Try looking into System.Diagnostics.Process. There is a property in ProcessStart where you specify it to use ShellExecuteEx instead of CreateProcess. -- Regards, Christian Resma Helle http://christian-helle.blogspot.com ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- ShellExecuteEx() will do that for you, ...more >>

Hi All, I am working on win CE 4.2 with .NET CF 2.0 application. I have a form in which I have view button. View button is used view the any file. The file is coming dynamically. It can be any type of file. I need to find it's associated viewer application and open that file with that viewer....more >>

Hi, I would like to "GetLastWriteTime" of a file that is located on my IIS server without having to download it. My goal is to download the file ONLY if the file is more recent on IIS. He're my code : localFileName = string.Format(@"{0}{1}\{2}", localSyncPath, ApplicationFolder.Help, ...more >>

Hi On my ASUS P535, Win.Mob.6 i get "An error message cannot be displayed because an optional resource assembly containing it cannot be found" VS2008, CF2.0. System_SR_ENU.CAB and System_SR_ENU_wm.cab are installed on device, still no luck. Strange is i get erro when i try to set label...more >>

Hello group, this is my auto update procedure: start program files\prog.exe check for updates loading new prog.exe from a webserver in a download directory start update.exe (command 'Diagnostics.Process.Start') and close prog.exe (command 'dispose') update.exe moves the new prog.exe from \d...more >>

Hello Id like to use the same C#-source files for an Windows XP and Windows CE project with studio 2005. What is to your expireince the easiest way to do this? Thanks Werner...more >>

Hi, how can i count how many COM ports avaible on a Device ? I have here on may table a Dell who has COM 0 to COM9 =10 ports and some ports are named GPD1 to GPD9 , i dont know whats that. And a Toshiba e 800 who has also 8 COM Ports. how can i count how many COM ports avaible on a Device ...more >>

Sorry for the long post, but I need to provide background for questions that I know will be asked. I have been hunting for this information for some time, and I'm just not sure the information is available publicly, so I thought I'd try my luck here. We have a fairly sophisticated group of...more >>

Hi All, I am working on .Net Compact Framework 2.0. I need to implement a functionality where i need to set the row color for all the user selected rows on the grid. Please, Can anyone help me how i can implement this functionality....more >>

Hi, Alex Feinman wrote code to get GDI shading etc on a CF app. Unfortunately (for me), it cannot be compiled for CF 1, no generics etc, (please correct me if I'm wrong). I'd love to have this functionality without having to use the latest Version 2 stuff since my app is written specifica...more >>

Hi all, I am working with C# CF2 on windows mobile 5 phone edition on a Symbol MC70 device. For some reason the KeyDown Event doesn't fire when you use the keybd_event to send the VK_Return= 0x0D. If I use the hard keyboard Return I get. KeyDown KeyPress KeyUp KeyUp If I use ...more >>

Hello, We have built a web application to run on a handheld Windows Mobile 2003 device. We recently purchased some new handhelds running Windows Mobile 5. The issue we are having with Mobile 5 is, when a user is scanning product and they have a single text box (or multiple objects) on t...more >>

hello, i am trying this code on WM5 Emulator and its not working, it throws a notsupported exception. i tried on my WM5 Device and its not working. can anybody tell how to Shutdown/Reboot a SP ? Private Declare Function ExitWindowsEx Lib "Coredll.dll" Alias "ExitWindowsEx" (ByVal uFlags...more >>

I work in a small, family-run grocery store and have 5 Symbol 8846 pocket pcs. This is one of the units suggested by NCR, who supplied the POS equipment. I purchased all 5 used, and all appear to function normally upon booting. I have one unit that functions perfectly. The other four lock up in ...more >>

Hello, i am using VS2005 prof . And i am developing an app that collect data from a COM -Port . The serial Device works fin with a notebook , and i will substitute the notebook by a PDA. the PDA has an Com-port. So the question is: How connect the Emulator with a serial port during develo...more >>

