I wonder if anyone else has encountered (and fixed) this. The Google yields nothing. Using OwnerDrawnList from OpenNETCF, I find that on CF1 VGA devices (e.g. 2003SE) when the list is drawn to a bitmap then blitted, the font is all jagged and pixelated. When selecting an item, the row is...more >>

I've read several posts stating that utilizing the /noaskdest switch with the desired install path entered into the registry at "HKLM\software\apps\microsoft application installer\Install" is no longer supported in WM5. I'm quite puzzled by this, since it seems to be such a needed feature. ...more >>

Anyone writing for the Symbol/Motorola MC70 to read 2D barcodes? I'm using the latest SDK 1.04.xx from Symbol but none of the examples look like they demo 2d barcode reading. I've got an ap that reads linear barcodes just fine now but was wondering how the 2D barcode data is parsed upon a ...more >>

We've had two users report that, when running our application on HTC Mogul, the "Alt" key on the pull-out hardware keyboard is locked, and cannot be unlocked. I sent them a bare-bones, single-form, single-textbox test application, and it does the same thing. Apparently, other (non-CF, I sus...more >>

Hi, I am developing an application for WM 5.0. I have a thread that does some operation in background. In desktop environment I could check by calling IsAlive property to see if the thread is alive but I couldn't see something similar in Compact Framework. How do I check that a thread is a...more >>

Does anyone know of an event logger for Windows Mobile (5 and/or 6) similar to the Windows event log? I have an application that I would like to log errors with. Even something like log4net mobile. Thanks for any suggestions! ...more >>

Hello, I need to make an application that uses Flash as animated GUI. Now since the GUI displays alot of phone information (battery level, memory usage, ...), Flash needs to communicate with .net for that. I've done the same on windows without a problem. But with the compact framework i see i...more >>

Hi Community, i am looking for the standalone emulator that was avaible in the time of VS2005 beta times (89 MB). Did anyone has this piece of software or an other working Standalone Emulator for me on his harddisk, ore any othe hint ? bye Rainer ...more >>

Hi, I'm planning to create a database apllication in C# using .NET Framework. But I would also like to create a .NET Compact Framework application where it shares this database. It will add to the database as well as getting updated data from it. So, I am trying to figure out, how to link th...more >>

I have a VB.NET 2003 application that has been running successfully on a device running CE.NET 4.2. I have recently been supplied with the latest version of the device, which runs CE.NET 5, and also has a different WiFi adapter to my original version. The application connects to a desktop PC ...more >>

Hi i am looking for a "Virtual Machine network Driver", because the installation of a Standalone Emulator shows me that this is required. (under VM) i will run the Standalone Emulator on a XP and on a VM (with XP) So what can i do. ? On microsoft site i can see that it is only avaiable wit...more >>

If the user taps an icon while the application is already running, CE (or CF?) activates the already-running instance. Has anyone found a way to detect that this has happened? I need my already-running application to do some extra UI in this case. All I'm seeing is a call to OnActivated in ...more >>

I've got a from that needs to be able to hide and show the mainmenu. I've got an input panel on this form as well. When I remove the mainmenu, the inputpanel icon is still on the form. How do I conditionally remove that icon as well? Code below doesn't work: private void chkShowMenu_Check...more >>

When the user goes into Regiional Settings and changes the date format, it's my understanding that the OS sends a WM_SETTINGCHANGE message to top-level windows. Does anyone know of a way for a CF application to intercept this message, or otherwise get the notification? -- David ...more >>

Hi, I put WMP 10 into a form on my device CF 2.0 in a C# project. I used Feinman AxWindowsMediaPlayer interface and player.ctlcontrol.play(). I tried to play content on my desktop, but the content doesnot stream. What can be the problem? used servers: desktop media player 11's media sh...more >>

Hello, I have tried a couple of methods to execute/shellT application from within a ..NET application but can't get it to work. Using ShellExecuteEx I get the following error message: Cannot find MyApp (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filenames are correct and that all t...more >>

