Hello, I am still learning C#, so please bear with me. I have a two Form, from first I open second form with datagrid. When I Dispose datagrid second time I get a ObjectDisposedException. In first (main) form I have a button with code under onclick event: temp_n = this.Text; this.Text = s...more >>

Hello all, I am currently converting my application to CF 2.0 and ran into a problem with the TabControl.Controls.Clear() call. When the form and tab page is first loaded it works fine but doesn't work if it is called a second time? This works find in CF 1.1? To give you an idea, I have a t...more >>

Hi all, I have come across this toolkit. http://www.codeplex.com/adt/SourceControl/ListDownloadableCommits.aspx But there seems to be no instructions on how to use it? has any one used it before and what is it used for. Thanks ink ...more >>

Hi, All I just installed MS .NET 2005, i am developing applications for two different handhelds TekLogix (Mobil 5.0) and Intermec CN3 (Mobile 6.0), each comes with their custom SDK's, Question; Is it ok to install all SDK's from both handhelds on one PC for development? What if it is create ...more >>

Hi, All I am using .NET 2005 two different handhelds: 1) Intermec CN3 Mobile 5.0 2) TekLogix Psion Mobile 6.0 On Intermec i can run app in debug mode with no problem. On TekLogix when i trying to run app in debug mode display warning message on the PC "The remote connection to the device has...more >>

Hello, I am going to have to use some unmanaged c++ code in an application that we are working on. My question is this. Do I have to use the eVC++ 4.00 IDE to compile this code or can I do it all right from VS2005? I have never done any work in VS that required unmanaged c++ code. Thanks...more >>

I have a very strange problem with a new Sprint 6800 Windows Mobile 6 device. When I use the popout keyboard, it always acts like the function key is stuck on. This happens in a single line or multi-line textbox. The SIP works fine. The Fn light goes on and off when I press the Fn (blue ...more >>

I have a .NET CF 2.0 Mobile Application that sends "collected data" to a HTTPS Server (running Apache under Windows 2000) and the XML file (SOAP) containing the collected data "occasionally" appears corrupted on the server side, but only when the XML file is greater than 34K in size, and canno...more >>

I have an app running WM6 Standard on HTC S710. I open a form to enter text in landscape mode. If I enter info using slide out QWERTY, then slide back in and click 'Cancel' to close form (me.close) I get what seems to be a HTC Task screen. If I use the 'Back' button the Task screen closes a...more >>

Hi! i am using a fujitsu-siemens n550 with ce 5.0/.netcf 2.0 and vb.net/c#. Is it possible to poweroff/poweron the wlan interface programmatically? I have found no information about that, no api or system-message. thanks in advance hagen info@cecode.de ...more >>

hi there, i'm using vs2005 c# with .net cf 2.0 and developing an app for windows mobile. i am at a point that i have to add a custom property to the contacts in a contact collection for storing some extra information about the contacts. however the app always returns "null" for whatever i've ...more >>

I need to invest in a new laptop and a large majority of the ones (especially the DELL XPS) are now running Vista. I've had vista running on my PC at home for a while now and certain things just doesn't really work well, such as VS.NET 2005. Mobile development doesn't seem to work the same...more >>

Hi, In my project, iam parsing many xml files and storing their content into sql server ce database as many tables using primary and foreign key relationship. Iam using VS2005,WM6(Compact framework and SQL server ce) platform. To store 5 xml files parsed content(each file is around 150kb)it i...more >>

Hi. We have a smart device app written in VB.NET, CF2.0 which has a form with listview & buttons. On this particuar form, sometimes when you click the listview or the buttons, the Listview.SelectedIndexChanged & Button.Click events are only triggered the second time you click them. Sometimes ...more >>

We have written an application for PPC devices. We are looking for a way to lock a license to the hardware. On a PC we'd use read and encode the MAC address, how do we read this or another unique ID from PPC hardware using the compact framework? Any ideas would be gratefully received as its...more >>

In my Pocket PC solution I have C# project and an unmanaged C++ dll project that is called by the C# project. The C++ project deploys the dll file to the device when it has changed. What should I do to debug my dll - I have set /ASSEMBLYDEBUG correctly but I still got the message "The breakpoi...more >>

Hi all, When I try to get the Hebrew encoding (iso-8859-8) using the following snippet code, I got a PlatformNotSupportedException. I am developing a WindowsMobile5 software using C# and I need to convert data into Hebrew Encoding. Anyboby can help me? Are there any cab that I can install fo...more >>

Hello, is it possible to detect whether Flight mode is set? I can detect whether phone is off using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.SystemState, but how to turn it on and flight mode off? ...more >>

Hi All, Environment: VS2005, VB.net , CF 2.0 with service pack 2 I am able to display data in the datagrid. there are 7 columns in the grid. Delivery,Return,Description,Quantity,total quantity. the gird displays first three columns Del,Return, Description (part of the description is display...more >>

