windows-mobile

Debug a Windows Mobile 5 Application on a Physical Device

Hi, I'm trying to debug and test my application with a Dell Windows Mobile device using Visual Studio 2008. I can connect to the device and deploy it on to the device using ActiveSync. The problem I'm having now is that when debugging, after the project is deployed on to the device, the breakpoints are never hit and the application just ...

Any good book or tutorial on C++ Windows mobile 6+ development?

Hello, as I briefly surfed over the web it appears there are no tutorials for C++ programing on Win mobile platform, except three or four sample applications on Ms pages. Does anyone know if there is something else anywhere? It seems there are just C# articles... ...

ERROR_DEV_NOT_EXIST when ::CreateFile in C++ MFC?

Hi, I am writing to open a port using this function: HANDLE hFile = ::CreateFile(pszComName, GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, 0, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, 0,0); // Check if we could open the device if (hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { DWORD hh= ::GetLastError(); error.Format(_T("test - [%d]"),hh); AfxMessageBox(error,MB...

How to use/access accelerometer in Windows Mobile 6.1 pro. HTC

I want to develop an application using accelerometer. In windows mobile 6.1 pro, C#. I have a HTC touch hd phone for testing. Is there any SDK for that? how can I start? Thanks! ...

windows mobile painting on capture camera mode.

I have a windows mobile 6.1 prof application. I want to make a fake augmented reality application. So while in the capture camera mode. I want to also be able to paint something over the camera view. is that possible? Also if you know some dll's or API's about augmented reality (free or not) please welcome. ...

Can I use a full version of Visual Studio 2010 to develop Windows 7 Phone Apps instead of the download package

I have Visual Studio 2010 Professional as well as Expression Blend 4 loaded on my development machine already. Everything I read says to develop apps for the Windows 7 Phone, I need to download the vm_web.exe file which includes Visual Studio 2010 for the phone and the emulator as well as a stripped down version of Expression Blend. Wh...

Windows Mobile: Draw graphic permanently on the screen

Is it possible to draw a graphic (e.g. a rectangle) on a specific area of the screen, in order to be visible all the time even if a full screen application like a game is running? I tried to accomplish this by making a window top most, but like I expected, it got hidden when another program was doing the same thing. Even if I restarted ...

how to change the functionality of close event (X out)of a form at top-right corner in C#

Hello, i am new to C#, i have an issue. that is i have some n forms in my Windows Mobile App. if i press at "X-out"(Top-Right corner), the total app is getting closed. now i need to change that "X" symbol as "OK", and if i press at "OK", only the current form should be closed and the form which calls this form should resume. thanks for ...

Widget/Plugin on Today screen on WinMo 6.5

I want to put a new tool on my Windows 6.5 phone, and I'm looking for an example or write-up to help me. You go to settings -> Today -> Items, and 'Windows Default' is selected. This puts 'music', 'pictures', 'text', 'e-mail', etc... on the today screen. If you want to add an item to this list, how do you do that? I saw some links here...

Is there any Motorola Emulator for MC70 Device?

I need to develop a mobile application for Motorola MC70 Device. And i was wondering how to test BarCode Reading, and other hardware related stuff. is there an emulator for this? or do i need the actual phone? in Addition, if any of you have worked with this device before, what recommendations and link can you send to me? Your help w...

Developing cross platform mobile application

More and more mobile platforms are being launched and sdk's are available to developers. There are various mobile platform are available, Android,iOS,Moblin,Windows mobile 7,RIM,symbian,bada,maemo etc. And making of corss platform application is headache for developers. I am searching common thing across the platforms which will help to...

Howto make ListView items look like Microsoft supplied ones in WM 6.5.3?

Please see the screenshot above. The left part is WM 6 and the right is WM 6.5.3. In 6.5.3 there's an auto layout engine that fiddles with all controls to make them more touch-friendly. My documentation says this: By default, Auto Layout is disabled for third-party applications. However. application developers can enable this featu...

Mobile Phone (different platforms): Cell reselection control/Layer3 reporting modification

Ideas welcome how to create an application able to lock phone on a particular operator's cell, prevent cell reselection/handover, modify layer 3 "Measurement Report" messages which handset sends uplink towards base station (it is commont for GSM & UMTS). Platforms: iPhone Symbian S60 3rd, 5th Android Windows Mobile What I currently fi...

Problem with Windows Mobile 7 emulator

Hello, I've ran into problem with beta emulator for Windows 7. When I execute the emulator itself doesn't appear. This happens when trying XNA 4 project, however when I try Silverlight for Phone emulator loads normally in separate window. I proceeded acording to this tutorial http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff472340(v=VS.92).asp...

error RC2176 : old DIB in res\icon3.ico; pass it through SDKPAINT??

Hi, what is this Error, and how to resolve it? I am using Visual studio 2005 for Smart device MFC developement, Is upgrading to 2008 can solve my problem. Error 85 error RC2176 : old DIB in res\icon3.ico; pass it through SDKPAINT Thanks ...

How to create and deploy image of Windows Mobile device?

I have a Windows Mobile handheld device on which I installed several applications and libraries and set all settings and configuration options (like network, etc) to the correct values for the application(s). Now I need to do the same to multiple other handheld devices. Is there a way to create an imagine of one device and load that ima...

How do I export an SQL Server Compact table to an Excel in Windows CE with C#?

I need to Export a table from SQL Server Compact 3.5 Table (*.sdf File) to an excel in Windows CE in a C# application. Can any one please help me? Is There Any easier way then querying all the data and then parsing it to an excel sheet? ...

Out-of-process ATL COM server on Windows Mobile

Do current versions of Windows Mobile (5.0, 6.0, 6.1) while using current tools (MSVS2008)support creating an out-of-process COM server? ...

How do i Export a DataTable to an *.xls file (excel) in C# Compact framework 3.5

i have a table in a C# compact framework 3.5 application that i need to export to an excel that will be used on a regular desktop pc. i already wrote it to an XML successfully if that helps... but i need a .xls file please help... ...

ExTAPI: lineRegister returns before line is registered

I am using the extended TAPI function lineRegister to register a GPRS radio on the network after powering the radio on using lineSetEquipmentState. The lineRegister function is returning successfully before the network is actually registered. The asynchronous lineRegister function first returns a positive number indicating the functi...