

Hello NG, when I switch my form to fullscreen by setting this.Menu = null; my System.Windows.Forms.Timer does no longer fire, though still enabled. However, key presses, clicks, etc. still work on the form. As soon as I switch back to normal mode by this.Menu = mainMenu1; the tim...more >>