I need to generate unique machine ID for a CE 6.0 device. On Windows OS, I was using the WMI to obtain some hardware identifiers from which I constructed this ID. Apparently, WMI is not supported on Win CE so I am looking for alternatives. At the moment I am playing with OS image that I have constructed in Platform Builder and testing m...
What are some of the considerations needed when adding multilingual support for a .NET application designed to run in Windows CE (5)? ...
Hello, How i can develop and compile command line C++ programs in my Linux Ubuntu, for my Jornada 720 that have a Windows CE 3.1(HPC 2000), something like a compiler like that for Palm or something like gcc, and a tutorial of development and compiling will be very nice, remember that i want to build command line programs to Windows CE, ...
I am developing for a SH4 based device that can run either CE 4.2 or CE 5.0. As per my previous question, I can target these devices using the Standard SDKs under embedded visual C++ 4.0, but I cannot debug over ActiveSync. I have also loaded Visual Studio 2008 (SP1), but cannot load these SDKs up, and hence cannot target my device. I...
I'm trying to get an openfile dialog to show up on windows CE 6.0 according to msdn it's the same process as in win32, but it doesn't work. I submit for review the interresting part of the code : #include <windows.h> #include <commctrl.h> #include <winuser.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <Commdlg.h> /* Prototypes */ LRESULT CALLBACK ...
I would like to catch the power button flagged as VK_TPOWER in the documentation how is it possible ? ...
I've got a native C++ application that I need to profile to diagnose performance issues. The only profiler I can find for WinCE is the Remote Call Profiler, which requires the application be built with the Platform Builder so the instrumentation hooks can be compiled in. My application is built with VS2008. Any suggestions? ...
Is there a way to install themes on Windows CE 5. I want it to look similar to Windows Mobile. Any idea? ...
Anyone know relative performance hit for using the full as opposed to compact WinCE framework? We are contemplating using the full to get the ability to do drag and drop, etc. but not if it's a huge hit to processing ability. Any guesstimates about the difference? Uses x% more processor? ...
I have an application that I need to debug on a target system. All the relevant TRACE macros are in place to send messages to the debug window, however, I'm having difficulties in finding a way to prevent the spam there. You see, this application is regularly creating & terminating threads, so I am getting a large amount of "The thread...
I have a solution with two mobile projects. When I hit deploy only one of the app gets deployed to the device. The output of the second project is a dll. ...
Hi, We are developing Stand alone application in .net compact framework 2.0 targeting windows ce 6.0 operating system. But don't have any windows Ce 6.0 testing environment. Can any one give details how to setup Windows Ce 6.0 Testing environment? Thanks ramesh ...
Greetings. I'm trying to communicate between desktop PC and Windows CE 5.0 device connected by usb (cradle). I feel like I'm missing something obvious, because I can't find how to establish connection between them. What namespace to look? I just want simple communication: connect, exchange some data, disconnect. Sockets are more then e...
Hi, I'm building a dialog based Windows Mobile application. My main container dialog has a tab control which alternates between different child dialogs (as separate tab sheets). As I have limited display real-estate I need my dialogs to scroll vertically. Following some online example, I added a vertical scroll bar, and the appropriate...
I have a Windows CE application that is targeted at several (well two) different windows CE devices. The application is developed in Visual studio 2005 using C++ & MFC (no .NET). One of the devices signals system shutdown to running apps. by posting a custom message to the apps. main thread message queue using the PostThreadMessage() A...
I have a Chinese GPS hand-held with Windows CE on board and I would like to install my own applications on. The problem is that this device starts its own UI and doesn't have the option to shut it down (this is basically new dashboard with GPS, media players etc.). I would like to get rid of this app completely so I have a clean system t...
I need to add a device driver to a Windows CE image, I have the driver in .dll and .reg files and in a .cab package. I'm using Visual Studio 2005 with Platform Builder for Windows CE 6.0. How can I do that? ...
I have Windows CE 5.0 device and it doesn't support any hardware accelearation. I am looking for some good 2d graphics library to do following things. I prefer backend programming in Compact .Net Framework. Drawing fonts with antialiasing. drawing lines, and simple vector objects with antialiasing. I am not doing animation, so i don't ...
Hey all. I am troubleshooting a thermal printer issue when printing over bluetooth. The printer in question is Extech 3750T and the software is running on Windows CE. The driver is implemented on top of Winsock and is written in C++. As far as I can tell the connection housekeeping is all according to spec. The issue seems to be that so...
Two years ago I used eMbedded Visual Studio for Windows CE based application development. I had about 40% app performance acceleration with Intel C++ Compiler(v1.2 or v2.0) in comparison with default MS compiler (floating point issues, ARM). It was looked really helpful for me. I do remember that downloaded it from official Intel site....