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  • Target Win Mobile 5 Smartphone using Win Mobile 6
    by StMg
    2 Replies
    Last post by jeanlucve
      • I'm apparently having similar problems to JeanLuc. My Smartphone says "Windows Mobile 5" in About If I build a VB .NET app.. no problem: Emulator and Smartphone run. If I build an MFC C++ or Win32 C app: Emulator works and Smartphone fails with "requires a newer version of windows". Debug or Release doesn't matter. Same message. If I put a breakpoint on
  • adding rss feed to a gadget
    by rumremix
    9 Replies
    Last post by rumremix
      • Hello, I'm brand new to sidebar gadget building but have experience building web pages. I just built my first "Hello World" gadget. Now I need to add an rss feed to the gadget which pulls content from a specific rss-enabled website. I've so far not had any luck discovering how to do this via web searches. Can anyone point me in the right direction or suggest a good resour
  • Toolbox in Windows Mobile 6 SDK
    by m2abhi25
    2 Replies
    Last post by m2abhi25
      • Hi, I'm facing a problem while using WM 6 as development platform. Actually I had a project developed in WM 5 for pocket pc device. I just converted this project into WM 6 platform. I did this by simply opening the WM 5 forms into WM 6. As the conversion ended I saw that all the controls from toolbox disappeared. Please tell me if you have any suggestion. Thanks,
  • Where to find it ?
    by Omar Abid
    4 Replies
    Last post by Omar Abid
      • Hi, Interested in this Astoria where can I find more information on it Thanks
  • Specifying the network interface on a per socket basis, anyone know how?
    by lordti
    1 Replies
    Last post by Adam Dyba
      • Hi, Im currently writing an app that can connect to servers via wifi or gprs (2 separate servers) and my problem is that whenever the connection to the server is lost via wifi, when its able to reconnect to that server via wifi it cant as it trys to connect to the IP Address of the server thats on wifi via gprs. Is there a way to specify what network each individual socket connects over As
  • GUID
    by Lacko
    7 Replies
    Last post by Christopher Fairbairn
      • Hi, I checked out the Device Info sample wich is coming with WM Resource kit. It returns a GUID wich is identifies the device. This sample working on a desktop computer. How can I obtain the same GUID on the device, using C# Thanks for any help! Lacko
  • Shortcut in CAB?
    by doubleg
    4 Replies
    Last post by doubleg
      • Hello, I followed these MSDN instructions to create a CAB file for deployment. These instructions include a section on adding a shortcut, which I believe I followed correctly. When I install the CAB on the device, I can't find a shortcut anywhere on the device. Creating a shortcut programatically should't be a big problem, but I was hoping the MSDN article's technique would do it.
  • Creating expandable properties in Compact Framework
    by arvelius
    2 Replies
    Last post by arvelius
      • Hi, I need to implement an expandable property in Compact Framework. I am able to do it in the full .net framework using TypeConverterAttribute and a class derived from ExpandableObjectConverter or TypeConverter, but I haven't worked it out in CF. There is TypeConverter class available, but no TypeConverterAttribute, so I will be grateful if you give me a little bit help.
  • dllimport & .NET CF1.0 CF2.0 compatiblity issue
    by Petchey
    4 Replies
    Last post by Ilya Tumanov
      • I've just received a new WM 6.0 image for my device, I converted a CF1.0 project to a CF2.0. The conversion went fine, I was able to bring up the new app on the device with out problems. However there was a section of code that called out to a native dll I built through dllimport, and when that line of code is hit, I get a message box on the device requesting that I install .NET CF 1.0. I wonderin
  • Migration from ARM to Intel XScale
    by mferrero
    5 Replies
    Last post by Michael Koster
      • Hi, I have developed a WinCE application for ARM-based devices with embedded Visual C++ that uses only native C and the Microsoft Pocket PC 2003 SDK. I now have to port this application to a Windows Mobile 5 device (the MIo DigiWalker A701) with a Intel PXA 270 CPU What do I have to do Best Regards, Marcello Ferrero Milan, Italy marcello_ferrero@yahoo.com
  • weighing scale
    by aamy
    5 Replies
    Last post by aamy
      • im developing .net application in which i need to communicate with my weghing scale and my application.. my weighing scale sends weight of current item n displays it then i need to store it in MS access file.. nw till nw my weighing scale is sending the data n display it in text box bt its dispalying continously. i want to do it on my command that on display the weight... plz tell me hw can i do i
  • Using a cdb database with evc++ 4.0
    by Roger Remmen
    3 Replies
    Last post by Ilya Tumanov
      • Hi there, I'm quiet new at this stuff (former VB6.0 programmer) and now i'm trying to build an apllication wich should access a database with 5 table's. This application should be running under windows CE 5.0 and therefor i chose the *.cdb database. This is how far i'm right now, i don't have enough background in evc++ or c++ to fully understand the info from the MSDN. Has anybody got an exampl
  • StretchBlt issue
    by ssundan
    12 Replies
    Last post by ssundan
      • Hi, I have an issue, while trying to zooming the captured image. I am using BitBlt method to copy the device context of the window to the memory DC(CDC). m_MemDc.BitBlt(0, 0, m_iWidth, m_iHeight, pDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY); m_memDC is the variable of object CDC pDC is a pointer variable to object CDC, which contains the window to be zoomed. Then I am using Stretchblt method to copy the memory DC
  • Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Beta 2 are available for download.
