I'm looking at rewriting an eMbedded Visual Basic app I wrote years ago. I'm unsatisified with it because of various problems clients keep having with it now and then over the years, mostly along the lines of the app not loading anymore because a required dll/activex control has gone missing! This is so frustrating and naturally difficul...
I'm unfamiliar with Pocket PC development, but I have to make a few minor changes to an VS2005, Pocket PC 2003 Device application. One of the changes (which I thought would be trivial) is changing the text of app's shortcut, but I can't figure out where this text is set. The solution includes a setup project, so I'm looking for it in t...
The title speaks for itself... I've tried to find another question like it but must have missed it if it exists. I'm looking for anything, from a core library replacing GAPI to a .net wrapper... It's for building a nice UI so no 3D needed... ...
I'm searching for a code that will alow access to the SMS messages stored in a Pocket PC device with Windows Mobile so I can download/backup them to a Windows PC. Anyone knows how to do this? ...
How do I detect when my Compact Framework application is being smart-minimized (smart minimize is what happens when the user clicks the "X" button in the top-right corner on a Pocket PC)? The Deactivate event isn't the right way because it occurs in circumstances other than minimization, such as when a message box or another form is sho...
Does anyone know of some mp3 playing code for the pocket PC. I have 3 mp3s that I want to play when my application loads up, depending on how you log in. I've used VS2005 C++ to code what I've got now. I think code to play mp3 for the desk might do the job. But I might not have access to the library, that's why I've been specific. ...
When I debug a VS2008 WM project in the emulator, it all works as expected, but when I select a device as the target for testing, the entire application gets hosed, appearing in the upper left of the display, distorted. How can I make the display appear the same as in the emulator? ...
Hi, I've recently bought myself a new cellphone, running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. And of course I am currently looking into doing some coding for it, on a hobby basis. My plan is to have a service running as a DLL, loaded by Services.exe. This needs to gather som data, and do som processing at regular intervals (every 5-10 minut...
I've some pocket pc app and i'm having a serious problem with it described here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/472598 . While looking for a solution i tried some actually quite stupid code in Main(): [MTAThread] static void Main() { Application.Run(new Tasks()); Application.Exit(); ...
Hello, think I successfully made a managed wrapperclass to the Credential API functions mentioned here with a little help from there At least the Win32-Errorcodes returned from that functions are Zero or other but expected (i.e. 1168 from CredDelete if calling it twice) and the appropriate values are stored at the correct place in the re...
I've developed an application for Windows Mobile using Windows Mobile 6 Pro with CF 3.5 and I have some deployment questions. I'm targeting only Pocket PC and I don't want to let users install it on their smartphone (because it simply won't work). How can I check for the platform on which the user is installing the application and show...
Hello i'm developing a pocket ie site. Im runnning pocket PC 2003 SE emulator with pocket ie. i have a and want to reference it from javascript. getElementById and document.getElementsByTagName don't work. In an example I saw document.all[] and even xx.id but all don't work. Can anyone enlighten me ? ...
Treeview in .net cf 3.5 pocket pc app If we enable checkbox it will be displayed for all nodes, i want to show check box for childs of some nodes only. Is it possible ? i found some windows forms apps doing custom draw in drawnode event. But there is no drawnode event in .net cf treeview. ...
I'm developing a pocket PC application for Windows mobile 6.0 and I want to use Paypal. Should i use Web Browser control for this. I need to know the entire process and flow to implement PayPal to my smart device application. ...
I'd like to have a World Clock on my PocketPC. Getting the Local Time is no problem, and getting the UTC Time is even less a Problem. But I seem unable to get a specific Time Zone? Say I want the current Time Zone for New York, not knowing if it's Daylight Saving Time or not (so I do not know if it's Eastern Time (GMT-5) or Eastern Dayli...
I want to attach a tracking box that has a serial port, with a serial to usb lead to a windows mobile. Is there anyway to detect usb plugin when i connect windows mobile device with tracking box through USB? ...
Hi, I'm asked to port an existing PocketPC mfc app (lot's of forms and buttons) to XP embedded. 3 possible scenarios spring to mind: 1) I use some kind of tool or wizard and get the sources compiled for XP 2) I open a new MFC app in vis studio 2008 and form by form copy controls (gui) and code over and this way recreate the same stuff...
I need to transfer a big file from PC to PPC (Pocket PC) but I can't use RAPI. I need to: Convert an .sdf (big) file to a binary format Transfer to PPC (through a Web service) In PPC convert from binary to .sdf The problem is that in PPC I got an exception "out of memory" (in big file). With a small file it works excellently. What ...
I have to stop applications when the window is closed. The window stays in the memory when click the (x) button. How can i remove the app in memory? Also another question is that i want the application to be installed when hard restart the pocket pc, how can i do it? Thanks ...
Is there any way to build for Pocket PC 2002 (3.0) with Visual Studio 2008? ...