Hello, I observe a strange behaviour of SqlCeConnection disposing. I have a simple class to connect to DB with one static SqlCeConnection namespace SOMETHING { /// <summary> /// This singleton class holds the common application values. /// </summary> sealed class Common : ID...more >>

Hello all, I am looking to download an image from a website from within a compact framework pda app. I have tried everything I could find and thus I turn to you. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. ...more >>

Hello all, I am looking to download an image from a website from within a compact framework pda app. I have tried everything I could find and thus I turn to you. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. ...more >>

Hello, I have a DataGrid with a BindingSource and a ContextMenu. I would like to change the Current property of the BindingSource before the ContextMenu appears so that it matches the clicked row. Is there a way to do this ? Thanks for your help. -- Fred http://www.cerber mail.com/?3...more >>

Hi, I have modifiy the column style of a datagrid at desing time but at runtime the datagrid set the standard style as Width = 50 ... The grid is linked at two table in Master/Detail I use Visual Studio 2005 and Vb . -- Thanks Vincenzo ...more >>

Dear Sirs, I'm an Italian developer and I need to build an application to playback a list of videos (mpg or avi) on a HP Thinclient running CE .net 5.0, it has an onboard player () but I need to manage the playback and have to fit the video th the screen (full screen) without borders and...more >>

Hello all, I am trying to develop an application using C# and .NetCF on Windows Mobile 6. I need to use the "DirectShow" api in order to preview video and take a still shot with the built-in camera. I have tried using the built-in camera dialog that comes with WM6 but it is limited and does n...more >>

Does Compact Framework have WebRequest methods, such as HTTPWebRequest and HTTPWebResponse? If not, how do I talk to a Web Service that doesn't use standard SOAP protocols? Also, is there an easy way to separate the documentation for Compact Framework in Visual Studio, so that you are not s...more >>

I know that it generally isn't possible to delete a part of a file, but I'll pop this question anyway in case there is a good idea out there: I have a program that runs on a PDA with e.g. 32MB storage. The program generate a file and if the file exceed 16MB I do not have the possibility to ...more >>

Hi Where can I buy non eval Windows CE 6.0 tools? -- Don...more >>

Hi, I wrote an application that run under WM5. The application runs in kiosk mode. I have disabled anything that the user could do with device however I couldn't disable the system notifications (like battery or network). How do I do that? ...more >>

Has anyone used Unitechs Autoinstall program and would like to share how to use it. I need to have an application autoinstall after a hard reset. If I put my cab file on the flash drive it will survive a hard reset. Using the autoinstall program will accomplish this but the docs are weak at b...more >>

I have a cab file for an app I wrote using VS 2005 for CE 5. Is it possible to have the files installed only if they do not exist on the device. I want to store my database on the Flash drive so they do not get deleted during a hard reset, when the app is installed again I do not want to ove...more >>

How do I determine the available amount of memory in a Pocket PC (code example)? I need to check if there is space enough for saving data before doing it. Thanks Ole ...more >>

Hi, With a pocket PC device connected via USB (ActiveSync), is there a way using C# to grab the network login (username) for the user that is logged into the PC from an app on the mobile device? ...more >>

Hello All, I just converted my application from VS2003 and CF 1.1 to VS2005 and CF 2.0. Now that I have done this my forms are not loading correctly and cannot figure out why. What I have is a Splash form that loads all of my application variables, inside this forms load event, I have a Lo...more >>

Hi I want to create a .net compact framework and full framework application that uses web services. However the web services are created with java running on an apache server. Can this be done? Can my .net C# applications use web services hosted on an apache server written in java? What issue...more >>

Hello all, what is the best way to keep track of user activity? Is there anything built into CF2.0 that I can use? TIA ...more >>

Hello everybody, I'm making an application for Windows Pocket PC (Compact Framework 2) I've to take a picture by using CameraCaptureDialog. I want to draw something on the camera stream (like a target). Has anyone ever done this? Thank you for your help Philippe B....more >>

I haven't worked on the CF for about 3 years but now have a client that just bought a number of WinCE based scanners and now wants me to build some apps for them. My main question is would they have been better off with Win Mobile on the same device which was an option. I remember CE being ...more >>

How can I broadcast a WakeOnLan datapacket? Tried using Sockets but compact framework does not support broadcasting nor connectionless sending . Looked at IPHelper function IcmpSendEcho, but iphlpapi.dll failed to load when using reflection. Any suggestions? ...more >>

This is driving me mad, i'm using the below code: public static bool IsDeviceDocked() { bool bRetVal = false; try { string sHostName = Dns.GetHostName(); IPHostEntry ipheThisHost = Dns.GetHostByName(sHostName); ...more >>