Hello. I'm running Win Mobile 5.0 on an ARM XScale, and writing in VS2005 - Visual Basic with Compact Framework 2.0. I want to find out (programmaticaly) how much storage space is available on the Pocket PC, both in main storage ("\") and on a storage card ("\Storage Card\"), and show a ...more >>

Hello, I am using .net cf version 2.0 and i have a strange problem with converting bitmaps. Loading of bitmaps in various formats (bmp, jpg, png) works perfectly but when i try to save them in any format other than .Bmp (like jpg or png), the program compiles but when i execute it i get an erro...more >>

Does anyone know what triggers the window open animation? It's that expanding rectangle the you see right before a form is made visible. It seems that if a form does not have a parent or owner specified, it will appear. Otherwise, it doesn't. The same thing occurs for the window closing anima...more >>

A DLL file included in a Deployment package in VS2005 does not overwrite a previous version DLL on the device when installed. I'm guessing because the older DLL may be still be "registered" when the new DLL attempts to overwrite, and therefore does not. No errors are thrown, i'm just not abl...more >>

I am working on a project that is using ApplicationEx.dll, which contains OpenNetCF.Windows.Forms classes and I don't know where the original designer got the dll from. I, now, need access to the DeviceManagement logic from the OpenNETCF.WindowsCE namespace and don't understand how to get that ...more >>

Hi, From what I've read in teh forum, there is no way to get a warning that the power off was clicked (on most pda's). Is there a "human" ;-) way to figure out that the system was turned on? There is an event I must perform on system powerup. Currently I'm running a special thread that che...more >>

WM5-SE, .Net CF1, VS2005 I want to access the registry on my WM5, .Net CF1 device. I know how to access the registry using the Microsoft.Win32 namespace that comes with .Net CF2 (or the OpenNetCF), but how about .NetCF1 devices? ...more >>

Hello, I just tried to sign my assemblies with my newly generated certificate, but I get just error message when compiling the assembly. I was following this article: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/signcode.asp , generated my certificate with blank password and afterwards used the *.pfx f...more >>

I do not want to use Inthehand. Because in wm5 the phone will ask user to confirm that let phone to run the Inthehand's three related dlls for three times. My customer does not want this happened. So I must directly invoke the functions with cemapi.dll. But I can not reference this dll in VS...more >>

I'm trying to deploy my VS 2005 application to a PPC 2003 and it does not deploy .NET CF to the device. I do have 'Deploy the latest version of the ..NET Compact Framework (including Service Packs)' checked. What could be the reason? Thank you for any help....more >>

I want to distribute my application but although I've done quite some Googling I'm a little lost how to solve the following issues: - I want 1 installer for all all WM 5 PPC devices (all processor architectures) - I want to detect if the device has .Net CF 2 and if not, install it automatical...more >>

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Dear ALL, upgrading from v1.3 to v2.2 on a pocket pc 2003 se calling the Assembly.LoadFrom(...) throw an exception with _HResult = -2146232800 Please advice ...more >>

Or can I expect to be able to call BT apis, gps service in control panel, etc. Specifically interested in WM Professional. It can be very hard ferreting out this kind of info. Thanks mike...more >>

I was led to believe that the 'format' property on the 'datagridtextboxcolumn' class would be working starting in CF2 SP1. I read this on a blog that appeared to be from the CF Team. http://blogs.msdn.com/netcfteam/archive/2006/04/25/583542.aspx I am running CF2 SP2 on a windows mobile 5.0...more >>

Dear ALL, upgrading from cf v1sp3 to v2 sp2 on a pocket pc 2003 se using the Assembly.LoadFrom(...) throws an exception with _HResult = -2146232800 Please advice Thanks ...more >>

hi all, i am using SQL Mobile in Device emulator and i want to use sql server 2000 database in my application. But i dont know how to use this trough RDA and Merge Replication. ofcource i have used sql server 2005 and it is working. but i want to use sql server 2000 using methods RDA and Merg...more >>

Hi, I'm developing a multiple threads application. I need to log several events in the different threads into the same text file. The add_2_log function is very simle: using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(log_file_name,true)) { sw.Write (DateTime.Now.Date.Day.ToString().PadLeft(2,...more >>

I have created a simple visual component based on a Label, with no properties or methods added so far (using VS2005, New Control Library project for smart device Windows CE 5). It builds ok, I can add it to the toolbox and use it no problem in my test project.. However, it will also requir...more >>

Hello all, I'm working on a mobile application that uses an RFID chip reader, and now has to support multiple readers. I've found the pattern example at MSDN for bar code scanners to be an excellent analog (http:// msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446489.aspx), and intend to model my solut...more >>

I've created a simple control that loads an image, and allows a user to "Pan" this image. If the image is too large for the screen, the user is able to drag the image around the screen in order to see the parts of the image otherwise off the screen. I'm getting an incredible amount of flicker ...more >>

Hi, We have had several folks upgrade to WM6. Our software was written for and tested on pre-WM5 and WM5 Pocket PCs and Smartphones. None have reported any compability issues. Should I expect any? What has been your experience running applications (without modification) on WM6 (CF1 and ...more >>

I installed the WM6 SDK, but it doesn't show up as a possible target for my NETCF 1 application. It does show up for NETCF 2 applications. I assume this is because (according to cgacutil) WM6 doesn't include NETCF 1; however, my CF1 application will run on WM6, with a couple minor issues I ...more >>

Hello everyone, I am using Visual Studio 2005 and have some code built by both .Net Framework 2.0 and .Net Compact Framework 2.0 (two separate builds). I want to build and test the code in both .Net Framework 3.0 and .Net Compact Framework 3.0. I can not find any guide about how to setup...more >>

Hi I would like to know what systems / tools people use to make there daily / automated builds with Visual Studio and Compact Framework? We currently have no build process in place, and I want to start doing daily builds. We currently develop for PPC2003, Mobile 5 Pocket PC and Mobile 5 S...more >>

I have been reading about the new features for CF comming in orcas, and am particularly interested in the WCF features using mail as the channel. >From the couple of blog entries I have read It seems that there is a requirement for Exchange 2007 on the backend, can anyone confirm if this is t...more >>