Hello, Can some one guide me as to how i could detect SD card insertion, ie when ever the SD card is inserted it should start an application. The application is copying a few files from the SD card to the phone. The application is written in c# and i am using a imate ppc 2003 2nd edit...more >>

Hi Does anyone know if SQL Server 2005 Compact edition supports T-SQL Stored procedures?? Thanks ...more >>

I am writing an update utility, and need to be able to check the Version of a file on the device. I have seen the article on unsafe code on msdn: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/csref/html/vcwlkUnsafeCodeTutorial.asp But for obvious reasons would prefer to avoid...more >>

Hi, In my application written in C#, I'd like to know when is the constructor of an attribute with assembly scope called. The final goal is to catch each loading of an assembly in order to verify the version of an assembly in a screen available to hotliners. An other way would be to use...more >>

WM5 PPC, .Net CF 2 I have resources for 2 languages in my application. I have a general ..resx file for the complete project and a .resx file for each form. Changing the regional settings on my phone worked fine. The application changed its language. But suddenly this stopped working. I assum...more >>

Hi, I need to install .Net Compact Framework 2.0 on a Symbol PPT8800 mobile computer running CE .Net 4.10 (Build 908). The package I am using is netcfv2.wce4.armv4.cab. It starts installing OK (to \WINDOWS), but it eventually comes up with the error: "Installation error. Stop all appli...more >>

I am migrating my app from CF1 to CF2. My app. worked fine in CF1....but in CF2, Activator.CreateInstance throws and InvalidCastException. Has someone come across such a problem? -Thanks...more >>

Hi, i have a thread assigning an object: this.myObj = someObj; and another thread accessing it, e.g.: logger.Info(this.myObj.ToString()); Do i need any mutex to protect this or is the assignment atomic? Could it be that the first two bytes of the object reference are written ...more >>

hi all, Environment : Visual studio 2003 compact Framework 1.1 : using winforms with VB.NET : Emulator's OS : windows CE.NET all i want to do is use the regular calendar ( date time) controls in my winforms compact framework develpment. i can see that the datetime control is select...more >>

Hello, I have an application that reads any incoming SMS msg and checks if its from a particular number, if it is, it will do some process and doesnt put this msg into the inbox, however if the msg is not from the particular number, it simply sends it to the phone inbox. This works perfe...more >>

I write an .NET CF Application in C# which should show an additional form in a not full screen window. The first question: Only if I set FormBorderStyle= None I get a not full screen form. I can center it if I set its Location this.Location = new Point((screen.Width - this.Width) / 2, (scre...more >>

whats the difference between SQL Compact edition and SQL mobile edition? Thanks, Ofer...more >>

I use SQL Server Compact Edition in a pocket PC application. I wonder what is required to run the application on XP Professional with full .Net framework installed. Thanks. GD ...more >>

According to the documentation this is supported in Compact Framework 2.0. But I can't for the life of me get the refrence to work. I need to use the GZipStream Classes But if I attampt to add using System.IO.Compression; It fails to compile. Anybody have the 411 on this? Thanks ...more >>

Hello CF Programmers out there! I am using Notification balloons (Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.Notification) to show state changes within my Application. When the Notification shows up, the Menu bar changes during the notification is shown. This menu has only one Item called something like "hide...more >>

Hi! I've hear rumors that CE and Windows Mobile will become one OS in a "near" future. I guess this would be for CE7 / WM7 which has the code name Photon if my resources are correct, and has the estimated release in 2008. Has anyone any information on this? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Hi, Can any one suggest how to check for the combinations of keys in a keypress event handler? I need to check if the key is something like ctrl+'key'. How do i write the condition for this?? More over keypress event is not firing for the form. Any idea? ...more >>

hi all, i am doing one application in HTC 3125(MIDp 2.0),and i am using a class which extends Canvas. I set the setFullScreenMode(true) ,but Only in HTC3125,it is not giving fullscreen. But in all other phones it is working fine. I tested it on DeviceAnywhere(DA).How we can make it full scre...more >>

