I just started using the Designer in Visual Studio and have one problem. I created a couple panels and added a few controls to each. Each panel covers the entire screen and is intended to be shown and hidden as necessary. Actually, the code works fine. But the problem is that I expect to be a...more >>

Hi, I am developing an Application for Windows mobile 5.0 The applcation connects to GPRS. But each time it connects to the GPRS it shows an Notification saying "Connecting to ...." Is there anyway that i can disable this notification or hide from the user. Thanks, Murthy...more >>

hi there, i am developing a ppc application using c# 2005 and cf 2.0. what i want to do is populating a datagrid with some appointments from appointment collection, and let user select an appointment to edit. i was able to populate the datagrid and at that point i was stuck. how can i locat...more >>

Hello all, Does anyone have a example of setting the today screens image to another file? I am looking to build my first PPC app and decide to do a wallpaper changer. Wow finding documentation on this is not easy! I would like to do this in VB.net or C3.net. Could anyone give me some pointe...more >>

We are developing a compact framework application requires only connect to access point which user select, no matter GPRS or WIFI. We got most parts figured out, only fail in one scenario. If the device provisioned two preferred access points, when the wifi card is turned on, it always connect t...more >>

Hi, I need to acces a string (wchar_t*) in a C++ (win32) DLL from within the Compact Framework. The C++ Syntax is like this: extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int SomeFunc(wchar_t *someString[128]) { *someString = _T("Enter some text..."); } In the c# code I declare the function as ...more >>

Hi All It is possible to integrate a UserControl derived controls in html pages the Internet Explorer in Windows XP by using the <object> tag. Now I create a create a fresh "Visual C# > Smart Device > Pocket PC 2003 > Control Library" project, but it is not possible to use this control successf...more >>

Hello all, I keep getting inconsistant connection failures and can not figure it out. I have a strong signal (through ATT Network) however I can run a transaction and it will fail sometimes while the next time it goes through without a problem. Any ideas, below is my connection code: Als...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to upload some data into a remote private queue which is on a server on a pubic network. I am not getting the data uploaded in the message queue but am also not getting any error messages. Pls help me to solve this issue. i am putting the code which i used for upload...more >>

I am writing my first program for the Pocket PC 2003 in VB and I am trying to write a file. I looked in Visual Studio 2005 Help and found a likely looking topic named How to Write Text to Files in Visual Basic. It instructed me to use the My object but I guess it isn't a part of the Compact F...more >>

hi, i'm trying to debug an app with VS 2005, and the lastest Services packs, my machine is a Psion WorkaboutPRO with a SD-card of 1GB,and when i try to debug the app, in the machine, i can't debug because it said to me the following (i'm a spanish speaker, and i put you, the orginal message ...more >>

Hello Does there any possibility exist to develop a PocketPC-Keyboard (as SIP) in ..NET? Thanks James ...more >>

Hi there, I'd like to write a program that can suspend ppc and resume it in 10 seconds. Here is what I'm doing, but it don't work. Please have some comments if you know how to get device resume again. Thanks Adam // start of code const int POWER_STATE_ON = 0x00010000; const int POWER_ST...more >>

Hi, May I ask how do I set the FirstDayofWeek property in DateTimePicker in VB.NET Please help. And thanks in advance. ...more >>

I have downloaded the code from the article by Alex Yakhnin from <http://www.opennetcf.org/permalink2.aspx?guid=d88b1a1a-a866-4247- a0c8-94ab3c124f63>. This runs just fine, however, when I want to add or remove items from the list, things go wrong. Adding items only works if I code it like thi...more >>

Hi, Occasionally I write: string name; public string Name { get { return this.Name; } } when obviously I mean "return this.name". This results in a crash, Stack Overflow with no stack trace. Is there a tool that can parse the EXE and print methods that have recursion? It does...more >>

Hi, Programmatically how can I remove "Find" and "Help" options in start menu from Pocket PC 2003. Is there any registry setting that needs to be deleted? I have noticed that find/help short cuts are not part of \windows\start menu\ path either. Thanks, Naresh...more >>

Hi! i=B4m really new to this topic of pda programming, and would like to know how to install visual studio in my palm in order to be able to develope and run visual basic. net aplications, interacting with sql databases.Thanks a lot ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to use P/Invoke to shutdown the mobile device and I keep getting an error: Can't find an Entry Point 'ExitWindowsEx' in a PInvoke DLL 'coredll.dll'. I am using: <Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("coredll.dll")> _ Public Function ExitWindowsEx(ByVal uFlags As Integer, _ ...more >>

Hi, I have a little piece of code which convert a Chinese(CP_950) string to Unicode from a network stream. Actually, it is the sample code which can be found everywhere. Encoding big5 = Encoding.GetEncoding("big5"); UnicodeEncoding unicode = new UnicodeEncoding(); int nb = n...more >>

Hi, Is there any way to detect that my custom control is running in the Visual Studio designer? Thanks ...more >>

Hi. Can someone tell me , one the first screen of the smartphone 2003 you see your mail, your callender etc. But what controls are they? I don't think they are listview items because their arrangement is not so close to each other. If they were pictureboxes then i don't know of a way to navigate...more >>

Hi, Is there any replacement for these function on the CF2? I have a critical code in a high prioirity thread that I want to finishe executing without the interruption of other threads. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi- Does anyone know how to enter fullscreen mode via managed code on CE 4.2 first edition? Thanks -Dan ...more >>

I have a field defined as a datetime but it will not let me display seconds only minutes? ...more >>

My app runs fine on the PDA but I have to find it using the file explorer (it's in its own directory under Program Files). How do I get it to show up under the Programs list?...more >>

I have an interesting scenario involving CF 2.0, data sources, threading and the UI thread. I might be doing this completely wrong. ** The current state: I have a datasource class that wraps a DataSet - which looks something like this: public class myDataSource : IListSource { DataT...more >>

Hi! I have a question about Falcon 4410/4420. I want to use its internal barcode scanner in my application, but I dont know, if I can do it in .Net application. So, I want to know, if it is possible (and how to do this) to read data from barcode scanner (Falcon 4410/4420) in C# application. Ple...more >>

Hi we need to make this mobile device solely dedicated to the Dot Net Application we are developing. Can someone advise or point me to some resources that helps me. 1. I need to have the application start when the device is turned on. 2. Suppress the WindowsCE Title bar. 3. Turn the device ...more >>

hi there, i have a datagrid whose datasource is outlook.appointmenets.items. it can display the appointmenet items as expected. however, i want the datagrid to show an additional column (col3) displaying a computed value. below is an example. col1 col2 col3...more >>