windows-mobile

Deploy Blackberry application on Windows Mobile!

We are having an application developed for BlackBerry - a pretty big one only. Is it possible to deploy the same as Windows CE/Windows Mobile 6 application? We want to reuse the application with minimal changes. Lemme admit that I've little/zero knowledge of the Mobile applications. EDIT: The application is developed in J2ME. ...

Retrieve the LANGID for French (Canada) on Windows Mobile 6?

I'm writing a script using SOTI Package Manager and I'm trying to find the particular key I can use to retrieve what the current Windows Mobile Regional Setting is for Language. If it's French (Canada) I want to display post-install script messages in French, otherwise I want them in English. I've got the ability to check a registry va...

Socket connect() always succeeds (TCP over ActiveSync)

I'm using TCP/IP over ActiveSync to connect from Windows CE device to Windows XP desktop. The WinSock connect() function always succeeds, no matter whether desktop server application is actually running. The following simplified code demonstrates this issue: #include "stdafx.h" #include <Winsock2.h> int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]...

how to make shortcut for any program in windows-mobile and Windows-CE using C# code ?

how to make shortcut for any program in windows-mobile and Windows-CE using C# code ? ...

DirectShow: Video-Preview and Image (with working code)

Questions / Issues If someone can recommend me a good free hosting site I can provide the whole project file. As mentioned in the text below the TakePicture() method is not working properly on the HTC HD 2 device. It would be nice if someone could look at the code below and tell me if it is right or wrong what I'm doing. Introduction...

GPS navigation application for windows mobile

Hello all. I'm trying to build an application for a smart phone (windows mobile). I need to sample 2 GPS points and use a gps navigation app to get driving instructions between those 2 points. i need it to work on Tel Aviv map. does someone knows something i can use? thanks. ...

Play sounds with the Symbol Developer Kit in c#

Hello, We are developping a mobile application, which targets devices manufactured by Symbol. On these devices, Windows Mobile is the system. Our application play sounds (simple beeps in fact) : we use the developper kit provided by Symbol to access the device sound card in order to play sounds. here is the code we use : Symbol.Audio...

How can I deploy a smart device application to a reconfigured WinMo emulator?

I've reconfigured the default Windows Mobile 6 Professional emulator to increase it's memory size and now I would like to deploy and debug my CF application on it. The problem is that it is not possible to select this newly created emulator configuration from the Target Device drop-down in VS2008. If I select Windows Mobile 6 Professio...

Common development platform for Mobile or Hand-held devices

Currently we are working on a project in which we need to come up with some framework or common approach to have single code base used for developing an application that runs in Windows Mobile and Palm OS (WebOS). Is there any solution to this? I heard of "PhoneGAP" but I am not sure how successful it is in current situation. Any one kn...

Help with a quick and dirty DB sync solution

Hello everyone, I have a problem with a deadline. And that deadline is tomorrow :S Luckily it doesn't have to be the best solution; not even a good one. I only need one part working which I will describe shortly. What I want you to know is that I looking for the quickest and dirtiest solution right so my idea maybe sound really bad. So,...

C# code to save the zoomed image on picturebox control in windows mobile App

I capture a image from windows mobile camera and save it on picturebox control..now to zoom the picture i am increasing its size by Onpaint event.The image is getting zoomed but i am not able to save the zoomed image(ie.., the increased image size)... Please let me know ...

Add reference via code?

I have a C# .NET Compact Framework 3.5 mobile project in Visual Studio 2008. The program uses a barcode scanner and works for two different types of Windows Mobile devices (both using their own SDK to manipulate the barcode scanner). How can I conditionally add the reference to the scanner SDK SDK DLL file? i.e., if compiling for HARD...

Is it possible to build Windows Mobile emulation into an application?

I'm building an application that's a host of various other applications (of sorts). One of the features I wanted to try and achieve was the possibility of running Windows Mobile applications. I know an emulator can be downloaded from MSDN but everything suggests it is only really for testing Mobile apps. Would it be a possibility to s...

How do I use the Bluetooth SPP on a Pocket PC running Windows Mobile?

My client needs a Pocket PC application to remotely configure an industrial sensor via Bluetooth. The sensor is equipped with a small Bluetooth SPP module. The application should run on Pocket PCs running Windows Mobile. As I'm familiar with .NET application development on the desktop but not on mobile devices, I'd ask for a bit of advic...

Missing help files for Microsoft.WindowsMobile in Visual Studio 2008 help system

I've just installed the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 DTK, both standard and professional. Before that I had the standard and professional Windows Mobile 6 SDKs. All Windows Mobile help pages are missing in Visual Studio 2008's help system - in particular everything in the Microsoft.WindowsMobile namespace. Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX is the...

Trouble connecting to SQL2005 with Windows Mobile 6

I have a windows mobile 6 device I would like to connect to a full SQL 2005 server. From the device I can ping the physical machine, but it won't find the sql server. Using cn As New SqlConnection("Data Source='myServer\sql2005';Initial Catalog=myDB;User ID=User1;password=password") cn.Open() End Using I've tested this con...

What's the best way to create a Windows Mobile application with multiple screens in C#

I am creating a Windows Mobile Application in C# and Visual Studio 2008. The application will have 5-6 main 'screens'. There will also be bar (/area) with information (e.g. a title, whether the app is busy, etc) above the screens, and a toolbar (or similar control) below the screens with 5-6 buttons (with images) to change the active sc...

Windows Mobile Calendar Integration

Is there any way to add events to the default calendar application on WM from my own WM application? I use Windows Mobile 6.5. ...

Developing a MIDlet for Windows Mobile

Is it possible to create a MIDP Application for Windows Mobile? In other words, I want to create a MIDlet and run it on a Windows Mobile Simulator(any). Thanks in Advance. ...

Slow Update/insert into SQL Server CE using LinqToDatasets

I have a mobile app that is using LinqToDatasets to update/insert into a SQL Server CE 3.5 File. My Code looks like this: // All the MyClass Updates MyTableAdapter myTableAdapter = new MyTableAdapter(); foreach (MyClassToInsert myClass in updates.MyClassChanges) { // Update the row if it is already there int result = myTableAd...