Compact Framework 2 - SP2 Setup the project... Form1 that contains two buttons and an input panel. Form2 that contains one label and an input panel. Form2's constructor has an integer as an parameter. This will be the identifier when the form shows it status message. Everytime the input p...more >>

hi everybody, i've some problems when i try to print certain characters, (á,é,í,ó,ú,ñ), spanish charset. I'm trying to convert the string to ASCII, but only print a "?" for all these characters. i do the following: Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Encoding.Convert(Encoding.Default, Encoding.ASC...more >>

Is there are way to add a certificate root via the .NET Compact Framework? I have an application running on a Windows Mobile PocketPC 2003 device. It needs to talk to a Web Service that I have also built. The web service is using SSL with a certificate issued by Go Daddy. The Go Daddy root c...more >>

Hi there how i can made this me.variable.backcolor = DrawingSystems.Red me(variable).backcolor = DrawingSystems.Red this dosent work pleas help me thx Mario ...more >>

Hi, I am looking to provide scrolling (noth horizontally and vertically) in a Datagrid using Button controls outside the grid. This is an effort to improve user accessibility due to the small size of the standard scroll bar buttons. I can't see any way to programatically scroll the datagri...more >>

I need to create a custom splitter control. It'll function the same, except that it will be thicker, and have an image in the middle. When the splitter is active, it'll change color. Can anyone give some direction? ...more >>

I received help from the newsgroup last week but I am still getting a message from VB 2005 about something on the PPC not being installed (SQL Mobile or /Net Framework. I'm still getting the message. How can I verify the two components are installed. ..Net Framework and the SQL Mobile? ...more >>

Does anyone have any example C# code for programming one of the hardware keys (or are the called softkeys?) in Windows Mobile 5? I want to program two of the keys to open different Windows in my program. Thanks in advance, nb ...more >>

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I have converted an image to byte[] using following code (in VS2005, CF 2.0, WM 2003) byte[] output; MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); inputImage.Save(ms, ImageFormat.Jpeg); output = ms.ToArray(); Now i want to change it back but the code below doesn't work Image newImage...more >>

I need to create a custom scrollbar that when used, it scrolls a panel full of images with checkboxes beside them. In a desktop application, I'd do it with ownerdraw. I guess this is a 2 part question, 1. How would I create my 2 by X list of icon/checkboxes 2. How would I use my custom ver...more >>

Hi group, I had a VS 2005 pro SP1, with lots of SDK, PPC 2005, WCE 2005, Mobile 2005, PPC 2003, and some framework 3 beta tools, WWF SDK, and may be other tools. I don't remember because it installed them a long time ago. Then, this week, i have to install the new Win FX SDK (WPF/E SDK.msi F...more >>

VS2005, C#, Win CE 5. I have a very strange problem which must have a simple answer. I am new to ..NET. I am reading a simple XML file into a DataSet (1 table, 5 rows, 2 string fields per row). This works ok, I can see the data in the debugger QuickWatch window. I want to change the va...more >>

Hi, This is a Mobile question but not really for the compact framework but could be in the future. The situation is this. I have an application that will be running on a PC in a public WiFi hot spot area. People at the WiFi hot spot will access a website that is hosted on a different PC....more >>

Hi, I am trying to move from native to managed code. Usually I developped with MFC/WTL but today I am experiencing .NET. I have a few questions : 1)I am using VS 2005 and for maximum compatibilities I am going to developp with CF 1.0. Will my application run on CF 2.0 ? I suppose so but I...more >>

Hi there, i'm trying to replace my dataset code to get results and return them = into a=20 sqlCeResultSet but filtered by user entry, eg: Sub GetCustomerList(ByVal g As DataGrid, Optional ByVal search As String = =3D "") Dim ceRs As SqlCeResultSet g.DataSource =3D Nothing g...more >>

I have a simple test application that displays barcode data. The barcode scanner works via serial port communications. I am able to scan about 15 - 20 barcodes successfully then I recieve an incomplete barcode scan (partial data), then the next scan always return no data. After that I'm a...more >>

