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Programmatically Launch IE Mobile Favorites screen..

Is there any way to launch IEMobile's Favorites screen directly by specifying any command line parameter? ...

Are There Adapters for CF Type II to MicroSD?

I honestly have only started recently researching this so my knowledge is limited. I was approached about adapting some Pocket PC software to operate on the Windows 6 platform. After considering how I would go about doing that in the Compact Framework I received more details. It seems there is a desire to utilize (re-use) CF Type II dev...

How do I retrieve IPIEHTMLDocument2 interface on IE Mobile

I wrote an Active X plugin for IE7 which implements IObjectWithSite besides some other necessary interfaces (note no IOleClient). This interface is queried and called by IE7. During the SetSite() call I retrieve a pointer to IE7's site interface which I can use to retrieve the IHTMLDocument2 interface using the following approach: IUnkn...

Database engines Comparison - Windows Mobile..

What are the different database options on Windows Mobile available? I have used CEDB and EDB for linear dataset needs. I have heard of SQL server 2005 Mobile edition. But what are the advantages over others (if there is any) ...

What's the best way to write JavaScript/Ruby applications on Windows Mobile device?

I recently bought a Windows Mobile device and since I'm a developer I want to use it as a development platform. Yes, it's not supposed to be used like that but it's always with me and my laptop isn't. I know cke is a good editor for code but how can I run JavaScript/Ruby code without too much of a headache? I probably could write a web ...

How to tell if a process is running on a mobile device

I have the handle of process 'A' on a Pocket PC 2003 device. I need to determine if that process is still running from process 'B'. Process 'B' is written in Embedded Visual C++ 4.0. ...

PocketPC - Convert VT_DATE to an invariant VT_BSTR

I'm trying to convert a VARIANT from VT_DATE to an invariant VT_BSTR. The following code works on Windows XP: VARIANT va; ::VariantInit(&va); // set the variant to VT_DATE SYSTEMTIME st; memset(&st, 0, sizeof(SYSTEMTIME)); st.wYear = 2008; st.wMonth = 9; st.wDay = 22; st.wHour = 12; st.wMinute = 30; DATE date; SystemTimeToVariantTime...

Performance comparison of current PDAs

Are there any up-to-date performance comparisons of current PDAs available online? Or comparisons of the different available CPUs? I want to buy the right PDA for developing CPU-intensive C# graphics apps (in my spare time). So far I've found: Futuremark's handheld benchmarks don't aggregate results online SpbBenchmark only has result...

How to open a new email, and assign subject, using .NET Compact Framework

Basically I'm trying to accomplish the same thing that "mailto:[email protected]" does in Internet Explorer Mobile. But I want to be able to do it from a managed Windows Mobile application. I don't want to send an email pro grammatically in the background. I want to be able to create the email in Pocket Outlook and then let the user...

Pocket PC emulator with network access without Virtual PC?

In developing software for the Pocket PC platform, I have been happily using the Pocket PC emulator that Microsoft provides with Visual Studio (and as a free download). It provides for much faster develop/deploy/test cycles. (Of course, I do still final testing on real hardware). I have also found that providing the emulator to other ...

Disable sleep mode in Windows Mobile 6

Hi, Does anyone know how could I programatically disable/enable sleep mode on Windows Mobile? Thanks! ...

Edit Registry Values

Hi, I want to change the registry values on the pocketPC. I ran the following code: if(enabled) { dwData = 120; } if(RegSetValueEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, _T("System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Power\\Timeouts\\BattSuspendTimeout"), 0, REG_DWORD, (LPBYTE)&dwData, sizeof(DWORD))) { return FALSE; } but it doesn't shange the regist...

Is it possible to deploy and debug PocketPC applications in the SDK emulators without using ActiveSync?

Im currently working on a PPC application that I would like to test in the PPC emulator "USA Windows mobile 5.0 PC R2 Emulator" without using Active Sync. Somewhere in my back head I think I have been able to just do that: But when I start a debug session with Visual Studio, it can not deploy the application to the emulator. All I get in...

Event Handler for Minimize and Maximize Window

Hi, I am developing an application for PocketPC. When the application starts the custom function SetScreenOrientation(270) is called which rotates the screen. When the application closes the function SetScreenOrientation(0) is called which restores the screen orientation. This way the screen orientation isn't restored if the user minim...

Why would VS2005 be looking for a file it's supposed to be generating?

I'm working on a PocketPC app in Visual Studio 2005. The solution was building fine, then suddenly broke. The first error is this (assume the project is FooPDA): "Unable to find source file 'C:\FooPDA\obj\Release\FooPDA.exe' for file 'FooPDA.exe', located in '%InstallDir%', the file may be absent or locked." This error is rather conf...

MS Web Browser on Pocket PC

Hi all, I'm trying to create a custom web browser for on a pocket pc in C++ MFC. When I add the Microsoft Web Browser activeX control and run the app on the pocket pc (emulator) then this error pops up: "Debug assertion failed. occcont.cpp line: 916" When I look in the debug window of VS2005: "CoCreateInstance of OLE control {8856F961-...

Smartphone-style ComboBox behavior on PocketPC platform?

I develop applications for the PocketPC platform (.NET Compact Framework 2.0 and higher), and one of the problems I constantly run in to is the drop-down width for ComboBox controls is not wide enough to show very long string values. I've run across P/Invoke methods to widen the dropdown width, but what I'd really like to have is the Sm...

Screen Rotation on Pocket PC

Hi, I am developing an application for pocket PC which should run in landscape mode. I wrote the function SetScreenOrientation(int angle), which rotates the screen. This function is called on application start and on application close. I want to change the screen orientation when I minimize/maximize orientation as well. To do this I ed...

Prevent Pocket PC device from Shutting down application on power off

Hi, How can I prevent the pocket PC device from shutting down from my application when the power button pressed? I am using C#. ...

how to show/hide SIP on Pocket PC

Hi, I have the following problem: I open the dialog, open the SIP keyboard to fill the form and then minimize the SIP. Then when I close the current dialog and return to the main dialog the SIP keyboard appears again. Does anyone know how could I show/hide SIP keyboard programatically or better what could be done to solve the described...