We've published a new article on the OpenNETCF Community Site. Alex Feinman covers how to use GDI+ in your Windows Mobile managed applications. In case you missed them, our other recently published articles include: - Sharing Windows Mobile Ink with the Desktop - OpenNETCF Mobile Ink Lib...more >>

hi there, i'm developing a pocket pc application in c#.net to save appointments and i have to bold and underline some text in the note field. as the note field is of type string and it does not store any information about text formatting, how can i store the information indicating some charac...more >>

Hi, I need to disable the start menu on WinCE 5.0 pocketpc device app screens. IS there way to programmatically do that ? Thx, Anand ...more >>

I am an experienced .NET developer but new to the Compact framework and the windows mobile platform. I have a requirement to develop a windows mobile application (or service) in .NET compact framework 2.0 with the following requirements: =B7 Application runs in the background with no UI =B7 ...more >>

Hello, I'm working on an app that uses my mobile phone's GPRS network to implement a simple Push Notification system. My implementation is based on Microsoft's implementation of always-up-to-date synchronizatoin (AUTD) for Exchange, which they've written about here: http://msdn2.micros...more >>

Hi all, I have a need to restart or relaunch the application from itself. The first thing I tried is to modify the program.cs source so that the Application.Run() is within a loop as so: // ExitApplication is a static public variable while (!ExitApplication) { Application.Run(new Main...more >>

Hello I have to write an application to MC1000 terminal http://www.symbol.com/mc1000 Microsoft Windows CE 4.2 Core 32MB RAM/32MB ROM and I think that small memory size could become a problem. Should I use multiple forms (5-6) or one form with multiple panels? What is a general rule?...more >>

HI, I am trying to use LoadIcon function offered by API on managed code. But I can not find out which dll this function belongs to, I need to find this out in order to make this function available by DLLImport. How do I figure this out? Thank you....more >>

We're at it again! OpenNETCF Consulting is pleased to announce the release of a new product named "Padarn". Padarn is a very small footprint (less than 300k for all files) ASP.NET web server designed to run under the limited resource environments of Windows CE 5.0 and 6.0. Padarn lets y...more >>

Hi ; Why do i get an System.IO.FileNotFoundException on this : TcpClient cl=new TcpClient(); cl.Connect("192.168.1.80", 7777); The Connect generates an exception visible in the output window. Encapsulating the Connect in a try catch does not yield me the exception in the catch. I t...more >>

Help, Boss is leaving to demo my app tomorrow and we just got the MC70 with qwerty keyboard. The text enters just fine into the textbox with focus. I've got my out Enter pic button but now with the hardware keypad, he wants to enter numbers and then hit the hardware/or SIP enter keys and ...more >>

hi I would like to know whats better To declare a SQLCeConnection variable as a Static member of a Class containing functions to MakeConnection and CloseConnection, or should I just declare it as a Public member of the above mentioned class containing Connection code. And, if better is use ...more >>

Hi ; Why do i get an System.IO.FileNotFoundException on this : TcpClient cl=new TcpClient(); cl.Connect("192.168.1.80", 7777); The connection succeeds but only after throwing an System.IO.FileNotFoundException after some seconds. Whats wrong ? is this a CF2.0 bug ? Johan ...more >>

Hello, in some applications it is possible to choose a contact and then all phonenumbers of this contact are shown and you can then choose one of thesenumbers. How can I make something like that in my own application? I use the ChooseContactDialog but in every Tutorial is only shown how ...more >>

Hi all. How can i intercept WM_CLOSE message when it were sent from OS (PPC2003) and not from my application? Thanks in advance. Simon. ...more >>

Hi! I am reading the dokumentation for developing an application for a cell phone I came a cross the Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Forms and Microsoft.Windowsce.Forms. they seem to contain the same classes?!? I guess there must be a difference ;) I am using Windows Mobile 6.0...more >>

Hello, I'm doing a notification beep from a device that's asleep (it's receiving a network notification). To do this, I put the device into unattended mode, request the "WAV1:" device, play the sound, then release WAV1: and leave unattended mode. This basically works, but the request for W...more >>

The Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.SystemState class offers a great way to track a number of interesting and useful device system states (e.g., incoming phone calls, battery strength, etc.). However, recently I observed that the SystemState.Changed += new ChangeEventHandler(OnSystemStateChanged)...more >>

Hi, I cannot find an equivalent in Compact Framework for this function. Does it exist? Thanks ...more >>

Hello, I have a program with the resources files for the langues(Visual Studio.,net 2005) Is it possible to edit and modify the resources files after without Visual studio? Best regards. ...more >>

Hi! is possible copy file from app in pda to pc. Thanks in advaced ...more >>

Hello, When I start my PDA under Windows Mobile 5, I have often the message "new modem detected ..". Is it possible to forbid this message by program? Best regards. ...more >>

Hi, I am building an application that I would like to invoke a web service in the background without interrupting the application from functioning normally. I call Web Service method in a separate thread. On the server, web service method waits for data change or when fixed time (10 min) elap...more >>

Hi, How can I make a ping in Visual Basic under Compact Framework for Pcket PC Windows CE 5 ? How can I retrieve current IP address (Wifi connection) ? Thanks, Xavier ...more >>

Hi, I have a Pocket PC 2003 project which I want to test on a Windows Mobile 5.0 Emulator, but how do i do that and is it possible at all? The Mobile 5 SDK is installed and the emulator works if I select a Mobile 5 project. Thanks, Ole ...more >>

I have an application (.Net CF 2) on Symbol MC9090 that sends multicast UDP packets that are detected by XP desktops who then respond by sending an MSMQ message back to the device. There are two desktops but only one of them has their reply message received on the device - on the other, the m...more >>