Hi all, We have a public enumeration in one module of our code. It's declared like this: Public Enum CardReaderState as Integer Waiting_For_Card = 0 Card_In_Reader = 1 End Enum (of course, there are enumerations in the real code). All has been working fine in Visual Studio 2003...more >>

Hi, I want to start an external application from my C# CF application. The problem is that I only know the name of the application not where the user has decided to install it. How do I find out the path so I can use CreateProcess in coredll.dll to start it. Or maybe there is another so...more >>

Hi all! I'm programming in C#. Does anyone know how to catch dialbutton event in WindowsMobile for Smartphones?? I like to change default phone application to launch my own created one... Thank you! ...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with DataGrid. I see it in Tools panel in Data tab, and can drag it into form, but when compiling I got error: Type 'System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid' is not defined. (BC30002) or this error: The type or namespace name 'DataGrid' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Wi...more >>

Hi there, i've recently changed my code to use sqlceResultSet with great performance increase but i just had a question in general. Im using an imate JAMIN, and when i connect to remote database, get the sqlDataReader and start looping through it and adding the items to my local table, i n...more >>

Hi, Do you know any comercial combobox wich can do more than the .net cf? Best regards. ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how to change the time zone programmatically on windows mobile 2003 and 5? thanks, j ...more >>

Hi! How to build in c# a query string to restrict contactcollection to all contacts where firstname starts with specified letters? I like to do something like addressbook research where contacts are filtered from specified letters and so to show all contacts which name starts with 2 / 3 letter...more >>

I am writiing an application in c# targeting window mobile 5.0. The project consists of one application(lets call it main) which needs to start another application. I do this using process class. this part works fine. Now when my other application starts, i need to hide it. i do that using thi...more >>

Hi, I need to add more buttons to the toolbar on the form dynamically. But as the number of buttons increases, the new buttons would be added, but not visible( as it exceeds the width of the form). Is it possible to make the toolbar scrollable, so that I can be able to access the buttons t...more >>

Hi, Can someone help me with the following? I am working on a pocket pc. I create a tabcontrol with maximun 5pages. I would like to be able to display only the pages when there are not empty. I mean by that, each page has form and depending on what the user choose he will have 1,2,..or 5 ...more >>

Hi, i've developing an app with vs2005 for CompactFramework, with all Service Packs (CompactFramework and VS2005), when i try to debug the application over the machine (Psion WorkAboutPro with WM5), the VS2005 copy all dlls and program(exe) to the machine, ex: System, System.XML, System.Win...more >>

Hi all, I inherited this Windows CE.net application and I've got some strange memory stuff going on. I was using the gc.totalmemoryused function to track the memory used by my program. At the same time I was manually going into Windows to the control panel / system / memory to find out wh...more >>

Hi, How can i do autocomplete in a .net cf combobox? Also: there are any three party product that do it? I am using vs.net 2005 and 2003 ppc. Best regards. ...more >>

Hi all, I'm using Windows CE.net 4.2 with .NET 1.1. I'm trying to use the GlobalMemoryStatus() subroutine to determine the percentage of memory used for the whole system instead of just my application. I've P/Invoked (at least I think this is what P/Invoking is) using the following: Pu...more >>

I have just upgraded to wince 5.0 and visual studio .net 2005. I am trying to simply connect from visual studio to debug and run a hello world. I am connected via activesync, so I can copy files back and forth. However, when I hit "connect to device", it tells me "Connection failed. The bootst...more >>

I have a program that sometimes looses focus and goes into the background. To activate it I must go into the Memory dialog under settings. Is there some way I can avoid this. Can I in code detect that the application isn't running in the foreground and activate it again? Thore Berntsen ...more >>

I just had a problem with an application I am working on. I turned out that the problem was that I had two instances of my application running at the same time. I belived that this shouldn't be possible, or is this is wrong? It is a .NET CF 2.0 application running on Intermec 741 with Windows ...more >>