Hi at all! I'm developping an application in VB.NET 2005 for windows ce 6.0 embedded and from this application i need to run a program (for example cmd.exe). I am trying to use the "Shell" command to run the program but when I try it I always get an error saying "file not found". For example...more >>

hi to all i have developed an application in Visual Studio 2003 for Pocket PC 2003. Now i have switched to Visual Studio 2005. and i have to compile it in Windows Monile 5.0 Pocket PC. i have installed Windows mobile 5.0 SDK and Emulator in VS 2005. Note:- I know VS 2005 automatically convert V...more >>

Hi, I'd like to catch the click on the x of the form (that closes the form). In a normal application I would use the Closing event and then ask for e.CloseReason... this would tell me if I have clicked to close the form, or if the form was closed programatically... the problem is, in the ...more >>

Does anyone have any code for reading the contents of the Notification Queue? Code for editing existing entries or adding new entries would be great too. Can anyone get me started on how to do this using the Compact Framework - I'm writing this for a WM6 Pro device. TIA ...more >>

Hi I have created a Smart device CAB project. It install correctly on my device but when i try to uninstall/remove my app. i get error [program name] was not completely removed. Do you want to remove it from the list of installed programs? Uninstall does not remove any files from the a...more >>

Hi How to find out is WiFi on or not using CF 2.0 and C#? Mex ...more >>

Hi, I am pulling my hair out trying to get my compact framework 2 app. running on windows mobile 5 to wake every minute and do some background processing. I have read a lot of interesting posts but none seem to match what I'm trying to do . i.e. in vb.net What I'm trying to do is creat...more >>

..NET CF 2.0 I am attempting to assign an image to a picturebox object. Whenever I attempt to run the application, I get a System.NotSupportedException on the ResoureManager.GetObject method. I have tried loading the image at design time as well, but I get the same error message in the gene...more >>

I'm disabling the touch panel using the TouchPanelDisable() and it's working good, but when I try to Enable with TouchPanelEnable() I get a the folowing error InvalidProgramException. Can someone help me?...more >>

Hello, i try to use the content of the document loaded in the webbrowser object. normaly webbrowser.documenttext would work fine, but in the CF it is write onely :( The Backround: I build a string with a get request and call this url with the browser. the result of my request is shown in th...more >>

Hi, I'm sure I'm simplifying things here, but how about if the GC did this to objects that implement IDisposable: 1. Always Generation 1 (I think that is the correct name) 2. Get aggressive with them: a. Nuke 'em on a GC.Collect call (or equivalent) b. Call Dispose on the object. Yes...more >>

How can you programmatically scroll the datagrid? The standard framework datagrid has a protected member called GridVScrolled which can be used to scroll the grid but it is not in the compact version. Any ideas? Thanks Kevin ...more >>

I have an app which talks between two PDAs connected by an ad-hoc wireless network. The underlying communication is performed by a TcpListener and TcpClient combination, using a NetworkStream to actually pass the data. When the PDA goes into sleep mode, the wireless gets disabled. When th...more >>

Please join us on Wednesday, September 26 for the Mobile & Embedded Development Chat. These chats provide you with the opportunity to ask leading industry experts any questions about mobile & embedded development (native and managed code) that you may have. Chat times: UK 6:00pm Cen...more >>

Hi Is there a Standaloe Emulator for CF2 aviable ? I mean w/o the Visuak Studio ? . So that my customer can test a application witout a Pocket PC ? Bye Rainer ...more >>

Hi all. I have a need to collect COM data on a WM5 device and 'throw' the data at the current cursor, regardless of application or field position. Anyone have a sample or a head start? I know there are data wedge utils for bar codes scanners, but this is data direct from a com port and ...more >>

I'm using Visual Studio 2005, and the .Net 2.0 Framework to intercept an sms message. When I deploy the solution to a Windows mobile 5 phone, the sms message interception does not work, any message sent end up directly in the inbox. What do I need to do to make this work? Here's the code. ...more >>

