Smart Device Development

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  • Installer for PPC and PC app
    by fhunter
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    Last post by fhunter
      • I have an application that has a client component that runs on a PPC device and a Server component that runs on a PC. I would like to build a unified installer that installs both components. I am not sure what the best way to do this is. Both components use the same "large" data files and only differ on the .exe used. I would rather not have to duplicate the data files across two cab files. Any
  • Handling QWERTY keyboards
    by mohasad
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    Last post by mohasad
      • hi all , i am facing a problem in hadling QWERTY keypades . Is there any special api available in .Net Compact Framework 2.0 , to deal with QWERTY type keypades . because my application is entirely dependent on number inputs . but the devices having QWERTY type keypades , the number keys 0-9 are mapped differently . moreover in debugging the application , the keycode that i am receiving is of the
  • debugging on actual device in vista
    by rookie_rockie
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    Last post by Ilya Tumanov
      • hi i'm creating smart device application using visual studio 205 and running on Vista OS. however activesync is not supported in Vista and is replaced with windows mobile device centre. when i pressed the "debug" button in visual studio it creates a emulator instead of deploying it on the actual phone. is there a way to change/modify it so that it will deploy on my actual device instead
  • Spy Tool
    by cablehead
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    Last post by Michael Koster
      • Is there anything available to get WM5 window hWnds (As you can see ..I can't afford to throw away moola on books...and I also noticed msdn seems to be a release behind (most info is 2003 - with WM 6 already available)...wondering if the newer books have much to offer. The world seems to center around OpenNET in these parts. I can't see deploying those giant dlls for something as simple (ex
  • How to find SmartPhone Camera capture Frame Rate using Windows Mobile 5.0
    by Anonymous561559
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    Last post by AlexFeinman
      • Hi Folks, Can any one let me know how to find the camera capture frame rate i.e., camera sensor frame rate....... Plz folks plz let me know the API or method to do this...................... Thanks in advance.... Sunil
  • Telnet and FTP servers not working in CE6
    by Simon Gittins
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    Last post by Michael Koster
      • I've configured my CE6 device to run the telnet and ftp servers, and confirmed that my reginit.ini includes: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TELNETD] "IsEnabled"=dword:1 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\FTPD] "IsEnabled"=dword:1 I also see these values present in the registry in VS's remote registry editor for the device. On the CE device, running 'service list' shows that both services are r
  • How to catch serial port exception?
    by snorky2001
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    Last post by snorky2001
      • Hi all I'm working on a PocketPC with a RFID card reader connected on the CF2 slot. I can communicate with the reader through COM4. My problem is that I would like to catch an event when the reader is removed from the slot. I use the SerialPort event at this time, and I don't get any event when the reader is removed. Is there a solution to catch these event Does coding my own s
  • smart device with C# and SQL 2005
    by Reta
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    Last post by Ilya Tumanov
      • hi all, i am writing my smart device project in C# and with databases created in SQL 2005.. where the SQL database will reside in the server and via remot connection we will retreive the information and update it.. i have several question according to my project and i hope to find the answers here i want to include a motional picture " GIF", i tired to include it but the mot
  • How can RAPI detect SmartPhone vs PocketPC
    by Samuel Lee
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    Last post by Ilya Tumanov
      • Hi, How can the appl (residing on smart device) tells itself it is running on Smartphone, PocketPC, PPC Phone Edition And to be done from .NET CF 2 managed code Thanks.
  • two state icon
    by VishalKulkarni
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    Last post by Zero Dai - MSFT
      • i edited the .lnk file from the start menu it contains the code as 40#"\Program Files\Backlight\Backlight.exe" I have put the string # Backlight .exe : Backlight but it has no effect can you please tell where exactly i have to change the file is there any way to change it through .inf file thanks vishal
  • Why won't my application run?
    by Quentin Mayberry
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    Last post by QM
      • I have created an application for a pocket pc using Visual Studio 2005 version 8. It works fine on the emulator, but when I create a cab file and use that to install on my pocket pc, it self extracts, and places an icon in the programs. When I click on it nothing happens. I suspect this might be something to do with the compact .net framework. Should that automatically load on to the device, or
  • mobile web form & sql data source
    by dub_beat
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    Last post by Zero Dai - MSFT
      • Hi, Just a quick question. Can you use the sql data source with a mobile web form. This code does not give me any errors but nothing gets displayed ************************* <mobile:Form id="Form1" runat="server"> <mobile:List ID="lst" runat="server" DataSource="<%# SqlDataSource1 %>" > </mobile:List> <
  • Changing clock settings programmatically
    by John Wood
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    Last post by John Wood
      • Hello, Is there any way of bringing up the Time tab from Start>Settings>Clock & Alarms in PPC2003 and WM5 I need to be able to set the clock and time zone etc accurately from within my program, and this tab does just what's needed. Thanks for any help, John
  • Downloading and searching a web page...
