windows-ce

Setup DLL doesnt run when CAB installs under CE6

Hi I have a CAB file that installs our program to Windows CE. I have a CAB (and platform configuration) for Windows CE 5 and 6. Both CABs have their CE Setup DLL property pointing to the Primary Output of a Setup project. Both CABs contain the exact same code (C++). When installing the CE5 CAB it works perfectly and the custom setup a...

why i get this error: Unsafe code may only appear if compiling with /unsafe

hi why i get this error: Unsafe code may only appear if compiling with /unsafe ? i work in C# Visual-studio 2008 programming on WinCE thank's ...

Changing [X] to OK on form in Windows CE .NET 4.2 in .NET application

I have a .NET application that is being targeted to run on Windows Mobile 5 and Windows CE .NET 4.2 and there are some minor differences between how forms display that I'm trying to converge. On the WM device a form will display with an "ok" button in the top right while on CE the same form will show an "X". Is there anyway on CE to ...

.NET applications sometimes doesn’t work on Windows CE

Hi, I write applications for Windowe ME and CE in C# .NET 2.0. Sometimes I’ve got problems because applications don’t work on some navigation devices. On Windowe ME it is not problem because .NET can be installed from a cab, but on most Windows CE devices it is impossible because after soft reset all changes disappear. I found out that ...

How to install a program to the non-volatile memory on Windows CE?

Hi All! I created a CAB setup for Windows CE using Visual Studio 2008. Everything was installed fine but all my files went to the volatile memory (\Program Files). Is there a way to install them to the non-volatile memory (\Hard Disk\Program Files)? I could write to the \Hard Disk\Program Files directly but I'm not sure whether this pat...

Under Windows CE, how can I check which RAM based DLLs are loaded in virtual memory space?

I have a problem with loading a DLL under Windows Mobile 5.0. I'm pretty confident that this is caused by running out of the application virtual memory (the 32 MB slot of the process, as explained in Windows CE .NET Advanced Memory Management). I'm looking for a way to actually make sure that this is the issue and investigate whether m...

qt on Win CE 5.0 crash

Good day all, It's the first time I am using Qt on Windows CE and I ran into an issue. Maybe someone can help me with it. I will describe my set up. I am using XP with Visual Studio 2005 an Qt Add-in version 1.1.2. I downloaded Qt source for Windows CE and followed the instructions on these (http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/install-wince.h...

"Use MFC in a Static Library" links to MFC80U.dll

In my Windows CE DLL project, I am trying to tell Visual C++ to link statically to MFC in a project that originally did not use MFC. However, upon linking successfully, Dependency Walker (depends.exe) says that my DLL is dynamically linked to MFC80U.DLL and MSVCR90.DLL. Has anyone else encountered this bug? If "Use of MFC" is set to "Us...

take control of pocket PC wince

I would like to take control of pocket PC wince from An other PC (wondows XP) through ethernet cable. Do you know a program doing this compatible with WinCE ? ...

What are the common issues that can cause slow boot times of Windows CE6 Images?

I am relatively new to Platform Builder, and whilst I am able to produce nk.bin files, they boot very slowly, 80-100 seconds, so I think there may be some checkbox somewhere that I need to set (or clear)! I've already removed kitl, profiling, etc in the project settings, and set the project to 'release build' & 'ship'. When I looked at...

Designing forms to work on different resolutions and aspect ratios on Windows CE

I have a .NET 2.0 application that runs on Compact Framework. It has a bunch of different forms that were all originally designed to run on a specific device with a specific screen resolution. I'm now looking to get this application to run on some other devices that have very different screen resolutions (some have completely opposite ...

How could I sync the time with an internet resource on WM?

In windows application, I use w32tm to force the computer sync the time with a specific time resource. But now I am doing a PDA application on WM5.0, w32tm is not available anymore and have no idea how to start with after a bit search on google. ...

Do I need to install the extra stuff like emulator to play with my PDA application?

I just installed visual studio 2008 pro and following the instruction on MSDN, I am supposed to install DeviceEmulator BSP. But I found out that there is an emulator integrated with VS2008 already and working properly. So just wondering that since an emulator has been embedded with VS2008 pro already there should be no need to install a...

Does PDA belong to smartphone or pocket PC?

While choosing target platform for my PDA application, I have options of WM5.0 pocket PC and WM5.0 Smartphone. Which one I am supposed to choose if the application will run on HP 6965 iPAQ and Motorola MC35? Many thanks. ...

qt 4.6 for winCE: hello world app takes ages to start

Hi, I'm using qt 4.6 porting a j2me app to native Windows mobile 6 professional. All is working ok but my app takes about 10 seconds to startup that is too much in my opinion. Even a simple hello world app takes about 8 seconds to start. I've tried recompiling qt using a lot of -no-something, like this: c:\Qt\4.6.0\configure.exe -qconfi...

Determine screen color depth/monochrome in .NET compact framework 2.0?

I'm using the .NET CF 2.0 on multiple devices which have different display capabilities (specifically color/monochrome) that I'd like to determine at run-time but can't find any methods that provide access to this information. ...

Windows Mobile 6 Application from WindowsCE

I have a game written in java working on windows CE now I would like to upgrade to windows mobile 6.x. what are the things I need to change/do? Thanks ...

os compatibility on mobiles

i want to develop an application on android,webos,wince. how to develop application that should run on all paltform with developing each paltform ...

Serial port mapping doesn't work in WM emulator

I set COM2 for my USB serial port device and it appears as "COM2 serial port" in device management. Then I map the COM2 to serial port 2 in WM emulator configuration. But when I try to open COM2, it says COM2 doesnt exist. Then I use string[] allComs = System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.GetPortNames(); to check all the ports, find out COM2 is m...

Is Silverlight on Windows CE R3 not in sandbox?

Hi there, Silverlight on Windows CE 6 r3 is different I know, it's Silverlight 2 with a native C++ backend. But is this backend locked down in any way? Can I access the local file system etc? I'm currently building a proof-of-concept for a client, and I don't want to show them this lovely UI if I can't deliver on the functionality in ...