I am using Vb.Net 2005 compact framework 2.0. I want my app to default install to Program Files/Company/app.exe, however it is installing to Program Files/App/app.exe. Where do I go to change this? How do I do it? Thanks :L ...more >>

Hi, I am new to programming with a hand held. I am working with Pocket PC 2003, .NET 1.1, SQL Server 2000, SQLCE 2.0. I am using merge replication to sync the data between my SQLCE and SQL 2000 database. After the sync I want to start a process on the desktop that will take the rows fro...more >>

hi, I am wondering how to set file version for a cf 2.0 device application in vs 2005. When i go to project properties->Assembly Information window, it only has Assembly Version, but File Version was grayed out. So in C++, I use GetFileVersionInfoSize() and GetFileVersionInfo(), it won't...more >>

I'm just issuing an HTTP request to a know web site to tell me if I have a connection to the wap. Is there an event that I can catch in CF2 that will fire when the WiFi/Ethernet is/isn't connected to the LAN? TIA Harry ...more >>

Hello everyone, I have a need to send emails from my Windows CE device (working with both 3, 4.2, and 5). It's most imporant to get it working with CE 5, but would be nice if I could get it working with the older verisons of CE as well. My current SMTP app was written by another developer i...more >>

Hi, I am working on a windows mobile 5.0 device. i have created a profile on the device. Now i want to connect to the wlan network programmatically using the profile i previously created. i worked with connection manager to connect with gprs but i have no idea what or how to do about con...more >>

hi All, I am slightly confused over the behaviour I am seeing with my app. I am running on WinCE5.0, .NETCF2.0 SP1, ARM core device. My application basically creates controls which are displayed on the form. When necessary, certain controls are removed and then manually disposed of to release r...more >>

hi All, I have been trying to use the remote performance monitor tool that ships with .NETCF2.0 SP1. I have used it before and found it a valuable developing tools for CF apps. I have followed the instuctions on the Stevens website : http://blogs.msdn.com/stevenpr/archive/2006/04/17/577636.as...more >>

Hallo! Ich habe eine Applikation, bei der der Anwender verschiedene Fenster gezeigt bekommt. Da das alles mit einem TabControl zu unübersichtlich geworden wäre, hab ich einfach ein großes Main-Form genommen und alle Unterfenster als UserControls gestaltet. Diese werden bei bedarf über das M...more >>

Hello, I have a few questions about worker threads interacting with a form. I'm developing in C# using .NET 2.0 Compact Framework, on the Windows Mobile platform. I'm using the Visual Studio 2008 beta, but I don't think any of this question is specific to VS2008. I know that to interact wi...more >>

We've published a new article on the OpenNETCF Community Site. Prashant Dhingra discusses creating a SQL Server Management Studio-like application for Windows Mobile devices that directly connects to a back-end SQL Server using the SQLClient data provider. In case you missed them, our ot...more >>

Hi! I want to create an appealing user interface by using transitions when passing form a form to another. For instance, I want to create an ipod-like effect, where forms are appearing by sliding from the right side of the screen. In order to do it, I though the best way would be to ...more >>

Hi group, I have got a custom textbox class. How can I cancel/Block the TABKEY, to avoid a user can exit the the custom textbox. Please don't propose to set tabstop from the other controls to false because can't do that for certain reasons. I already tried this code INSIDE my custom ...more >>

Hi all, i am trying to trap the Return key in the KeyDown event, but all my tests seem to show that the key down event does not fire. I tested using a simple form with 1 textbox and 3 check boxes. And then calling the API method keybd_event. can someone explain why it is not firing. ...more >>

hi guys, how do i register my .NET DLL written in C# as a COM object? I need to do this so i can call it from classic ASP page. ive spent hours on this please help!! :) thanks. Dan...more >>

Hello I have discovered that someone else have the same problem as me when it comes to GetDiskFreeSpaceEx, the only problem is I am unable to resolve it while he have. http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/browse_thread/thread/aa8c310704610a9b/e...more >>

It is correct that Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Telephony.dll is already installed on phone enabled WM5.0 and WM6.0 devices? Thanks, ...more >>