Does anyone know where I can find info on dialing a voice call on a smartphone with either c# or vb.net? I would prefer not to use any 3rd party libraries like opencf and the like if possible. Thanks, T ...more >>

Hi. I developed a sales app for PPC using NETcf 1.0. This app can connect to a remote webserver at certain point to retrieve and send data in XML format. Now my customer ask me to implement some kind of "auto-update" feature, in order to automatically checks if a new version of the app is ...more >>

I've been successfully using ActiveSync 3.8 with my Dell Axim X30 (PPC 2003SE) for 2 years. I just recently upgraded to ActiveSync 4.2 but now it treats my Axim as a Guest and I can find no way to get it to establish a partnership with it. Is it possible to do so? -- Robert W. Vancou...more >>

I used the VS2005 wizard to convert a solution to 2.0. Everything went well, except when I go to add a new reference for mscorlib.dll, I don't see it added. I wanted to access the Microsoft.Win32 namespace, and it doesn't recognize it. I looked at the reference list, and all the references a...more >>

hi, am a final year engg student. my final year project is based on iMX21. the aim is to input characters from the keypad n display it on the LCD. since the iMX21 ads is recently procured by our deptt, there is no one in the college to help me. it will b a great help if ne1 cn guide me. from wh...more >>

Hi, Is there away to simulate/emulate or in anyway reproduce the behaviour of AppDomain.GetAssemblies() on CF 2.01? TIA Cheers Barry Carr...more >>

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I've tried these examples (standard synchronous socket tcp communication) to communicate between the pda and windows server: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kb5kfec7.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6y0e13d3.aspx The examples works flawlessly when connecting between tw...more >>

I used a simple sub to show hide panels in VS2003. When I imported the code into VS2005, this did not work. Basically trying to show/hide based on the Left property of the panel. ie. hide is pnlPanel.Left = 300 show is pnlPanel.Left = 0 Has this behaviour been changed in VS2005?? TIA...more >>

I have written a C# Windows Mobile 5.0 application that writes a text file with the results of the program execution. So far, when I dock the PocketPC, I manually open the PocketPC's harddrive in Explorer and copy the created file to my computer's harddrive for processing. Is there a way to au...more >>

Hello, Suppose i have pocket pc application that uses SQL CE databases, and i want to install this application on a pocket pc which does not have SQLCE installed on it. Is it possible to install SQLCE on the client (pocketpc), when i install my application (myapplication.CAB)? Also how ...more >>

Sorry for the crosspost. I'm looking for a managed class library that allows decompressing .zip and/or .cab files. Preferably free. If it supports the ..NET Compact Framework that will be even better. thanks! ...more >>

Hi, For my app, i need to retreive the version of active sync running on the device and send it to the server. How can i find the version of active sync running?? Can i get it from the device registry or is there an other way? T...more >>

I am using the GotDotNet sample at http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/CompactFramework/doc/irdafiletransfer.aspx to try to send an encrypted SQL CE database file (MyFile.sdf) via infrared beween 2 PPC 2003 devices using CF 1.1 The files are sent and received, however when I try to open th...more >>

I am going to make an application with VB.NET 2005 for Pocket PC 2003, the data source would like to use MS Access, but I failed to import System.Data.OleDb, why? Does CF 2.0 support MS Access or not? Best regards, Jack Zhong ...more >>

Hi I've got aplication, which one is written in unmanaged c++ with stl, i've made for it gui in managed c++. Problem becomes when I'm starting to filling up for example datagrids, when I'm adding row to datagrid , some varibles (vectors etc) in unmanaged class are cleared or filled with null...more >>

Hi, I used the sample in http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/compactframework/ for retrieving the device id. But this show up "4D006900630072006F0073006F0066007400200044006500760069006300650045006D0075006C00610074006F0072000000-4E4B4E6F4B69746C0000000000000000" on my emulator. Is th...more >>