    by Osmose1000
    9 Replies
    Last post by Jonathan Abbott
      • Hey. I just got into Sidebar development and have a question. I've already got my gadget displaying nicely, but have run into problems making it functional. My Javascript is really rusty, so bear with me here. I'd like to be able to download a web page's source (HTML, generated HTML from a PHP page, whatever, not like the actual scripted source or anything, just what the end user sees) and then be
  • Help! bluetooth audio connection under WinXP C#
    by JOEMING
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    Last post by zdmMr
      • hi, everybody Now I'm developing a blutooth audio related project which requests an audio connection from PC to a bluetooth device. Up to now, I have tried some solutions: 1. Bluesoleil stack API in C# (Bluetooth FrameworkX). But it doesn't alow to connect the dongle and the bluetooth device at the same time with USB cables, that is necessary in our project. 2. Widcomm stack API in C# (Bluetools).
  • XML CONVERT TOO SLOW
    by Eduardo Couto Parreiras
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    Last post by Ilya Tumanov
      • Hi guys, After i translate my message from unicode, i have a method that converts the xml into a dataset, and this process is getting slow, sometimes stuck a little, in first time always get shower than others, but i¡¯ve made some research and found nothing different of my code. Heres is my code DataSet dsRet = new DataSet(); dsRet.ReadXmlSchema(new XmlTextReader(new StringReader(
  • Problem initializing RAPI
    by Waqas Danish
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    Last post by Waqas Danish
      • Hello, I need to initialize RAPI in a VC++ MFC application using Visual Studio 2005. I have included the "rapi.h" but cannot find a way to link to rapi.dll . Whenever, I try to build my project, the following errors come in my way. 1>TestDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _CeRapiUninit@0 referenced in function "void __cdecl Test(void)" ( Test@@YAXXZ) 1>Te
  • Is it legal?
    by Le Sage
    8 Replies
    Last post by Zandoná
      • Hey guys! I found a way to use the WM6 ROMs of the recent SDK with the recent Microsoft Device Emulator v2 without Visual Studio 2005 installed by extracting them from the SDK's MSI file. Although it was previously said on this forum that these ROMs will be released very soon in a standalone non VS05-needing version, I would like to know if my method is legal, & whether or not I can provide a
  • Debugging without ActiveSync -unable to get Visual Studio 2005 to cooperate
    by Adama0
    14 Replies
    Last post by Sivarv
      • Hi all, I've been trying to debug a Windows CE 5.0 based device with VS 2005. Since this device doesn't have a full serial port or USB client port available, I've turned to debugging without ActiveSync (I did try merging in some AS partnership information from another device into the registry, but haven't quite gotten AS to connect.) I've used the instructions pointed to elsewhere, e.g.
  • out of storage space
    by John B387731
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    Last post by Ilya Tumanov
      • I would like to install CF .NET v2.0 on my iPAQ. Under storage i have 50.4 total with 44.47 in use. That leaves 5.93mb free. When I try to install CF it wants 5.4mb. The install runs almost to completion then aborts with out of space (error code 3). How can I free up perhaps .5mb All my applications are installed in the Programs which has 30mb free.
  • Sidebar folder
    by asasasas1234
    3 Replies
    Last post by Jonathan Abbott
      • Some gadgets expect you to place files in the gadgets folder. For example, the Vista Swirl Gadget wants you to save pictures there. But where is this folder
  • File Transfer using FTP
    by Kavitha Anbalagan
    3 Replies
    Last post by Guang-Ming Bian - MSFT
      • Hi, I am using OpenNETCF.Net.Ftp for the File Transfer using FTP. While trying by Emulator, it returns 'A socket operation encountered a ded network' exception. When I tried that in the device, 'No such host is known' exception occurs. I have given the correct host address, username and password. I have given port number as 21. Is there any problem in the port number What
  • No image display in the WebBrowser
    by Neha Goyal
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    Last post by Neha Goyal
      • Hi Experts, I am using the WebBrowser control in my application,in which i want to show the image but it's now showing the image. I am using .net compact framework 2.0 SP 2 for my application. The source code that i m using as follows: private void Form1_Load( object sender, EventArgs e) { string path = string .Empty; path = System.IO. Path .GetDirectoryName
  • Unable to retrive IMessage from Contents-Table of Inbox
    by OwaisM
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    Last post by OwaisM
      • Hi, i am getting E_INVALIDARG at line 17. Is there any thing going wrong when i run this code it shows "bin.cb" equals to a big number and "bin.lpb" is a a pointer to zero. (using MAPI & WM 5.0) please help me in this regard... thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMAPITable* pTable1;
  • Best practice PC-Webcam -> Windows Mobile?
    by twickl
    1 Replies
    Last post by AndrewBadera
      • Hello, has anyone an Idea how to get the Output of an PC connected Webcam to my Windowsmobile based Device(per WiFi in my LAN) Microsoft Portrait makes it really good, but how can I code something like this in .Net Is it possible to send a Stream Or is it better to take snapshots at the PC and send them to the PocketPC I have really no idea how to make it with good performance. Thanks for any help