Hi, i wrote a UserControl for normal Windows App. i can´t use this Control in compact framework. is it possible to write a userControl that can be used in both frameworks ? And how ? Or i have to write 2 userControls :( thx Martin ...more >>

Hello all, what is the best / most efficaiant way to load data from XML into a sqlce database? Here is what I am using to create the XML: //Create Main Dataset DataSet dsMain = new DataSet(); //Create Dataset to hold all DB Tables DataSet dsTables = new DataSet(); myApp.Classes.Globals...more >>

Hello All, I notice I have a problem with an application I am writing where a form starts up and opens a Bluetooth serial communication (COM8 on my Verizon 6700 device). I open the port on form.Activate(), and close the port on form.DeActivate(). The communication works great if I manually ...more >>

hi all i want to transfer class object between 2 PDA using library (inthehand.dll) 32.net, in windows application BinaryFormatter class is there for serialization of object. i tried but that class is not supported in .net CF. My question is, any replacement of that class or any method th...more >>

Hi, Can any one explain or provide the link to create the OTA(Over The Air) for Pocket PC application? OTA allows the user to download the s/w directly from Pocket PC or Windows Mobile. Thanks in Advance, ...more >>

Hi Friends, I am using menu in my form. By taping on menu I can be able to open it. It comes by default. But here by using soft keys or hard keys, I want to open the menu. Can any one plz tell me how proceed for this? Thanks in Advance, ...more >>

Hi Friends, I am using menu in my form. By taping on menu I can be able to open it. It comes by default. But here by using softkeys on key board I want to open the menu. Can u one tell me how proceed for this? Thanks in Advance, ...more >>

Hi all i have this strange problem with a MIO P350, i am trying to open and read from its serial port or better i have a craddle which fill in the pcoket pc with a mini usb and exits with a serial .. but it seems that nothing happens , i'll send bytes but nothing is received.. the craddle w...more >>

Using VS 2005 standard with VB. Looking to start making software for Pocket PC, I believe my emulator should work out of the box, but didn't. I downloaded emulator images, but it turns out they were for Pocket PC 2003 _SE_. Are the original ones available somewhere? I found the Pocket PC...more >>

Hello I installed .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Redistributable and noticed That: 1. My "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SmartDevices\SDK\CompactFramework\2.0\v2.0" is now empty. 2. The installation puts its files in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\CompactFram...more >>

Hi, I want to display the Photos from a Folder in a Picture Box for my windows mobile 5.0 application. User can view the photos by pressing the Next Button. But it is throwing out of memory Exception when he navigates through more than 5 photos. Here is my code. private void ShowPhoto...more >>

I downloaded a trial copy of Xenocode, but it breaks my application. I loaded my CF1 app and two assemblies, and selected the "Minimize size - recommended for CF apps" option. I also turned off "metadata reduction" (so I could use mapping file feature) and "dead code elimination" (because my ...more >>

I have some C++ Class libraies I'm trying to port to PPC. It's not obvious how. None of the supplied templates seem to create one. If I create a CLR class library, I get Win32 and cannot seem to add the PPC platform (or it is not obvious how). If I create an MFC / ATL dll, I cannot seem ...more >>

Hello, everybody. I am experiencing the following problem. Environment: Visual Studio 2005, .NET CF2 SP2, Windows Mobile 5.0, Fujitsu-Siemens LOOX n560. I can not get any response using HttpWebRequest on PDA if the locally running server is requested AND PDA is not connected to any LAN. ...more >>

Hi, all! I have an issue where an "owner-drawn" popup keyboard (which is just a CDialog positioned at the bottom of the screen) is painting slowly. In other words, the keyboard keys are painting one by one. Is there a function I can call (or some other setting I can use) to tell Windows ...more >>

I've just installed the March 2007 QFE for WinCE 4.2. This QFE is supposed to include support for CF 2.0 SP2. Now, when I build my OS image, the CF 2.0 is no included in the build. Poking around, it appears that all the former environment variables and whatnot ("dotnetv2", "NETCFV2_MODU...more >>

