windows-mobile

ActiveX hosting using the concept of Alex Feinman doen't work on my HP iPAQ rx5720

Hello! I have a HP iPAQ rx5720 with Windows Mobile 5.0. I'm using AxHost code from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446515.aspx. This control works great in a ScreenOrientation angle of 0º or 180º (portrait). But it doesn't work if the orientation is 90º or 270º (landscape). By the way, I'm using the control to play videos with...

multithreading in c# compact framework

hi all; i am using compact frame work for my windows mobile application in which i have pass more than one request to the server and receive response for each request in an array. the problem is there when i should access these arrays because i m starting the threads in a for loop and the after completing the loop i have to access thes...

How to plot the points on Google maps in Windows Mobile using C#?

Hi, I am developing application which uses google maps. I want to know how can I plot a single point and multiple points on Google maps in windows mobile? I am using C# for WM development 5.0 and 6.0. Thanks in Advance ...

Incorporating a Windows Mobile, a Silverlight and a Web project under a common DAL (Ria Services)

I am in the beginning of my thesis, and I have to implement a solution about aggregating reports, obtained by a Windows Mobile application, to a central storage. Then, the available data are going to be presented through an Entity Framework model, using RIA services as a data access layer, for the Silverlight project. Can I utilize the R...

Delete a registry value using a CAB installer

Is it possible to delete a registry key using a CAB installer that is generated using VS2005? The CAB is targeted at Windows CE 6. Edit: I did find this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=415990, but I was hoping to find a way to do it using VS2005 or VS2008 and in an easier way. (I did not even start to try the instruct...

Design problem.

Hi, I have a sample application and user control which uses separate copy of structure and enum. I want to know how to define this enum and structure, in order to use in my sample application as well as in my user control without having multiple definitions . i.e. only one copy of enum and structure should be present. Please let me kno...

Windows Mobile Hi-Res Designer in Visual Studio

Is it possible to do Windows Mobile development in Visual Studio (2008), where the Windows Mobile Forms designer appears in "hi-res" (VGA/>96 DPI), rather than the default lo-res view? I'm using Resco controls, which have some built-in support for hi-res, but it's a little bit slow to develop any significant forms, because you don't kno...

Maintain the aspect ratio of an image ?

Hi, I am using pictureBox to show images which are received from server but my problem is that picture box in compact framework has only three Size Modes StretchImage, Normal, CenterImage the pictures i am getting are generally bigger in size so i have to use StrecthImage mode. But then the aspect ratio is maintained so the images s...

How to Print from PPC (windows mobile) - to - usb printer, that connect to him ?

hi how i can print from ppc (windows mobile) to usb printer that connect to him ? (the printer is connect to the terminal (ppc) in usb connection) thank's in advance ...

Choosing the right version of .Net Compact Framework.

Hello! I'm developing an winform application for Windows Mobile 5.0 and above. I'm using .Net Compact Framework 2.0 SP2. I choose that version of compact framework because is installed on Windows Mobile 6.0 rom (in fact, the installed version is .Net Compact Framework 2.0 SP1). Because of that, program will run faster and is going to b...

Create a .NET Windows Service on Windows Mobile 6.x

I would like to create a windows service in .NET that runs on WinMo 6.x.... There r a lot of documentation for how to do that in MFC (and non-MFC) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838599.aspx but I can't find any pointers for .NET stuff, is it even doable? Thanks, ...

Installing root CA on Windows Mobile 5 device

Need to install company CA on Mobile 5 device. Thus far we have attempted to copy cer file to device and click on it. It errors with "Cannot Access Certificate". I do not have a public certifcate from an installed trusted authority to sign a CAB file for installation. Any ideas? ...

Programmatically enable ClearType in Windows Mobile

For our Windows Mobile application I want to enable the ClearType option on the device. According to this article on MSDN it should be done be setting the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\Cleartype But nothing happens after setting this particular key. Even a soft reset does not enable it, but simply gets rid of t...

Sql Server CE version installed on Windows Mobile 6 Rom

Hello! Which is the version of SQL Server CE installed on Windows Mobile 6? I think is SQL Server 2005 Mobile Versión 3.0. If I use a database of this version (3.0), will it work on version 3.1 and 3.5? Thank you! ...

Thumbnails and photo size over Windows Mobile

Considering the different sizes of the screen on Windows Mobile devices, which should be the ideal size of a photo that I'm going to show on my WinForm application? And what about thumbnail? Is there any kind of algorithm to make thumbnail of the images that I'm going to show? ...

Getting directory structure in windwos mobile

Is there a way to get the directory structure in windows mobile in C++? There is no folder browse dialog in MFC or in win32 for the windows mobile so I searched for a way to get the directory structure inside the code and even this seems difficult to find. These operations are very easy to perform in .NET compact framework but the appl...

Application is not qutting from task manager

hi, I have an application running with the thread,if i perform end-task from the task manager application is quitting but,in process list an instance will be running(i.e if I do end-task 5 times 5 instances of process running). It might be due to thread. in this case,if I have to kill all process i need to restart the device :-(. Manu...

Windows Mobile and Windows Live ID Authentication (Web Service)

Hello! Is there anyway to implement Windows Live ID Authentication in a Compact Framework WinForm application? (C#, .Net Compact Framework 2.0 SP2, Windows Mobile 5.0 and above). Is there a Web Service to use? Thank you! ...

Deploy SqlCe with my Windows Mobile app

I've written a Windows Mobile Standard/Smartphone app (my first) that uses a SQL Server Compact Edition database as the backend. I had no problem testing in the emulator in Visual Studio as it installed SqlCe to the emulator for me. When I created my deployment project, though, the resulting CAB file installed on my phone fine, but wou...

Webkit on Windows Mobile

I wish to embed webkit in a windows mobile application. The goal is to allow it to run web apps. I've tried the Qt version, but only webkit is required and not the rest of the functionality Qt has. ...