Hi. I need to do this things with pictureBox control 1.load bmp to the pictureBox ( i know) 2.write some text on the pictureBox with the graphic object (i guess its on the OnPaint event) 3.SAVE THE **NEW** BMP TO FILE. (the main difficult ) Is there somthing new in cf 2.0 that can h...more >>

Hi, How can I check just how much furhter I can push the memory used for dll's? I know that an application can be larger than 32Mb (stored on "slot 0"). I read somewhere that the dll's are stored on "slot" 1 (additional 32Mb). Is it true? Where can I read more about it? How can I che...more >>

We have recently been supplied with some devices that have a different radio card in them to the one we have been using all along and I have a problem connecting to our LAN. From a cold reboot, it sets up the WiFi card (Summit) and connects to the LAN successfully, and I can ping the WAP and e...more >>

Does anyone know if the order of delegate calls onto a thread through BeginInvoke are guaranteed to come in the same order that they are placed? For example, if the following calls happen in order: control.BeginInvoke(new InvokeDelegate(functionOne)); control.BeginInvoke(new InvokeDelegate(fu...more >>

I am getting this error: "The type or namespace name 'Browsable' does not exist in the class or namespace 'System.ComponentModel' (are you missing an assembly reference?)" When I am trying to build my Pocket PC application. The class that is throwing this error is the .cs class that is gen...more >>

Hi, I've created an SQL Server database and I've created a smart device application in visual studio 2005. I then added the SQL Server database as a data source to this project. Then I used one table from the database to display it on the mobile device's form. I also don't know if thats...more >>

Hello, I have one little question. How can I enumerate resources in LAN where is my mobile device connected? I'm using C#, compact framework and OPNETCF. I need information about computers with shared printers or network printers. Thanks in advance for any suggestion. Lukasz ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to run an application on device using compact framework (Windows ce). When I hit F5 it shows error message "A Project with an Output Type of Class Library can't b started direcly". But build is scucceded and I can deply through Build --> Deploy solution. What needs to chan...more >>

Hi, I am trying to debug an application in device. When I hit F5 button to run I get the message "A Project with an Output Type of Class Library cannot be started direcly". And it will stop. But I can deploy it through Build -> Deply solution. ...more >>

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20071123-LogoPocketPC.jpg When you look at the picture from that link, what is the name of the toolbar on the bottom? I want to use that toolbar instead of the soft button menu on the WM5 and WM6. Thanks Robb ...more >>

Hi, My company is planing to develop mobile application interacting with a several web services. Application will be invoking from mobile device SSL Web Service that requires a X509 client certificate. Compact Framework 2.0 does not implement System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates na...more >>

Hi to all, I'm programming with CF 1.0 and VB.NET 2003. I've created an array of button "btnPRVPagesButtons" on my form. All buttons click are handled by one only function "btnPRVPagesButtons_Click" I'm trying to capture (identify) the button clicked reading its ".Text" property. Privat...more >>

I am trying to use a UDP broadcast in C# to basically publish a stream of data to any number of processes running on the local machine that care to listen in - and I do not want this broadcast getting off of the machine onto the network. It should be noted that I test on the full framework fi...more >>

Hi group, I have a Mobile Compia M3+ device. I have some peripheral on CF type I. I open the port, and discuss quite good with the peripheral, and when i am finish, i close the port (fully normal until there) Now if i try to open he port i have an exception : The port COM1 does not exist....more >>

My app generate a HTML document in a Webbrowser. In this component there is a <form> tah with some checkboxes in it. How can I test if the single checkbox is checked or, better, manage the Onclick event on it. Thanks Marcello...more >>

Hi All, The Network Time Protocol (NTP) and its simplified form (SNTP) are widely used to synchronize network resources, due to their simplicity and effectiveness. We have done this in Windows application and it was easy to do in windows application because there is in-built windows time serv...more >>

G'day, My touch screen on my ETen Glofiish has partially died - it increasingly distorts the click position radially from the center - ie the further away from the center, the more accurate the click is and there is a section in the center where it won't register a click at all. However - th...more >>

Can anyone direct me to a webpage listing what is new in CF since V2.0? I've searched with google but not been able to find a list. Thanks Pete ...more >>