    by killers
    4 Replies
    Last post by killers
      • I am trying to reply to this thread but there isn't a reply or quote button for that thread I am working to convert my Smartphone WM5 applications and I have an installer class that builds the cabs for the various devices. It looks like when I create a new smartphone application you can choose the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 but when I look at the c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9
  • Getting SSL, Web Services, and Mobile Devices to connect.
    by Nick E
    3 Replies
    Last post by Nick E
      • I have written a web service that is running on a windows 2003 IIS instance with SSL enabled. I am trying to determine how to get the mobile device to connect with the web service. I have basic authentication enabled, and the device keeps returning "The trust with the remote computer could not be validated" (or something similar) on the connect() attempt. Can someone point me to a goo
  • Why isn't database attached during deployment
    by ggssu
    3 Replies
    Last post by ggssu
      • Hi, I deployed my mobile application on my pocket pc as per the following site http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zcebx8f8(VS.80).aspx However, after deployment, i realised that my database is not attached to deployment. Why is that so Thanks!
  • Show a flyout, then close it?
    by Matt568875
    7 Replies
    Last post by Jonathan Abbott
      • Hi all, Here's the situation. I have a menu in my gadget, and I want it so that people can click on the menu, and a flyout comes out with another menu. Then I want them to make a selection from the flyout menu. Basically the selection needs to load in a new flyout. So I'm trying to figure out how to make a link close the current flyout and open a new one with the correct page. I've tried this: <
  • mouseposition getcursorpos
    by Nathan Franklin
    5 Replies
    Last post by Nathan Franklin
      • Hello, I am trying to get the cursor/stylus position when it is clicked. The GetCursorPos API returns x: 0 and y: 0 with a return value of 0. I have also tried the static method Control.MousePosition and they also return 0. Is there anyway I can get the position the stylus has clicked on Thanks! Kind Regards Nathan Franklin
  • how to get location information from cell id?
    by p_damani
    1 Replies
    Last post by AlexFeinman
      • hi to all, I have found cell id from AT commands in pocket pc 2003, but i want to get location from that cell id How to get that information is there any APIs which would give this
  • Real time task on WinCE5.0 PC device
    by Kristian73
    3 Replies
    Last post by Michael Koster
      • Hi to all, I develop with Visual Studio 2005 and I use a PC device mounting WinCE5.0. Motherboard is X86 compatible. I need to run a "Real time" task; better i need to execute a task every 500ms; but I must be sure it run every 500ms. If I use standard Form::Timer the task is not executed every 500ms. The task is executed dependending on what the OS is doing. Windows C
  • Delegate across task/thread boundaries on .NetCF 2.0 ?!
    by TobsTec
    6 Replies
    Last post by TobsTec
      • Hi! I have a little problem, and i guess it's because i have not really grasped the complete concept of delegates yet. So here comes: I have one instance of class, which runs a a thread that uses a message queue to get notified when the power state changes (RequestPowerNotifications e.t.c.). Now there are other Classes/Forms, which should subscribe to this power notification class and get the subs
  • mscorlib.dll high weirdness
    by JoeCritter
    24 Replies
    Last post by JoeCritter
      • My app isn't that big but it seemed to be a big install. So I looked at the files that were getting deployed onto my device. Two mscorlib.dlls. (to be precise: one "mscorlib.dll", one "mscorlib.DLL"). One is about 4MB in size. I figure this has to be the desktop OS version. Visual Studio is convinced I have a dependency on them both. I cannot figure
  • How to connect to virtual Directory
    by DamsDev2007
    4 Replies
    Last post by Ilya Tumanov
      • I want to connect my pocket PC to my virtual directory on my computer. (example http:\\mycomputer\mywebdirectory) How can I do this in C# (Compact Framework 2.0)
  • PictureBox control throwing an Exception
    by ordnaz
    2 Replies
    Last post by Zero Dai - MSFT
      • Hi, I have a PictureBox control in my C# project (smart device application). All I was doing was assign an Image to the PictureBox control but it is throwing 3 managed exceptions when I trace it using the .NET Compact Framework Remote Performance Monitor. I can't seem to catch the exception using a try...catch block. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this I'm trying to test my app for memory le
  • mapping the numbar keys in pocket-pc to buttons
    by mohasad
    1 Replies
    Last post by Christopher Fairbairn
      • hi all , i have been from smartphone development . i want to input numbers , so planned to use buttons for 0-9 . i want to display 1 when i press button name "1" and so on .. that is i want all the buttons to act as way to input numbers . is there any other way to do so . if so give me some link to learn . thanks sadiq