Unable to start TSQL Debugging. Could not attach to SQL Server Process on 'srvname'. The RPC server is unavailable. I get this error when I try to run a SQL Server Project with a CLR stored Procedure in it. The target DB is SQL Server 2005 and im using VS 2005. I simply create a new SQL Ser...more >>

Hi, i need to install the Compact Framework SP2, but i don`t know which language install into my PC. I`ve installed Windows XP Spanish, and Visual Studio 2005 English.... I develop mobile app in Pocket PC with spanish SO. My question is if i have to install english or spanish language of compac...more >>

I'm wondering wheter there are good howto's for this subject. I've just bought the book "Microsoft Mobile Development Handbook" since it was recommended by my supervisors, however the book doesn't cover starting points since it's for "experts" within mobile development. I've also read the book...more >>

It seems that the Browsable attribute is no longer supported in CF2.0 - is that true or am I doing something wrong? It works perfectly well in the Full framework version. [System.Componentmodel.Browsable(true)] Thanks, Ole ...more >>

I've got a problem with a program writed in .NET compact framework. The application run on Pocket wm2003. Some times (it seems really random) this application crash down during execution witohut signaling an exception. I use the CF2.0 SP2. Any ideas? ...more >>

I was wondering if the following piece of code is wrong in some way. The idea: 1. call webservice (which will return lots of information) 2. Fill dataset (with many tables) with data returned by webservice 3. Start transaction 4. Update database 5. Commit changes to database 6. Do it all ov...more >>

I'm printing via the BTExplorer to a Bluetooth printer (Zebra QL220) from an Symbol MC70. The printer MUST be on or the application will not print to the printer. Even if the printer is turned on after the first print attempted, the application has to be turned off and restarted with the p...more >>

Dear All, I am developing an application which connects to the Java Server using TCP/IP. My problem is, this Server System is not Accessible to my PC due to some security reasons. So that to test the application i am following following steps 1) Connect Windows Mobile to PC using Active Syn...more >>

On my Vista host machine I run XP under VPC 2007. I have ActiveSync v4.5 on XP. Vista connects to my CE device fine. My virtual XP can't see it. Any suggestions, please? -- Jerry Nixon...more >>

Please excuse my lack of knowledge on this area, but i am hoping to develop a custom application for a windows CE 5 based device to play movies using windows media components. I am using Visual Studio 2005, and my target device is Windows CE with Media Player 9 (or I suppose 10 would be an ...more >>

Hello, I have a message sometimes under windows mobile 5 when I start my application : can't find Pinvoke dll .. I use differents external librairies. (not a windows librairies). Can you help me? Best regrads. ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone have any resource suggestions for quickly getting up to speed with synchronizing a SQL CE 2.0 table with a SQL Server 2005 table using USB/ActiveSync from a PocketPC 2002 device? Can this be done with USB if the user logged into the workstation has access to the SQL 2005 databas...more >>

Dear all, It there any way to generate guid in CF1.1? Thanks for any help. Tedmond...more >>

Hi, Is there a simple way to have a Pocket PC 2002 device transfer files from a directory on the device to a network share when the device is put into the cradle? The the device uses activesync. It is attached to a pc via USB. The user of the PC has access to the network share. I am new to acti...more >>

Dear all, Can anyone tell me how I can determine whether the GRPS is connected? And, how can I start the GPRS connection using CF1.1? Thanks for any help, Tedmond...more >>

Hi! The CompactFramework doesnt seem to have the TextBox where you can use masks. What kan i do to allow only numbers in a TextBox? Or could i set the keypad to just accept numbers instead of alpha chars? If so, how, links, direction would be great. Regards Martin ...more >>

Hi! I am currently writing a Application for Windows Mobile 6 standard. In order to test the app on the phone i need to instal the CFW 3.5. My question is, will CFW 2.0 still be installed? If not will the applications that came with the phone still work if i install the CFW 3.5 Beta? (Wit...more >>

Hello all... I am trying to send keystrokes to an application. The application is irrelevant. My software resides on a Symbol unit with a mag-stripe reader. What we want is for the user to be able to configure a prefix and suffix, so that when they swipe a card, it will read the card, prepen...more >>

Hi all, Anybody knows a way of doing that? I have tried several things but it doesn't work. This is what I have tried: [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("coredll.dll")] private static extern int SystemParametersInfo( int uiAction, int uiParam, string pvParam, int fWinIni); ...more >>

Hi... I have a problem encrypting data using MSDN signature sample... I encrypted data in desktop application and decrypted it in PDA application... the encryption was successful, but I had an error (MissingMethodException) when decrypting.. The error occured when the application called "WinA...more >>

Our application is written in VB.NET 2003 and uses SQL Server 2000. We have a customer who wants to upgrade SQL Server 2005, so I recently installed the developer edition to check whether it worked with our application. I changed the connection string on the PC application to point to the new ...more >>

Hi all, I know that Environment.NewLine is not available in Microsoft .NET Compact Framework. I am using Compact Framework 2.0 SP2. I have tried to include "\r\n" or "\n" inside a string to be display as a Text to that user control. The Text will be display like a label inside the custom...more >>

Dear all, I want to use the SQL CE 2.0 and CF 1.1 in my CE device but got connection error. When I execute the SqlCeConnection.Open(), I got the 'MissingMethodException' error. The connection string is as follow "Data Source =\FlashDisk\test.sdf" The sdf file was created by isqlw20.ex...more >>

hello, I have to scroll a very large bitmaps. therefore I have already divided the large bitmap into a lot of files (grid). no im looking for a flickerfree fast technique to scroll the bitmap on the pocket pc. something like "only to load the files that are currently shown on display in...more >>