I'm writing a routine to provide user definable keyboard short-cuts for any menu item in my Windows Mobile 5 application, which is in C++/MFC. To do this I am getting all of the available menu command IDs, and using the CWnd::PostMessage(WM_COMMAND,MyMenuID) to post it to the application. I use this technique to good effect elsewhere f...
I have a windows mobile 5.0 app, written in C++ MFC, with lots of dialogs. One of the devices I'm currently targetting does not have a tab key, so I would like to use another key to move between controls. This is fine for buttons but not edit controls or combo boxes. I have looked at a similar question but the answer does not really s...
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On the page http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb202066.aspx If references something called "POLL Driver V2" however this is the only place I can see that talks about this. I'm extermely interested in the GPSSetDeviceParam: GPS_QUERY_FIX call but after searching for about 2 hours on this, I couldn't find any information. Can s...
Are there any good MVC frameworks for native Windows Mobile code? Barring that could someone link to an open source Windows Mobile or CE project that uses the MVC pattern? ...
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...
We're developing a windows mobile 6.1 application and would like to make the user interface look better than the standard battleship grey. Has anyone had any experience with 3rd party controls that can make a windows mobile app look like a WPF/Silverlight/Iphone - like interface? ...
Hello all, I am trying to figure out the proper procedure for applying a new tsk based theme file in windows mobile 6.1. I have tried working off of the page http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/changetodaytheme.html But this only changes the background, not the system colors for things such as the top and bottom bars on the screen. wce...
I'm trying to make a picture button in the compact framework. I made a usercontrol and added a picturebox. I saw you could over ride the text and font for normal windows forms. but don't seem able to do it for compact. It crashes VS2008. Has anyone done this? ...
Hi, I've been preparing to deliver a presentation on SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 (SP1 - recently released) and I was wondering if anyone had designed (or contemplated designing) a system with SQL Server CE 3.5 (or earlier versions)? In particular, has anyone thought of (or experienced) using SQLCE as a solution for offline data stora...
Applications which run on mobile devices have special user interface requirements. I think Apple did a great job introducing innovative controls on the iPhone/iPod touch platform. Now, I have to design an application for the Windows Mobile platform using the .NET Compact Framework (Visual Studio 2008). I wonder if there are some commerc...
Hi, My application is implemented as a service (running under services.exe). I am adding a new feature which requires being notified when the user sends an SMS. I have tried using IMAPIAdviseSink, registering with both IMAPISession and IMsgStore, but I do not get any notifications. The other options I can see are to create a Short Mes...
In a C++ project (i.e. no .NET) on Windows Mobile, I am looking for a way to easily communicate between two independently running applications. Application A would run a service, whereas application B would provide the user some functionality - for which B has to call some of A's functions. I would rather not go through implementing anyt...
Is there a way to start another application from within Compact .Net framework 1.0 similar to System.Diagnostics.Process.Start on the Windows side? I need to start a CAB file for installation. Thanks, Kishore. ...
I need to detect the device resolution automatically, right now I have a global var & hardwire the resolution: Public gDeviceRes As String = "640" 'Public gDeviceRes As String = "320" then recompile for each device, does anyone have a quick snippit of code for this?? ...
I know & use the p/invoke method to play wav sounds, & there are ways of calling windows media player to play an mp3 sound, but its slow & cumbersome, is there an easy way to simply play short mp3 file... mainly for application prompting & audible cues for when you are not looking at the screen.. (not music) thanks!! ...
Hi I would like to programatically shutdown a Windows Mobile device using Compact framework 2.0, Windows mobile 5.0 SDK. Regards, ...
I am developing a mobile app to run on a pocketpc. We have a mobile printer and card swipe that uses com1 to send and get info. I'm using the device emulator and want to test without the printer. How do I create a virtual com1 port to right to and read from? I tried com0com but the device emulator will not set that as serial 0. ...
What applications/modules/dlls do I need on the Window CE 5.0 device in order to be able to attach Visual Studio 2005 to process running on the device ? ...
I need a method for a user to quickly enter info using a Handheld Symbol MC9090 scanner running windows Mobile 5.0 from a power off state Currently it takes approx 1 min from power off state for user to enter data into a sharepoint list. I need to get the time down to seconds. It takes approx 30secs for handheld to establish wireless c...