Hello everybody, Can anybody help me with the GSM functionality on Windows CE.NET devices. I'm working with Psion Teklogix Workabout Pro CE.NET 5.0 and i really need to send an sms through my own application. There are multiple ways in Windows Mobile but can't find the one in CE.NET. I w...more >>

Hello everybody, is there a way to drop down a combo box from the Compact Framework 2.0 programatically, especially in C# language? In the .NET framework the combo box has the DroppedDown property but unfortunately in .NET CF it has not. I would appreciate hints and code samples. Dirk ...more >>

hi there, i use vs2005, c# and .netcf2. i know that i have to explicitly dispose any controls and components which created by myself. but how about those controls, e.g. button, which drew by c# on the screen. as a good practice, should i dispose them explicitly? or c# already does it for me w...more >>

Hi. I want to generate a CAB which install a file in root folder. Inside VS 2005 I can not put a file in root folder. I try to edit the .inf file to generate the CAB mannually with cabwiz but give me errors. ..inf file --------------- [SourceDisksFiles] "System.Data.SQLite.dll"=1 [De...more >>

hi there, i am developing a ppc calendar app with vs2005, c#, poom and .netcf2. is there any way to locate an instance of a recurring task by a given date? that can be done with getoccurrence() in the case of appointment. thanks batterhead...more >>

Hi, Our platform is Windows CE 5.0 and Compact Framework 2.0. The device fully replaces the Windows CE shell with our own which is completely written in compact framework, as are all the applications. Right from the start, we used a single-process solution such that the shell and all the 'a...more >>

Hi, I need to detect power on of WM5 device. I use RequestPowerNotifications which works well on WM2003, but on WM5 it signalize even if only backlight turn off and I cant find out device is off/on or backlight is off/on. RequestPOwerNotifications always return the same. Can someone point me ...more >>

Rspected sir, I am using Sql Server 2005 Enterprise Edition with VB.Net 2003, but I am not able to connect it . Please will you give me the code for connecting it. Thanx and regards Deepak 20th December...more >>

Hi, I am at my wits end here. I am getting ObjectDisposedException when removing an item from a BindingList when it is bound to a DataGrid. Here is a simple example to reproduce: private void Test() { Person personA = new Person("Pete"); Person personB = new Person("James"); ...more >>

I amanged to connec to an SQL server 2005 directly from CF application using SqlClient. BUT I cannot access a second instance in that server. i.e. when I enter in the connection string MYSQLSERVER, ok but MYSQLSERVER\\SQL2 then it is a problem. The system does not connect!!! Evan ...more >>

Hi all, I have been browsing the newsgroups trying to find the way of doing that, but unfortunately everything that I tried didn't work. I tried placing Hide() or Visible = false in the Form_Load event. Basically I just need to hide the application as soon as your start it. Once is runnin...more >>

Dear All I am working a project which using pocket pc 2003 connect to sql 2005 express database. When I try to deploy a testing program on C# 2005, i cannot create the connection with a Sql Exception error. Do anyone have such experience and provide me a solution. my devlice is O2 ...more >>

hi, on my DELL Axim X51v the environment shows me that i have the COM ports0 -9 and som other ports calles GPD1 to GPD9. what are thes ports GPD ???? Bye Rainer ...more >>

I've been looking at the MS Sync Framework today and it looks like the next best thing in constructing data syncing between a device and the data on a server. Started to download the Tech Preview edition and in the instructs it tells me to uninstall any other sync bits including Sync Services...more >>

Hi, how can i debug a Application that runs on a device ? (using VS2005 with C#) bye Rainer ...more >>

Hi all, Someone has a sample application that how to use RasSetEntryProperties function in C#, with RasEntry struct? Ceers, Catalin ...more >>

Yes, I know how old it is ! I'm thinking of becoming a historian ;) Our ce6 platform is not finished yet, so I have to go to market using our old ce4.2 platform. (We dont have a ce5 platform) We have a vs2003/c# app that is just going into beta ... but ... all the prototypes have been on a har...more >>

Hi, Are there any apis available in dotnet cf to get the current track Windows Media player is playing and other info. Thanks ...more >>

Hi All, Is there a way to run an application in a way that no other application's window's will work on top of it?...more >>

have spent the last two weeks in frustration going back and forth with Intermec on-line support and yet no solution. Has someone out there found the solutions to any of the following: (1) AN exception is being thrown when I create BarcodeReader. Error message is: 'Can't find an Entry point I...more >>

I am using user controls in a WM6 app (VS2005) - the user controls were visible in the design view - but on reload of the solution the user control content is no longer visible with VS opting to show only the placeholders - is there a setting/option to show the control content in design mode?...more >>

Hi, I have been working on the function below, to get the current ip address in use. I am using a Symbol MC70 device. When it is connected to ActivSync though the cradle, it returns 3 addresses (the 2nd of which is the WiFi IP address). However, when not conencted to the cradle, it doesn...more >>

Hello, our application opens a main form (form1). The user can open another form (form2) by clicking a button. When form2 is opened and the user switches the power of the device off (standby), the program still seems to run. But when the users powers on the device, then form1 will be displaye...more >>

Sincerly is a little bit complicated to explain to you what I have in my mind, but I will try: Above all the problem is the type of data that I want to passe between these two applications. The complete application that I want to create consiste of two applications: - the console developped ...more >>

Are there C# DLLs in VS05/08 to communicate with Bluetooth devices? If so, will they work with both PC and Mobile (CF) applications?...more >>

Does anyone have examples on how to use Bluetooth in C# for Mobile devices (e.g. Discover, Send Data, etc. )? Does VS08 support this?...more >>

I've added an input panel to a blank form. There is no code involved in the form. If I open up another application, such as Contacts and show the input panel. Then switch back to my form, the input panel is shown there too. I need to be make sure input panel doesn't show on my form when it'...more >>

Platform is WM2K3 (not SE) with compact framework 2.0. I have a thread that is using SerialPort.Readline() to read raw GPS data from an RS232 GPS device (the RS232 port that the GPS device is plugged into is on the vehicle cradle that the device is in). If I just open the serial port and...more >>

Hello, I want to add my data in the following form to my ListView: --------------------------------------------- ::1:: Information line 1 Information line 2 --------------------------------------------- ::2:: Information line 1 Information line 2 -------------------------...more >>