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all groups > dotnet compact framework > july 2007 > threads for july 29 - 31, 2007

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Handling the back key doesn't work if the form has a LinkLabel (.NET CF)
Posted by spit.respectable NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 7/31/2007 6:13:34 PM
I'm porting a Pocket PC app to SmartPhone. Certain forms within the app contain buttons -- these are not supported on SP so I've switch them to LinkLabels. They work fine, but the issue is that overriding the back button does not work on these forms. For handling the SP back button, my keypr...more >>


DockTop, ZOrder and TabIndex
Posted by Eu Man at 7/31/2007 3:17:49 PM
Hello there in my .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2 C# WM 5 Smartphone application, I've a form with some panels, all panels are Dock = Top and in any panel there is a TextBox. I need this layout because depending on some settings we hide or show some panels and in this way the panels are alw...more >>

onfly Installation for CF 2.0 Application
Posted by patilmmilind NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 7/31/2007 3:50:45 AM
Dear all, I found lot of articles on creating Installation package for windows mobile app which uses CF 2.0. I am using c# and .Net 2005 for the development of Pocket PC application . I want to create installation package so that users will download the "setup.exe" from web on their Pocket PC...more >>

Battery life WinCE
Posted by Catalin Lungu at 7/31/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi, How can I find the battery level on M3 (Mobile Compia) which runs WinCE 5.0? I'm working with VS2005 C#. Thanks, C. ...more >>

Drawing Text in OnPaint problem
Posted by vijay at 7/30/2007 7:46:23 PM
Hi I am trying to create a class which acts a Bordered label control. i have derived TextLabel class from forms.Control and i implemented OnPaint function. i am enclosing the code. I declared two variables in my form . Dim txtLabel As New TextLabel Dim txtLabel1 As New TextLa...more >>

Interrupt a thread
Posted by Hitesh Ashar at 7/30/2007 7:29:17 PM
I'm working with a CF project and I need to interrupt a thread. Thread.Interrupt() is not supported in CF. Would anyone know if there are any alternatives to do the same? TIA -- Hitesh Ashar hitesh (at) asharism (dot) com...more >>

MessageBox.Show and MessageBoxButtons.OK question
Posted by Minerva Jones at 7/30/2007 6:58:48 PM
If I specify most combinations of available buttons in MessageBox.Show, I get nice large and finger-friendly buttons underneath my message. If I just specify MessageBoxButtons.OK, then the OK button appears in the top right corner of the MessageBox in a decidedly un-finger-friendly fashion. Is...more >>

Hide cursor
Posted by JMB at 7/30/2007 6:02:39 PM
How I can to hide cursor while application is running. I tryed .hide() but turn showed when i push a button. Sorry my english Thank's ...more >>



Set System Time to Windows CE 5.0
Posted by sheeeng NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 7/30/2007 5:38:20 PM
Hi all, How do I set system time from my .NET application that runs on Compact Framework 2.0 to Windows CE 5.0? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Accessing SQL Server database via Activesync
Posted by Andy Baker at 7/30/2007 2:00:41 PM
We have an VB.NET 2003 application running on windows CE.NET devices that access an SQL Server 2000 database on a PC network. Usually, this is done via a WLAN card in each device, and each device logs into the network wirelessly, uploads and downloads data, then disconnects, which works well. ...more >>

Check if app is already running?
Posted by Dan at 7/30/2007 1:42:26 PM
Can anyone point me in the right direction to check if the application is already running for a .NET CF 2.0 application? Code for the regular .NET framework does not work because it uses process.GetCurrentProcess.MainWindowHandle which is not supported in the CF. Dan ...more >>

Garbage collector behavior
Posted by Vinz at 7/30/2007 9:14:01 AM
Hi, I've seen a strange behavior with a C# application on Windows CE 5.0. As you probably already know, in Windows CE 5.0 we only have 32 MB of memory. I create multiple instance of a really big object (1 MB of Data). My free virtual memory for the process after all these allocations is 12...more >>

Blank Screen
Posted by ykw at 7/30/2007 8:04:01 AM
I'm new to Windows CE and have begun developing an image file. After I setup the bootloader I put the NK.bin file on a compact flash card that I use as the hard drive for my computer. When I boot the computer the Windows CE startup screen comes up along with the progress bar. However, after...more >>

lock the barcode reader
Posted by stranigiorni at 7/30/2007 2:49:39 AM
hi, is there a way to switch programmatically the barcode reader off (and avoid the user to use it), without using own device sdk? i've tried using opennetcf led notification, but nothing... any suggestion? i want to avoid the user to read a barcode when a message box is displayed (otherwise ...more >>

Beginners question: get playstate of windows media player
Posted by nazneen84 at 7/30/2007 12:52:58 AM
I need to execute a certain code when a soundtrack stops playing on windows media player i m trying to avoid using Opennetcf libs is there any way i can do this? i have gone through the APIs but couldn't figure it out ...more >>

How to PInvoke the MAKEINTRESOURCE macro
Posted by dev15 at 7/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I need to pass the result of the MAKEINTRESOURCE macro to the FindResource function whihc i have PInvoked in my VB.NET CF code. How do i do invoke MAKEINTRESOURCE in VB.NET CF code? ...more >>

determine thegprs connection....
Posted by Adam One at 7/29/2007 11:47:18 PM
Hi , in WM 5.0 or 6.0, how can i determine if gprs connection is established ? And, is there any way that i can decide the type of the connection ? Thanks Adam ...more >>


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