Hi, What is the difference between them? Thanks, Catalin ...more >>

Hi! How do you correctly determine the path to an inserted storage card in Windows Mobile CF using C#? Regards, Peter ...more >>

Is there a tool that I can use to compress .wav files to the windows media format? Then, another tool to convert back to .wav for playback? I want to save several sound recordings and it would be nice to have file compression. thx. ...more >>

Hello, We have already developed a desktop application in C# that communicates with proprietary hardware devices over standard ethernet or serial cables. In many cases we need to deploy this application in areas where full desktops are overkill. We would like some minimal "appliance" or si...more >>

Hello, Is it somehow possible to get the SD card info like the OEM number and manufacturer id.. in Palm OS u can do that.. point me to some API's for doing this. Thanks and Regards, Rithesh, MTech Student, IIIT Bangalore. ...more >>

On a PPC can I detect that the power off button has been and do I have enough time to do something like disconnect from a socket? thanks, pete...more >>

Using Visual Studio 2005 SP1. I'm getting an unexpected result when adding localized satellite assemblies to a .NET CF 2.0 CAB project. How to reproduce: Create a new smart device Windows Mobile 5.0 project ("DeviceApplication1"). Add two resource files to the project ("DeviceApplication1....more >>

I have not yet determined a clean way to invoke code on the UI thread without access to a Form/Control. The Process class has a property called "MainWindowHandle," which returns the window handle of the main window of the associated process. So, for example, Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindo...more >>

Hi, Here's my situation. I hope to have some help on it. We have ONE computer and ONE cradle connected to it through a USB cable. We want to transfer files from the computer to the connected device. Since, we will have around 50 devices, ActiveSync is not an option for us since it create...more >>

hi there, i cant get it to connect, i added the reference to System.Data.SQLServerCE.dll, and using the following code (IP is pinged and working okay) ------------ string DATABASE_CONN = "Data Source = \\\\192.168.1.107\\My Documents\\OrdersDB.sdf"; SqlCeConnection conn = new SqlCeConn...more >>

Hello everybody, it took me a while to realize, that the online help and the locally installed help differs in up-to-dateness. Now I updated the docs with the MSDN Subscription Library DVD December 2006 and some (all?) of the docs seems more up-to-date. Now the problem: I setup the help ...more >>

Hi All, As the subject suggests. I am attempting to build a C# application from with in VS2005 that can have add ons built for it to give it additional functionality. It will be a Windows Mobile 5 application using CF2.0. I know this might be a tall order but I was hoping s...more >>

WM5 PPC, .Net CF2, C# As I mentioned here: http://groups.google.com/group/ microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/browse_frm/thread/ 78b6b19138bea875 I had troubles uploading a large files using the HttpWebRequest class. So now I'm using plain sockets, which works just fine.......more >>

Hi, Is it by any way, possible to close the startup form. Myapp has the startup form as the splash screen, which is of no use hidden, except increasing the memory consumption. I would better like to close it than hide it. In some post i saw someone suggesting to use one's own messag...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to highlight a control with some sort of focus ring, when it receives focus, just like the dashed border for the text( on the control) displayed in normal windows forms. Plz help! ...more >>

Hi, Any way to set TabStop of a Control to false (pre-CF2)? Thanks, Hilton ...more >>

Hi all, It's posible to make a memory card to run a program like autorun.inf of Windows? Thanks, Catalin ...more >>

I'm using the lates ILMerge (2.0.7.112) and have built a merged executable, but when I try to launch it in the Pocket PC, I get this error even after re-installing CF 2.0 (and doing a soft reset) ..NET CF Initialization Error, The application failed to load required components. If the .NET ...more >>

Hi All, I need a little help with getting Win32 version information into my Pocket PC application. I've had a good look around and found a a good example on Neil Cowburn's blog [1]. The code he lists in his blog doesn't work for applications built with Visual Studio 2005 until I noticed s...more >>

Hello people, I need any Cryptography class that is suported in CF 1.0.4292.00 ... something that crypt and decrypt a string... if anybody knows, please don't forget to tell me the full namespace of the class... thanks ...more >>

Hi I try to use ILMerge for CF 2.0 I succeed to create an exe: "MyAppMerge.exe" that contain all my dlls. When I try to run the exe on the device I get this message: ..NET CF Initialization Error, The application failed to load required components. If the .NET CF is installed on a storag...more >>

Hi! I'm developing a windows mobile 5 application, with C# 2.0, that manages Pocket Outlook. This application must automatically synchronize the emails to a server, and for doing it I've used this method with a suitable parameter: Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.MessagingApplicatio...more >>

Hi, I am using VS 2003, Windows CE 5.0 and Symbol Mobility Kit v 1.2. I have developed a sample application, but i am unable to deploy it onto to the emulator. It builds fine but while deploying, it searches for symbol.all.x86.cab which it cannot find. Hence it fails to deploy. Please he...more >>

WM5 PPC, .Net2, C# According to the docs a MessageBox should be modal (no input other than clicking the buttons of the MessageBox is allowed), but although the keys of my phone are locked, I can still choose the menu via the touchscreen. Can I somehow prevent this (without creating my own ...more >>