Hi, I want to show a border less customized popup window on WIndows mobile 5.0 I want this window to close when i tap on my background window. I am able to show the window and close it but the problem is every time i show this window, The Start Menu becomes visible on the top. I want my Popup...more >>

Hey gang. This is a different question than most when it comes to multiple instances of an application. We want to run multiple instances of our EXE. In the past inside our "parent" application we would shell execute the EXE multiple times and changing the window text was a "hack" which wo...more >>

Hello, how fast transfer data beetween MSSQL 2k5 and SQL Mobile Edition? I want do this when terminal is connected by ActiveSync. W don't want use RDA or replication so I have to use SqlConnect, SqlCeConnect etc.etc. And I have a problem: TIME. How fast transfer data from MSSQL to SQL Mobile. ...more >>

Hi, C#, CF 1, Smartphone (Blackjack): I have successfully added textboxes, labels to various controls. Now for some reason when I add text boxes on this one Control (defined as "Control control"), the textboxes appear to change to labels. It is really wierd. I was expecting to see 'bo...more >>

Hi all, I have a CF2.0 application that uses context menu. It does shows up perfectly in Windows Mobile or PocketPC but it doesn't shows up in Windows CE5.0. The file agyshell.dll already there in windows folder. Any helps or pointers? Regards, ...more >>

I copied the sort column code from the msdn to make the listview column sortable. (.net CF doesn't have the built in sort function.) however when I click listview column header to make it sort, sometimes the items in the listview sorted but hang. At that time, if I click the items in the li...more >>

hi, I am developing a project on a pda with 2003 SE operating system. and i use RDA to pull data to my pda but i have a problem. whenever i try to pull data, i get this error : "SqlCeExpection. A request to send data to the computer running IIS has failed. For more information, see HRESULT". ...more >>

WM5 PPC In order to show the GPS Control Panel on my Tytn I have to delet the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings\Hide But the following code: RegistryKey registryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(gpsRegistryKeyName); regis...more >>

Hello, I was trying to install my application over the air on a PPC 2003. The application is developed on VS2005 and i have generated a cab file using the same. I wrote a simple HTML page containing the link to the CAB file in the server. I open this file in IE on a GPRS enabled PPC and then ...more >>

Hi there, What i'd like to know is how it is possible to read device settings over a network connection. I am toying with the idea for a small desktop app which checks a IP range for available devices. If it finds a device, then I want to get the DeviceID, and other device details, type, p...more >>

Hi all, While my questions are not specifically related to CF, it is in the area of CF testing and usage so I apologize in advance if this is not the best forum to post these queries. If there is another forum for these types of questions, please let me know. For the past few years, I ...more >>

I bought a new computer with Vista. I installed my VB2005 and did the needed upgrade from Microsoft due to Vista. I tried to open a poject that I previously created to start toying around with programming on my WM5 phone. It was working before with the emulator and also on the phone. No...more >>

I have a task to tfr a file from the device to the desktop. RAPI works fine from the desktop, but the device does not know that the file tfr went thru ok. Question 1 : Is there a way to send a notification to the device? Question 2 : If Q1 is a no, then here is what I tried... I have a Wind...more >>

Why can't it say what type failed to load... life would be easier..?, is there a way to find out? VJ ...more >>

Hi. I've got a mobile app that I'm upgrading from old CEDB technology to Mobile SQL. VB2003 to 2005. The only way I can find to transfer data to and from the mobeil device is connecting to a server, sql, iis, etc. This is a problem as the system doesn't use an sql or iis server, never wi...more >>

Hi all, Is there anyway, programmatically, that an app (C#, CFv1) can detect whether it is running on an actual device or an emulator on a desktop? Regards, Neville Lang ...more >>

Hello We have an application which is communicating with a server using TCPListener/TCPClient (stream) Now we want to protect the data which is sent over the stream. The data is in bytes or strings and then written to the stream. As speed is very important, we are looking for a way to e...more >>

