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  • Direct connection from PocketPC to OracleDB
    by Sreenu B Kaimal
    6 Replies
    Last post by SimoneMobile
      • Hi Is it possible to connect a Pocket PC to Oracle db Desktop Server directly I read many topics here like http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=724288&SiteID=1 , which said "ODBC is not supported by the Windows CE OS and there¡¯s no OLEDB driver for Oracle on devices anyway. " IS there any change in this with .Net CF 2.0
  • Hot to Register for Bluetooth Authentication from any device?
    by jessu
    0 Replies
    Last post by jessu
      • I have seen "BluetoothRegisterForAuthentication" where we register for the authentication requests for a known device. But how can register to be notified for all devices I.e. I dont know the address of the device now, but need to handle the authentication as when it happens... Is there any way to do this Thanks in advance
  • using pocket Pc's IR port
    by Vipin_Pathak
    4 Replies
    Last post by Vipin_Pathak
      • Is there a way in Pocket Pc to intercept the Ir signals coming from a normal TV remote control and save then so as to regenarate them later . i.e. first the pocket PC learns the TV remote's IR codes and then regenarate later.Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
  • WM5 or PPC2003?
    by coder_steve
    2 Replies
    Last post by coder_steve
      • Hi Guys, Nearing the end of our project and I have been nominated (ie, I have no choice!) to create the installer. What I need to know is how to discover if the device is either wm5, wm6 or an older 2003 device, using native c++ I'm sure its possible, but I don't seem to be able to find any info. All help appreciated, guys. Many thanks, Steve
  • Device Power Off Event
    by blange
    8 Replies
    Last post by MarkIsMobile
      • I am currently using the Compact Framework 2.0 on a Pocket PC 2003 device and there is a setting in start>settings>system>power>advanced called "Turn off device of not used for x minutes." I am curious if there is a way to catch this event so that I might be able to shut down my threads that are dependant on my 802.11x and then Turn Off. Currently what is happening is that I
  • Driver Not Loading Mobile 5
    by Mpatel99
    5 Replies
    Last post by Mpatel99
      • Hello All We have a driver that does not get loaded through the PnP mechanism on a Windows Mobile 5 PDA. The XXX_Init function is never called by the device manager. The driver is not part of the OS image. It is installed through a CAB file. These are the registry keys used: HKLM,Drivers\PCMCIA\Our_Card_PnP_ID,Dll,0,OurDriver.dll HKLM,Drivers\PCMCIAOur_Card_PnP_ID,Prefix,0,TCM
  • How to Draw transparent shapes for pocket pc device application in visual C#
    by Rajmohan m
    1 Replies
    Last post by hye_heena
      • Hi.... How to draw transparent shapes for pocket pc device application in visual c# I used this code pen p=new pen(color.fromArgb(),5); the color.fromArgb () do not have an option to set tha alpha value..It is defaultly setting A value as 255 ie Opaque. In windows application Vs2005 provides color.fromArgb() function has an option to set the Alpha value but smartdevice application doesn't co
  • [stupid noob] Why I can't make a border?
    by john-wayne-interessierts
    8 Replies
    Last post by john-wayne-interessierts
      • Hello, I know this is more than stupid, but after ~2 hour I give up, why I can't set a border with CSS body { width:130px; height:100px; margin: 0px; border: solid 2px red; } I have play around with the margin values, padding values, top, left, right, bottom, position,... Now I am completle confused, why all of my trials not produce a border around the gadget, can someone post the correct co
  • Does hbmpChecked work for Windows Mobile 5.0?
    by Thomas Hartmann
    3 Replies
    Last post by crino
      • Does hbmpChecked work for Windows Mobile 5.0 (Icons in Menues if checked) It does not seem to work for me and I do not find any examples and no application seems to use it.
  • Virtual PC / Window CE Emulator Driver blocked in windows vista
    by miker_asky
    2 Replies
    Last post by Barry Bond
      • Hi, Windows CE Emulator blocked by Windows Vista, how can i fix this problem Michael
  • passing parameters to a web service in soap request from Web.network.Create Request
    by jrksimha
    10 Replies
    Last post by CaseyM
      • Hi, I am writing a gadget in which i am making a web network request to a web service i have written the code from thje examples given in SDK. Here is the sample function GetData(int id) { window.alert( "It is Called" ); // In the code below, we are calling a web service with the following function prototype: // public TrackingResponse GetTrackingInfo(string trac
  • Who has a PPC-6700 Sprint AudioVox Mobile 5 (Can I use GPS?)
    by Zac Boyles
    14 Replies
    Last post by Alex Dresko
      • I have the Sprint AudioVox PPC-6700 and I know that it has the built in GPS chipset but everywhere that I search I can not find out how to actually access the API. There are a few of the GPS API references throughout msdn & msdn2 but none have an actual walk through. It is very easy to access the phone API's and contact lists/appointments and whatnot but the GPS is not to be found. As fa
  • MAPI esnder phone number
    by yael876
    4 Replies
    Last post by yael876
      • Hello, I try to get the PR_SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS of SMS From MAPItable, but sometimes it gives me string that was in the "From" label, But I want the phone number or the email address. How can I get this knowledge Thanks yael
  • Is there a way to track where your gadget is?
    by incendy
    5 Replies
    Last post by ToddOs
      • I am sure it is possible to write something to do this in the gadget, but is there a way to track this through the gallery If not, what is the best way to get the url of the space through the gadget Thank you in advance!!
