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• JohnnieK can I keep both vs2003 and vs 2005?

  just got a beta version 2005 as I wanna use compact framework 2.0 to develop application, but I also want to keep 2003, can I keep both of them Many thanks! Yes, you can. ...Show All

• RKishan Determining if a Mobile Device has Barcode Scanning functionality.

  Hi all, I am using a Symbol library on a mobile device that allows me to perform Barcode scanning on a Symbol M50 device. But, this very same project will also be rolled out to other mobile devices that may not support Barcode scanning (such as the iMate). How can I determine whether a device is able to perform Barcode scanning from within my application Using: CF 2.0 Lang. C# Thanks Tryst How do you usually interface with the barcode ...Show All

• ThoWa MSMQ for .NET CF limitation

  OK, here is our MSMQ needs.  We are looking to replace our current middleware messaging solution (Broadbeam ExpressQ) with MSMQ.  We would need a single MSMQ server (Windows Server 2003) running in workgroup (private queues) mode.  We also will have multiple Pocket PC clients running MSMQ that will be connecting over IP using Sprint, Verizon, Cingular, etc.  I have recently discovered the CE limitation of not being able to re ...Show All

• J Kramer Visual Studio 2005 & Smart Device App

  Hello everybody. I have some questions about creating and debuging smart device applications using Visual Studio 2005 and CF v2.0. Can I use the VS2005 and CF v2.0 to create by C#: 1) Win CE 3.0 application 2) Win CE 4.1(4.2) application 3) PPC 2002 application 4) PPC 2003 application If I can, then how can I debug my programs using standart emulators Please, describe the features of creating smart device applications in ...Show All

• sonaht Today Screen

  Hi! I'm looking for code to create a plug-in for Today Screen for WM2003. Everything I have found involved doing stuff with C++. Is there any way to override this, since I don't have C++ available and C++ embedded is tool large for me to download. ...not to mention that I'm not at all familiar with it!!! Can I do it only by using C# or VB Hi Amit! Thanks for your reply! This is the first article I found. Is it possible to find the unmanag ...Show All

• Rajagopal Custom ListView

  Hi, I need a customized ListView so that each item will be able to display 2 lines of text, I want to keep the checkbox functionality of the ListView. Is it possible to do something like just overriding the OnPaint method Or do I have to go with a full-blown OwnerDranList While I'm at it, I also need a search/filter feature just like the smartphone's contact manager. If the user hits a key it will start reducing the number of it ...Show All

• Arthur 2 Sheds Exception Code 0x80000002- please help!

  Hi. I have an application for PocketPC that sometimes gets this exception: Exception Code: 0x80000002 Exception Address: 0x01f7aac and I don't know what to do with it. I'm don't know much about exception handling and I don't understand what this error means. I get it inconsistently. sometimes it never surfaces; sometimes it suddenly does. I've been trying to find patterns to no avail. My application is basically a speech recorder and player. I w ...Show All

• fmorales VB Documentation Comments

  In a VB project in VS2005, you can insert triple-tick documentation comments by typing three ticks ('), the comment character. When you do so, VS uses reflection to fill in the documentation outline, including the summary node and nodes for any parameters. An alternate way to do this is to right-click on the class/field/property/method declaration and choose "Insert Comment". However, I'm noticing that this does not work in s ...Show All

• Commali Today Plugin: Initialization issue error => Hard Reset ... healp much more appreciated

  Hi all, So, here is my problem. I've done a little Today Plugin using VS2005 Beta 2. This plugin is working really fine, I can load it, unload it, play with it ... etc. But if I perform a soft reset while the today plugin is loaded, the pocketpc is not "booting up" anymore. So I assume the OS has some troubles to initialize my dll ... but I really don't understand why. I don't try to access to the storage card, even to the storage area. I ju ...Show All

• Gleydson this forum incompatible with IE on WM5

  It's a bit off-topic, but I tried to reply to forum posts from my WM5 device (HTC Universal). The text box for the post body does not render, so posting or replying is impossible. (WM2003 also has a weird page layout but at least the text box is available) . What a shame... And while they're at it maybe they can make it work in Opera too Thanks for letting us know. I will pass on your request to appropriate person. -Thanks, ...Show All

• Stubey database entegreted

  hi i am mehmet my questions about smart device applicaton database connection i am writing code about smart device connection database but i want to entegreted my computer database (sql server) with pda database for data. data transfer from pda database to sql server on my computer thank you Hello Mehmet, You may want to move this post to Sqm Server Mobile ( http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx ForumID= ...Show All

• mdunham Junk characters when display in pocket pc through web service

          I have made a small program in which there is a web service which reads an xml data and returns a dataset of it. At the same time I made a pocket pc application that consumes the web service and displays the values of the dataset on a text box of pocket pc. but problem is when it displays the data on text box the data have some junk character. I am a beginner of using this please help me this is code of web s ...Show All

• Martyburns WINCE400\OTHERS\SAMPLES\MFC Where is it?

  The following is stated at this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dv_wcemfc4/html/aforisampleprojects.asp Sample applications show how to use MFC for Windows CE classes and demonstrate some of the differences between MFC for Windows CE and the standard desktop version of MFC. You can choose File | Open in the eMbedded Visual C++ IDE to open any of the samples in the WINCE400\OTHERS\SAMPLES\MFC folder ...Show All

• Patrick Strateman Smartphone emulator

  Sorry if this is a stupid question. i am quite new to this field..where do i find the smart phone emulator in vs.net 2003 i only see the pocket pc emulator thanks Bugzz Hi, Thanks I have the smartphone sdk 2002 with me..I installed it but i donno how to get it from the ide..all i get is the pocket pc emulator :( You need to download the Smartphone SDK. A link to th ...Show All

• Travis White RSACryptoServiceProvider.FromXMLString & ToXMLString are missing

  The .NETcf 2.0 docs say that RSACryptoServiceProvider.FromXMLString and RSACryptoServiceProvider.ToXmlString are available yet they aren't in the Beta 2 bits. What is the plan for these methods We do make use of these methods in code we port to the mobile platform from the desktop platform. Dale Larson Johnson Controls, Inc Bummer! Certainly makes our life tougher. Dale This is ...Show All