Hi all, I have searching the newsgroups for a while but I couldn't find anything. What I need is to launch outlook with some fields already filled out, like the subject, 'to' and body fields. Is there anyway of doing that? I'm using C# Thanks...more >>

Hi out there... I downloaded an Mobile 5.0 App program but the the developer's website is shut down... so can't get any help from him. Hopefully, someone here can point me in the right direction. One guy said it works on his phone but it's erroring out on my iPAQ hx2495b. One of the progr...more >>

Hi, just like the title, I want to provide a dialog for the user to select a folder, but it's very strange that there isn't a OpenDirectoryDialog component. how can I do this ? Thanks....more >>

Hello, I figured out that all objects based on System.Windows.Forms.UserControl are never disposed by the Compact Framework GC. This problem occours only under Windows CE not with Win32/ Win64. Is this a known issue? Is there any fix for it? How about the .NET Compact Framework 3.5? Is...more >>

I'm trying to create an application shortcut from a desktop application using Opennet.Desktop.Communication, however it keeps return an error Dim rapi As New OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communication.RAPI rapi.Connect() rapi.CreateDeviceShortcut("\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Myapp.lnk", "\Program Fil...more >>

Hi folks, I'm trying to create an input box which can be used to collect some text data from a user. I'm looking for something like the MessageBox, with an OK and Cancel button, and a multiline TextBox with a vertical scroll bar. I've created new UserControl and inherited from the Form clas...more >>

Hello, is this possible to change TableStyles attached to DataGrid when datasource is SqlCeResultSet? Now I design (with designer) two differents TableStyles. SqlCeResultSet don't have MappingName so i change TableStyles like this: dataGrid1.TableStyles.Clear(); dataGrid1.TableStyles.Add...more >>

Yes, this is my question, How to convert a 3.1 database to a 3.5 database ? In the Step to Convert a Projekt from 2005 to 2008, the Conversion wizzard cant convert the database. How can i do it per hand ? there is only 1 table in the database bye Rainer Borchmann ...more >>

Hi to all I need to configure User/Password for access to device in LAN. The device is a board with ARM processor and NIC 10/100. On the board there's a DOM (disk on module). Some client need access to Hard Disk (the DOM) where my application write some data. My application is write in VB.NE...more >>

hi to all members, while running throug the emulator. When i am runing the emulator i have got one error general network error . check your network documentation. i have to resolve this error as early as possible. can u help me to resolved this problem. ...more >>

Hi there, I am developing an application for a mobile device and have to receive data via bluetooth and the serial port profile. I am currently programming in c#. The device is a Windows Mobile 6 device. (Moto Q 9h) I can receive data but the problem is it is way too slow. I get a data...more >>

Hi there, I'm looking for simple and easy to use QRCode library for .NET CF. Upon searching the internet, I found this library http://blog.markarteaga.com/QRCodeForNETCompactFramework.aspx but unfortunately the maintainer has withdrawn it because of GNU/GPL licensing reason. so i'm asking ...more >>

Hi all, I have some code running on the Pocket PC (w/CF v2.0) that grabs a file (about 20 MB) from the server using HttpWebRequest. I want to give to user the possibility to cancel the download (the download method is running in another thread which is aborted when the user cancels). Fro...more >>

I've just now started to get into the Smart Device Framework and was wondering what the top five or ten handiest features were from those that have really gotten into using it. I've got a chance to completely rewrite an app which scans, prints, needs to transparently sync incrementally, wil...more >>

Hi, I have question. Please let me know Can an Image can be placed in Mainmenu Control ?...more >>

Hi, We'd like to create an app for a mobile phone using the .NET CF. Can you please post a few quick tips or links on the following issues: - How do you typically access (if at all) phone functionality such as vibration-alarm or other phone-specific functionality? Do you need DLLs from the ...more >>

Hi to all, I've started programming vb.net last week and I'm a newbie... I'm programming an application for my navigation system. 1) Development tool is: MS Visual Studio .Net 2003 - SP1 2) Navigation system is equipped with: a) MS Windwows CE .net 5.00 b) MS .NET Compact Framework...more >>