  • Retrieving Path of the file
    by Malleswar
    5 Replies
    Last post by Balambikai N P
      • Hi Friends, I am presently using the path like "\\Program Files\\Images\\image001.gif" But If my application get install on memory card, path may get change. How can we know the path programatically. Thanks in Advance,
  • Application Suddenly Exits
    by TomOW
    1 Replies
    Last post by Ilya Tumanov
      • Hi, My application has a very strange intermittent problem: At seemingly random times, it just exits. No errors or messages of any kind. I have a try/catch around the Application.Run in the main program, and write to a log whenever an exception occurs. But when the app just exits like that, nothing is written to the log file. This occasionally happens both on a Treo 700w device and in the WM6 Emul
  • how to show missed call indicator. ??
    by blizzard_dog
    1 Replies
    Last post by Guang-Ming Bian - MSFT
      • hi. i am developing voip application on smartphone 5.0 if there is wcdma missed call, notification icon that indicates missed call will appear on the indicator. i want to show this icon when there is voip missed call. but i don't know how to do. plz help me. thnx.
  • cell phone
    by zmrcic
    4 Replies
    Last post by Ilya Tumanov
      • I'm new in this.....Is there a way to create simple app for cell phone (for example Nokia 3xxx....) using VS....How to upload application, test it and so.... Thanks
  • using hidden controls in the form
    by mohasad
    14 Replies
    Last post by mohasad
      • hi all , i am having a great issue in handling windows mobile 5.0 smartphone devices having QWERTY keypads . because in all these devices , the number keys are embedded in differant keys . my application is fully number oriented . so when a user presses a key where the number is embedded , it should give the keycode of corresponding embedded number . so i have tried out with the following code :
  • Contact Name look up
    by Qubes
    6 Replies
    Last post by Patrick Getzmann
      • From the MAPIrule sample, i would like to know how do i "resolve" or "lookup" a phone number to the Contact Name Is there a simple way or do i have to search all the contacts Please advise.
  • TreeView node count and adding new nodes
    by Benno32
    4 Replies
    Last post by Benno32
      • Hi, I am developing an application (using VB.net cf 2) for Windows Mobile. I have a treeview that is populated from a SQL mobile database The treeview has a single root node on it to begin with and in the On_Load event for the form, I'm populating the first level of nodes from the database (don't want to populate the entire tree due to memory resources and performance on the device - the entire
  • About ISOAPClient->msoapinit failed
    by OldChild
    2 Replies
    Last post by Zero Dai - MSFT
      • i use evc + wince 5.0 soap connect web service code: HRESULT hr; ISOAPClient *pSoapClient; ::CoInitializeEx(NULL,COINIT_MULTITHREADED); hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_SoapClient,NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,IID_ISOAPClient,(void**)&pSoapClient); if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) { BSTR bstrWSDL = SysAllocString(L"http://127.0.0.1/firstwebservice/service.asmx WSDL"); hr = pSoapClient->mssoapinit(bstrWS
  • Suggestions for Windows Sidebar
    by Andy E
    14 Replies
    Last post by Andy E
      • I thought that seeing how we had a Suggestions for Live Gallery post, we might as well list what we actually want to see with Gadgets, too. Post your suggestions here. With the recent problems I've been having, I'd like to start it off with: An easier way to install ActiveX controls that accompany gadgets. A great way to implement this would by to have a System.Gadget.addControl(string filelocati
  • COM DLL loading problem
    by Lorin_P
    1 Replies
    Last post by AlexFeinman
      • I am writing a Home plugin COM DLL for the Smartphone. I have a skeleton working. I would like to use another DLL I have written within the COM DLL. When I include use of the other DLL in the COM DLL, the COM DLL builds ok, but fails to load on the Smartphone. Could this be due to the other DLL being in my unique directory on the Smartphone If so, is there a way to tell the Smartphone where to lo
  • Saving Data to a file and Using it in Excel Mobile
    by Niallmoconnor
    6 Replies
    Last post by Christopher Fairbairn
      • Hi, I was wondering how do you save data in a mobile application, written in vb, and open the file for use with excel mobile. Also is there any way of calling excel in a mobile application, using vb, like you can with the PC version. Any help would be great! Regards. Niall