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• N Thuesen Will .NET CF 2 support .NET CF1.1? -Easy question? MSFT?

  Meaning if I write an app now in 1.1, will it run under .NET CF 2 Thanks. It was a high priority to ensure compatibility. So, yes, in most cases NETCF V1 application will run under NETCF V2 just fine. If it does not, side by side installation is supported. By the way, there's no NETCF 1.1, only NETCF V1.0 with SP1, 2 or 3.     ...Show All

• Nick Efremov Registration of COMs built with shared libs (MFC, ATL) on PPC2003, 2005

  Hi all, I'm encountering some problems with COM registration on install of an app on Pocket PC 2003 and 2005. Dev Env: VS2005 Beta 2. Targets: Pocket PC 2003 (ARMV4) and Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK (ARMV4I) ActiveSync: v4.0.0 (Build 4343). Deployment method: as CAB file via ceappmgr Three COM dlls are installed and registered correctly when built with static linking to MFC and ATL. This is verified by (1) a hack of a message box in each COM ...Show All

• radojko Problem Creating Tray Icon In C#

  Hi there, I know that Windows Mobile 5 supporting tray icon on the today screen. I have a source code from the SDK but in C++ and i want to change it into C# and make it into component so it will be easier to use. The problem came out when i try to use "sizeof" statement. The first error came it tell me to use "Marshal.SizeOf" function to get the size of structure. For the notify icon i create class like this : public class NOTIFYICON {   ...Show All

• Jimmy Zhu could not find file "file.jpg"

  hi all, i'm creating application which reads 1 "jpg" file, but i dont know where to place my "jpg" file so that application can read it. plz help me thanx in advance harish Harry, Make sure the jpg file is in the same directory as your executable. If you a deploying using Visual Studio then your executable will exist in the "\Program Files\Your project name" directory. If you would like to kee ...Show All

• Nick Asseloos DateTime Picker for SmartPhone

  I give up.  How is everyone getting a DateTime Picker for smartphone   I am using the vs 2005, but I want to support 2003 devices (since there are very few 2005 smartphones). THanks, Since Smartphone 2003 devices only support .NETCF 1.0 - there is no built in control in VS 2005 for DateTime Picker for NETCF 1.0. I notice there is one available at http://www.opennetcf.org/library/OpenNETCF.Windows.For ...Show All

• irin printing for pocket pc

  did dot net compact framework provide us any free wrapper code for printing in pocket PC currently i am developing smart device application for pocket PC using VB.NET from VS.NET 2003   Printing is not a native, supported feature of the Pocket PC platform. As the other answer points out, there are some third party products that do offer this support from Windows Mobile devices.   ...Show All

• chankl78 application does not appear in 'Remove Programs'

  with VS 2003 I used to build the CAB files manually. Now I'm using VS 2005 and I'm trying to build a CAB file with it's built in process. I've managed to build one and installed my application. But I'm not entirely sure what i need to do in order to create a shortcut to it in under 'Programs' and dont know how to make it appear in 'Remove Programs'. Thanks. No, that should not matter either. Unless ins ...Show All

• xzhutiger Cannot explain diff in values returned from CTime::GetCurrentTime and ::GetLocalTime

  In using the three methods CTime::GetCurrentTime ::GetLocalTime ::GetSystemTime Using VS2005 Beta 2, I get three different values, respectively, when the local time is 11:58, 2005-11-25: 2005-11-24T15:58:12 2005-11-25T11:58:12 2005-11-24T22:58:12 . Time Zone Information via ::GetTimeZoneInformation shows Bias: -720 Standard bias: 0 Daylight bias: -60 So from all of the above, I can explain the diff in the results between ::GetLocalTime (l ...Show All

• Amaeze Today background image transparency level.

  When you select an image as the background image for the today screen using the "use this picture as background" option, the image appears washed out. The transparency level is not set to 0. Where is this transparency value coming from Is this a registry value   Thanks It's unsupported, but try setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Watermark\Transparency to a value between 0 and 2 ...Show All

• Citco unresolved extern when using LPCWSTR

  I am porting a set of projects from evc4 to VS 2005 One of the projects is a DLL and the other one uses the dll. In the dll there is a function such as HRESULT APIENTRY MyFunction( LPCWSTR lpwcsFormatName, DWORD dwAccess, DWORD dwShareMode, QUEUEHANDLE phQueue) {...} In the calling program it is used with a header: HRESULT APIENTRY MyFunction(IN LPCWSTR lpwcsFormatName, IN DWORD dwAccess,IN DWORD, dwShareMode,OUT QUEUEHANDLE* phQ ...Show All

• Max André Bündchen Error: Connection To CE.NET Device

  Hi Guys I am trying to connect to windows CE.NET Device from Visual Basic.NET 2003. When I am trying to connect to Device its giving me error Cannot connect to device make sure the device is physically connected to the desktop. I think I have configured all the settings correctly. Any thoughts thanks in advance. Have you tried importing ProxyPorts.reg as readme suggests: Issue: After ...Show All

• LTelles8 C++ DLL and #define

  I have a C++ DLL that I call in VB. Linked to the DLL project is a static library. I need to define 'FIXED_POINT' and I did it by placing #define FIXED_POINT in my DLL project's CPP file (right after the #include's). When I opened some files in my static library, I saw that the code between #ifdef FIXED_POINT was grayed. This means it doesn't see the definition of FIXED_POINT right Where should I place the definition so that the library project ...Show All

• prasannav Cannot install VPC Network Driver!

  I installed VS 8 and WM PPC 2005 SDK to run PPC2005 emulator. But it would not allow me to do File->Configure->Network->Enable NE2000 PCMCIA network adapter and bind to: which led to an error dialog window "Failed to open the VPC Network Driver. Verify that the driver is installed, or install the driver from the Web download location at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ linkid=46859" When I followed the link and trie ...Show All

• Vishant Can't Connect to PocketPC from VS2005

  I have a pocketpc connected to my desktop computer with ActiveSync. Within Visual Studio 2005, if I try to build or connect to this device I get the error: "Connection Failed. Device is not ready." I can explore the device through ActiveSync and have installed sdkcerts.cab file as instructed in the help files. I can sucessfully connect to the emulator, but not a physical device. Any Ideas Thanks! ...Show All

• arkiboys how to get milliseconds from PPC

  Hi, I want to display seconds and milliseconds of time span in PPC apps. ck1.milliseconds --- didn't return any vlaue. Always zero. why How to get this Thak You! what the heck type is ck1 this is .net and not native code you're working with if it's not a timespan, look into: System.TimeSpan.Milliseconds On the Pocket PC DateTime class does not provide ...Show All