Hello, is it possible to receive each Event if the Touchscreen is clicked? I would not take a click or mousedown event because I only get the last position. I would like however each point received!! Even if I click at 2 place at the same time. Is that possible and how? Or in the other...more >>

Hi all I'm executing PWORD to show the contents of an RTF file, but this isn't ideal because the user has to close the document and then close the app afterwards just to get back to my app. Is there a way I can display an RTF file in my own app? I don't see a RichEdit type of control. ...more >>

Windows XP SP 2 VS 2005 Compact Framework 2.0 Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK target device is Windows Mobile 5.0 device. here is the code (simplified for brevity): using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status; .. .. .. public static Boolean Check() { Sys...more >>

I have an Setup and Deployment package ready, but would like to run an application from the desktop to determine the version of CE used, before the cab files are installed. I can create an exe on the desktop using OpenNetCf libraries to deterct the ce version, but how do I get the Setup and ...more >>

Hello, I want to build a stopwatch class (high resolution timer) that runs with compact framework 2.0 and also with a windows application. I found a suitable class (http://weblogs.asp.net/pwelter34/archive/2005/07/01/416999.aspx) but the problem is that it imports "kernel32.dll" wich run...more >>

I need a custom control similar to the Bubble Breaker game balls in WM5 for smart phones. Since a button can't be used with smart phones, I was hoping for some pointers (or even better some code) that could do this. Perhaps even a free, already existing control with the source that has more or l...more >>

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446553.aspx I want to know how is it possible to give a demo of this game on a PC that doesn't have Visual Studio 2005 installed.I often need to show my changes to my teachers from a pen drive.Is it possible to run the emulator without Visual Studi...more >>

hi the feature CSharpCodeProvider don't semms supported in the compact framework.Is there anay other way to run code on the fly on a windows ce device ?...more >>

Can anybody help me solving this problem? I have mobile computer model HandHeld dolphin 7600. Processor: Samsung, ARM920T-S3C2440A OS: Microsoft Windows CE 5.00 I've managed to establish network connection through bluetooth with my network (I can ping the computers and copy files with w...more >>

Hi One of the handiest string functions is undoubtedly strconv which allows you to convert a string to proper case. It normally resides in Microsoft.Windows.VisualBasic but it doesn't seem to be there for the Compact Framework. All the more puzzling as the constants for the function VBbstr...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for power consumption API's if there are any. I'm using GetSystemPowerStatusEx and GetSystemPowerStatusEx2 in order to get batteries status, but I'm trying to fine tune power consumption in my application. Trying to get power consumption when BT is on/off etc. In additio...more >>

I have a Win CE v5.0 app I'm building, and I'm trying to use Asynchronous delegates. It does correctly compile, but I get a runtime "NotSupportedException" when I hit my Asynchronous delegate code. Here is a sample: public delegate String MovementTaskSelect(String primaryKey); Movement...more >>

I want to execute "foo.cmd" file on confirmation. My code snippet is if(MessageBox.Show(cmdQueryArray[i], "Do You Want To...... ?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1) == DialogResult.Yes) { System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnosti...more >>

Hi. How can i open/close a gprs connection with c# from a pocketpc2003/WM5 device? Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Simon. ...more >>

Hello, I have two tables, and when one table something change I have to modify second table. I don't know how update records in second table using SqlCeResultSet. This code only adding a new rows to table2. So, how update records and add new ? sqlCmd.CommandText = "select [a],[b],[c],[d]...more >>

Hi all, I have a question to the mobile application developers. I develop an application for my school project and i want to print out some documents. But i dont know how to do it. I do it with Print Dialog on windows forms but is there a way to do this while working with mobile applications?...more >>

Hi, I'm planning an application with peculiarity the to have a big communication activity between mobile devices and one or more servers. I've read some articles and documentation and make some tests about that, but I still not have a clear idea about how move myself. Can you help me to unde...more >>