pocketpc

How to make my Pocket PC stay on till my application has finished?

I've got an application that presents the user with ongoing status for roughly 15 minutes. What I want to do is make it so the unit will not power off during this time (because the wifi goes down and the status stops :( ) I'd assume the system is capable of doing this gracefully because I can watch a whole episode of Dilbert (22min) wit...

Using IHTMLElementRender Interface in Winodws mobile Pocket Internet Explorer.

Hi All, We would like to use IHTMLElementRender Interface in Windows mobile Pocket Internet Explorer for drawing HTML element content into our custom window DC but found that interface is not not exposed in PIE, Do we have any alternative PIE interface IPIEHTMLElementRender? Regards, Ramanand Bhat. ...

PocketPC c++ windows message processing recursion problem

Hello, I am having a problem in a large scale application that seems related to windows messaging on the Pocket PC. What I have is a PocketPC application written in c++. It has only one standard message loop. while (GetMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) { { TranslateMessage (&msg); DispatchMessage (&msg); } } We also have ...

Single CAB for pocket pc and smartphone versions of same application

Is it possible to create a single cab that will allow me to package both PocketPc and Smartphone version of Windows Mobile application? What I would like is to be able to check during installation if device is pocket pc or smartphone and then install appropriate versions. Thanks in advance for the help. ...

Program Pocket PC to talk with Desktop via USB (.net)

How do my program on Pocket PC (.Net CF v3.5) can communicate with program on my Desktop (.Net application) ? The Pocket PC is in cradle, connected via usb. Update: I know how to use socket to open TCP or send datagrams. I know how to use TcpClient/TcpListener. I just don't know how to give configuration for opening sockets for this s...

SQLCe connection error 0x80004005

Hello. I get the error when i'm trying to open a database in PocketPC emulator or from the program with connection's Open() method(C#)..Here it is: Description: Internal error: SQL Server Compact made an unsupported request to the host operating system. Can someone explain what can cause this error to appear. The database and applicati...

Backing up my database is taking too long (pocketPC)

Hello, On a windows mobile unit, the software I'm working on relies on a sdf file as it's database. The platform that the software is targeted towards is "less than optimal" and hard resets every once and a while. In the far distant past we lost data. Now we close the database, and copy the SDF file to the SD card. If the unit gets ...

Device Emulator not recognized in windows when I press cradle

Hi Experts, Who can help me with this: I am working on Win7 x64, with VS.net 2008. I am developping for pocketpc. When my application is deployed to the device emulator it can't connect to my computer / db server. Both de emulator as well the mobile device center are configured to use DMA. When I cradle the device using device manager,...

Windows Mobile Development: Pocket PC AND Smart Phone or Pocket PC Only??

Developing an application with impressive and a little complex GUI is quite easy for Pocket PC platform. But if I want the same application to run on SmartPhone platform as well, I need to make extensive changes in my application. Smart Phone doesn't even support radio buttons. I want my application be usable on as many mobiles as poss...

Developing applications for Pocket PC /Windows Mobile 5

I have to develop an application for the Motorola MC70 which runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.01.0478 (Pocket PC?). I have no idea how to make an application for those devices... I tested regular exe which gave me the expected "'x' is not a valid Pocket PC application". Is Visual Studio the only way to develop for these devices? I only ...

What is the difference between apps of Pocket PC and apps of SmartPhone regarding sdk?

Hello there, I am facing a problem that when our client deploys the application on his device he recieves TypeLoadException at System.Threading.Timer.ring(), but whenever i deploy the same application on my device it doesn't generate any exception it runs fine. i am deploying my application in the form of CAB file. the model of clients ...

How to close on pressing X on PocketPC

On PocketPC, when you tap the (X) to "close" the application, it stays open in the background. The only way to close it (without third-party programs) is to go to the settings->memory and close the program. Or you can run other programs so when the PPC gets to no memory it will close the earlier programs. I am developing an application ...

Suggest a Java IDE for Pocket PC

Hi Guys How can I write a java application with Pocket Pc? could you please suggest me an IDE and JDK for PPC? I want write java applications with PPC's keyboard for example in travel. for example HyperEdit is an IDE for HTML. Thanks a lot ... My PPC : Xperia X1 My OS : WindowsMobile 6.1 My Cpu : 528 Mhz ...

How can I find the memory available on an SD card on a wince device (C++)

I'm looking for a way (on a pocketPC) to interrogate the size/remaining size of an SD card. I have to create some files on the SD card and I want to make sure there's enough room before I write to it. ...

Synchronizing Pocket PC application using Web service.

I am using Satellite forms Pocket PC application. There is new requirement in which I have to sync the Pocket PC over HTTP protocol using Web Application (ASP.NET) . Please provide me some suggestions to do that. Thanks in advance... ...

How can I dial the default connection on Pocket PC 2003 ?

I am working on a PPC2003 application. The devices on which the application has to run have a modem and VPN connection set. I want to automatically dial the system default "work" connection, which is the VPN one, which dial the modem one first. The user has another application who does automatically make the system dial the default...

Manual stack backtrace on Windows mobile (SEH)

Following situation: I'm developing an windows mobile application using the sdk 6. Target machine is a nautiz x7. To improve the error reporting I want to catch the structured exceptions (SEH) and do a stack backtrace to store some information for analysis. So far I have the information where the exception was thrown (windows core.dll) ...

turn on bluetooth in pocket pc VS-c++

I'm attempting to turn on the bluetooth devices on a WinCE5.00 device. I was tracking down alternatives to BthUtil.dll because it doesn't exist on this OS. Does anyone know how I'd replace the functionality presented in this file. http://www.keyongtech.com/3116265-bthutil-dll-missing-in-ce bears not fruit. The suggestions don't have an...

html5 offline storage for Windows Mobile 6.1 or an alternative?

I understand that there are no browsers currently which support offline storage for mobile 6.1. I am trying to find a web form based solution avoiding the loss of data when my device has no connectivity. Have ruled out Gears and would like to avoid a win forms application as the forms change so often. Are there any other approaches tha...

Handle PocketPC's Task Manager Stop Running programs when using nested Forms

I have a PocketPC C# application written in Visual Studio 2005. It uses nested forms (the user is presented with a form with multiple buttons, when the user selects one a new form is opened). I've added code so that the 1st form sets it's title to string.Empty to hide it from the Running Programs List. When the 2nd form is showing and t...